What is YWAM?

YWAM or Youth With a Mission is an interdenominational missions organization that seeks to know God and make him known. You can see the YWAM Website for a detailed history. This year is YWAM's 50th year of ministry! In 1960, Loren Cunningham had a dream. This dream was of waves of young people coming ashore to distant nations to spread the Gospel. (Mark 16:15)

Currently there are over 1,000 YWAM locations in over 150 countries. There is a volunteer staff of nearly 16,000 people from all walks of life.

YWAM functions under 3 main Pillars of Ministry:

Training: Teaching and training young people to fulfill the great commission. The foundation of YWAM is the Discipleship Training School (DTS, look for the next blog to highlight this). DTS equips students to...

Evangelism: "Go and make disciples of all nations..."(Mt 28:19)
YWAM believes that the bible calls us to go into the world and tell people about him.

Mercy Ministries: The "hands and feet of Jesus". To show the world the love of Jesus we are called to meet the needs of the needy.

YWAM is a very diverse, multifaceted ministry that believes in the power of the Holy Spirit to direct God's people in His will. The unique organizational structure allows and encourages new vision and exploration of ways to fulfill the great commission.

A New Direction

The Mannings have chosen a new direction for their lives! (Perhaps the direction isn't so new, but the "living it out" portion of it is)

We will be leaving for Pescara, Italy at the end of March of this year. Kaylyn will be attending a Discipleship Training School through Youth With a Mission (YWAM) and Brady will be helping lead this school as staff. We are looking forward to this new Journey and especially to the wonders God will show us along our way. We invite you to join with us on this adventure! Please sign up for our mailing list so we can keep you aprised of what's going on!

Stay tuned to our Blog. Over the next few weeks we will be explaining what YWAM is, what a Discipleship Training School is and why these are important to us!

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