The Discipleship Training School (YWAM-DTS) is YWAM’s six month discipleship program that embodies YWAM’s mission “to know God and make Him known“.  Our utmost desire is that YWAM-DTS students will encounter Jesus Christ personally, learn to hear the voice of the Lord, and respond in joyful obedience!

For many, this is a time of discovery as they receive a revelation of God’s love for them and how God uniquely wants to use them to accomplish His command to “Go into all the world and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). YWAM-DTS is a full-time, residential training course which consists of 12 weeks of classroom learning and an 11 week outreach.

The English Language School is designed to equip students to successfully communicate in the English Language so that they can receive further training in missions, minister in English-speaking settings, and be better-prepared to fulfil God’s calling on their lives. The school is committed to seeing students grow and develop as individuals.

At the beginning of each 11-week-term, new students are placed in one of the 5 levels, from Beginner to Upper-Intermediate. The term includes class time, worship, intercession, weekly outreaches, outings, work duties and other activities to fully immerse in the language as well as develop a better understanding of the numerous cultures around them. With over 30 different nationalities every term, the YWAM Worcester base is an ideal place for growth and preparation to go to the nations!

What is FCM?

Foundation for Counseling Ministry (former IBC) is designed as a six-month training program with two distinct phases.

Lecture Phase

Phase one is a three-month classroom segment which utilizes lectures, discussions, workshops, small group interactions and personal study. The close community of students and staff provides an environment where the application of Biblical counseling skills can be worked out.

Outreach phase

Phase two is the field assignment. This provides a practical experience where the knowledge, skills and character qualities of a Biblical counselor learned in the lecture phase are put into practice in a mission field setting. Students will find enriching cross-cultural opportunities and challenging experiences of working on a team at one of the ministry locations around the world.

English is a valuable tool for missions. TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) will open doors for you and equip you with the skills you need to teach English cross-culturally.

Course Description

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages is an intensive four week course that equips students to teach English cross-culturally. The course covers the theories and methods of teaching English, classroom management, learning styles, principles of language acquisition, and how to teach basic English grammar. The course includes a practicum in which the students have the change to practice what they are learning and receive feedback and assessments.

The course is open to non-native speakers, but they must be proficient in English in order to successfully complete the school. A YWAM-DTS is not required in order to take the TESOL. Upon successful completion of the school, students will receive a TESOL certificate from University of the Nations.

The LDC is a 6-week intensive, interactive course that was first started at the Seamill Centre in Scotland but is now in many locations around the world. If you have had at least 5 years’ experience as a leader and need some evaluation and focus on what the future holds, then this is the course for you!

The Couples & Family Counseling School is designed with a biblical perspective to help train and equip students in systemic theory, practice, and ministry for healthy lifestyle changes.

The course introduces at least seven systemic models of family counseling and therapy.

Topics Covered

• Systemic thinking & theory from individual to interpersonal
• Biblical worldview of marriage & family
• Systemic work with individuals
• The family life cycle, transitions, & change
• Family coordination through communication
• Emotions, attachments, & systems
• Different integrative models of family counseling & therapy
• Assessment skills & interventions that help facilitate recovery from dysfunction such as: addictions, eating disorders, abuse, violence, loss, boundary, gender and sexuality issues
• Reflecting teams and process

The English Language School is designed to equip students to successfully communicate in the English Language so that they can receive further training in missions, minister in English-speaking settings, and be better-prepared to fulfil God’s calling on their lives. The school is committed to seeing students grow and develop as individuals.

At the beginning of each 11-week-term, new students are placed in one of the 5 levels, from Beginner to Upper-Intermediate. The term includes class time, worship, intercession, weekly outreaches, outings, work duties and other activities to fully immerse in the language as well as develop a better understanding of the numerous cultures around them. With over 30 different nationalities every term, the YWAM Worcester base is an ideal place for growth and preparation to go to the nations!

The Troubadour DTS offers you the same curriculum as a normal YWAM-DTS. The primary focus is Discipleship, however, the school is run in a very creative way.

During the TDTS, Christian artists will be taught on discipleship and equipped to share the Good News in a creative and practical way, taking consideration of their personal gifts and talents.

Creative learning is facilitated and creative people are embraced and celebrated. The school also offers an artistic workshop to help students discover their God-given talents – the workshops vary according to the available personnel.

This is a great opportunity for people who love music, drama, and dance to receive healing, restoration and to be radical in knowing God and making Him known in a creative way.

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CDS provides you with tools to evaluate yourself and to assess the community you will be in. Having a deeper understanding of community development from a Biblical based world view will help you understand the difference between development and relief. By discovering more about the “Kingdom of God” you will begin to understand that “development begins with me”.

LECTURE PHASE

The curriculum is designed to help you develop a solid, basic working knowledge of development, scripture-based development values, fundamental skills, Godly character, and good relationships.

The twelve-week lecture phase includes:

• Principles of Community Transformation
• Role of the Local Church as Hope Centers in a Community
• Biblical Worldview for Development
• Cross-cultural Relationships and Skills
• Team and group dynamics
• Community assessment
• Church planting and multiplication
• Basics of Community infrastructure systems, such as sustainable agriculture, primary health care, business, appropriate technology, environmental stewardship, and micro-business enterprises.

Passion and Pursuit DTS is a 6-month YWAM Discipleship Training School creating a platform for you to step into a lifestyle of a wholehearted pursuit of God, seeking Him through teachings, prayer, and worship to establish a life of intimacy with Jesus.

God is awakening people all around the world who seek to follow Him in a wholehearted pursuit, refusing to follow the status quo of religion. We were created for relationship and intimacy with the people around us as well as with God, and He is raising up men and woman whose primary desire is to change the world through their relationship with Him: To be forerunners for the kingdom of God.

Word By Heart, the fastest growing school in YWAM, is training storytellers – bringing the words of Jesus to life by bridging cultures and languages. The stories will become so real to you that you will be an eyewitness. Once you have experienced the Gospel‘s like this, natural memory is unlocked and you will be able to share a Gospel book word for word in your mother language in just three months.

Vision

Act like eyewitnesses to Jesus’ story, the greatest story ever told. Word By Heart helps you know Jesus personally and share him in an unique way by using the exact words of the Gospels. You’ll experience Him through your own imagination… as if you literally walked with him and saw the withered hand made whole.

The FOUNDATIONS FOR FAMILY STUDIES introduces students to the study of family life dynamics through the foundational Biblical concepts, where all members of a family are taken into consideration.

The FFS is a dynamic three months second level school with the University of the Nations (UofN), which introduces students to the Biblical foundations of marriage and family life. Both, spiritual and practical training in ministering to individuals and families are taught through a theoretical framework and worldview, enabling students to serve others with more confidence.

Lectures offer the students an opportunity to immediately apply principles learned to their personal lives and in the lives of their families; as well as to the lives of others.

The students will have a chance to develop team work skills, also experiencing the running of a full scheduled Marriage & Singles seminar. Following the lecture phase, we have an 8-12 week field assignment is an integral part of this course and students are expected to complete this practical application outreach.

The English Language School is designed to equip students to successfully communicate in the English Language so that they can receive further training in missions, minister in English-speaking settings, and be better-prepared to fulfil God’s calling on their lives. The school is committed to seeing students grow and develop as individuals.

At the beginning of each 11-week-term, new students are placed in one of the 5 levels, from Beginner to Upper-Intermediate. The term includes class time, worship, intercession, weekly outreaches, outings, work duties and other activities to fully immerse in the language as well as develop a better understanding of the numerous cultures around them. With over 30 different nationalities every term, the YWAM Worcester base is an ideal place for growth and preparation to go to the nations!

God’s desire for us is that we will have security and identity in who He has made us to be. He made each and every one of us unique. He delights in how He created us, and how we express our love for Him, for one another and the world around us. He created us for blessings.

His original intent was to lavish His love on His children. However, many times we still live with a sense of inadequacy, inferiority, and fear of not being loved by anyone, let alone God.

The xBCC is a second-level course registered with the University of the Nations College of Christian Ministries.

This 12-week intensive course equips students with tools to study the Bible inductively following the steps of prayer, observation, interpretation, application and proclamation. Leaving behind preconceived ideas, students approach Scripture as detectives – observing evidence that allows Scripture to speak to them, rather than imposing their ideas on the text.

In studying the Bible inductively, we recognise that Scripture was originally written to a particular audience – and that audience wasn’t us! The Bible was written for us, but not to us. As we understand more about the culture and history of the people to whom Scripture was originally addressed, and what the text would have meant to them, we can more faithfully apply Biblically sound interpretations to our own lives, today.

The English Language School is designed to equip students to successfully communicate in the English Language so that they can receive further training in missions, minister in English-speaking settings, and be better-prepared to fulfil God’s calling on their lives. The school is committed to seeing students grow and develop as individuals.

At the beginning of each 11-week-term, new students are placed in one of the 5 levels, from Beginner to Upper-Intermediate. The term includes class time, worship, intercession, weekly outreaches, outings, work duties and other activities to fully immerse in the language as well as develop a better understanding of the numerous cultures around them. With over 30 different nationalities every term, the YWAM Worcester base is an ideal place for growth and preparation to go to the nations!

Lecture Phase

Phase one is a three-month classroom segment which includes a review of and practice of counseling skills. Group and core functions of addiction will be covered. Students will also acquire and assimilate information on addiction and other addictive behavioral patterns, practicing process, support and change group techniques and learning to teach and conduct seminars.

Field Assignment phase

This phase gives students practical experience to strengthen what was learned in school as well as sharpen the students’ skills. The emphasis is on educational awareness, counseling individuals and families, facilitating family meetings, leading process and change groups, starting a support group, and teaching communities about addictions.