There are three strands of ministry weaving throughout all that YWAM does:

Evangelism is an integral part of both training and mercy ministries, but also an emphasis of its own. Drama, music, performing arts and sports camps are among the creative tools YWAM staff use to share their faith in a way that makes sense to their audience—whether it be teenagers, elderly refugees, or an unreached people group.

YWAM also engages in church planting, in coordination with churches and denominations, or on its own among people groups who don't have churches among them yet.

Mercy Ministry meets some of the practical and physical needs of over 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, operating ocean-traversing ships demonstrating and declaring the Good News practically and verbally, are just some of the ways in which helping hands are extended.

Training and Education aims to better equip Christians to serve others in everything from agriculture and health care, to drug rehabilitation and biblical counseling. Through the mission's degree-granting University of the Nations (see also the Kona Campus—largest UofN campus) http://www.uofn.edu , staff can study in specialized areas such as science and technology, communications, the humanities, and Christian ministry.

The basic YWAM school that is a requirement for applying as YWAM staff, and serves as a prerequisite to all other training programs, is called Discipleship Training School (DTS).Each year some 10,000 students follow one or more of several hundred schools—in 250 different locations. Most YWAM schools combine classroom teaching with practical service application.

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