MISSION STATEMENT
Youth With A Mission is an international interdenominational Christian movement.
It was established in
1960, by
Loren Cunningham, from that time up to present, YWAM has 250 operating locations in more than 140 countries.
Youth With A Mission was established to help equip Christian in fulfilling the task of the Great Commission. We are called to go and make disciples of all nations, Matt. 28:18-20. We believe that the Bible is the Sole authoritative word of God profitable for doctrine, rebuke, and correction. We also believe that Jesus is the son of God and the one who takes away the sin of the world. To accomplish the task, YWAM has developed three ministry thrusts: Training, Evangelism and Mercy Ministries.
PURPOSE STATEMENT
Our goal as YWAM Liberia is to :
- Establish deep relationships with the Body of Christ in the Country and in communities. We are called to be a blessing, to bring unity and partnership to the body of believers in the Land.
- We are called to demonstrate the love of Christ through Evangelistic training and Outreach, Socio-Economic teaching and training.
- In our endeavors, we will open up avenues to know God more deeply along with a greater desire to make him known.
- We also want to see more Liberians released into Short and long term mission work and also help to produce godly leaders in the Lands.
YWAM Explained
Youth With A Mission (YWAM) encompasses thousands of people and hundreds of ministries in almost every country of the world. In every case, our passion is to know God and to make Him known.
We are a mixture of people from all over the world, from 149 countries in fact. In many of our locations, people from a wide variety of nations serve side by side. We come from numerous different Christian denominations and speak hundreds of languages. Nearly half of our staff come from "non-western" countries, such as Brazil, Korea, Indonesia, India and Nepal.
In addition to our full-time staff, many YWAM locations host short-term outreach teams made up of individuals, youth groups, families and churches who get to participate first-hand in "making God known" through both words and actions. We send out over 25,000 short-term missionaries each year.
There are three strands of ministry weaving throughout all that YWAM does:
Evangelism
Some creative tools used to present the gospel include drama, music, performing arts and sports camps. YWAMers want to share their faith effectively in ways that the audience--whether teenagers, elderly refugees, or an unreached people group--will understand. YWAM also engages in church planting among unreached people groups.
Mercy Ministry
Mercy Ministry is the "hands and feet" of making God known. YWAM helps meet some of the practical and physical needs of about 400,000 people annually. Caring for street children in South America; aiding in the recovery of drug addicts in North America and Western Europe; feeding and housing refugees and women in need in Africa and Asia, and operating ships that declare the good news practically and verbally, are just some of the ways in which helping hands are extended.
Training and Discipleship
Training and Discipleship aim to better equip Christians to serve others in everything from agriculture and health care, to drug rehabilitation and biblical counseling. Through YWAM's University of the Nations (U of N), missionaries can study in specialized areas such as science and technology, linguistics, the humanities, and Christian ministry. Most YWAM schools combine classroom teaching with relationship-centered discipleship and practical service.
The Discipleship Training School (DTS) is a requirement for applying as YWAM staff, and serves as a prerequisite to all other training programs.
Each year some 10,000 students attend a U of N school at one of the 250 different locations.
Source Ywam.org
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