WHAT IS A DTS?

 
Discipleship Training School (YWAM DTS) was created to help you discover your place in fulfilling the Great Commission (Matt 28:16-20). YWAM DTS is an intense full-time program, lasting five or six months. You will start with 3 months of lectures before stepping out into the nations serving God’s through evangelism, intercession and acts of compassion.

YWAM DTS is a prerequisite for not only becoming YWAM staff but also for YWAM’s second-level training with University of the Nations

Lecture Phase:

In the first 12 weeks, you will grow in your knowledge and understanding of God, His plan for your life, and His world. You will have a different lecturer each week on topics such as “hearing God’s voice”, the Bible, missions, evangelism, nature and character of God.

A crucial element to the learning experience is our “live/learn” environment. You’ll learn not only from lectures but also from community living, regular rhythms of worship and intercession, local outreach and practical service on our campus.

Outreach Phase:

In the outreach phase, you will travel as a team to another culture and serve through evangelism, intercession and acts of compassion. During outreach, you will discover the beauty and difficulties of serving God in an intense cross-cultural experience.

Recent outreach locations have included Albania, Uganda, the Middle East and Greece (refugee crisis).

CURRICULUM

 
Key areas of learning during DTS include:

• God’s Nature and Character – Encountering God
• God’s Intention for Individuals, Peoples and Creation – Seeing All of Life from God’s Perspective
• God’s Redemption: Sin and The Cross – Recognizing Jesus as Lord
• God’s Family: His Children & His Church – Becoming More Like Jesus
• God’s World: His Call & His Commission Doing the Works of Jesus – Doing The Works of Jesus
• YWAM: A Response to God – Knowing God; Making Him Known

You can find the full curriculum from the International DTS Centre at the following link: ywamdtscentre.com/dts-curriculum/

PURPOSE AND OUTCOMES OF DTS

• To GATHER and CHALLENGE people to worship, listen to and obey God, releasing them (in the context of the DTS) to serve through evangelism, intercession, acts of compassion and other expressions of God’s heart for the world, possibly even pioneering new ministries.
• To INSPIRE and CULTIVATE growth in one’s relationship with God resulting in Christ like character, which is based on a solid Biblical foundation, the work of the Holy Spirit and the personal application of Biblical truth, especially concerning God’s Character, the Cross and empowering Grace.

• To SHARPEN one’s ability to relate to, learn from and work with people, including those of different cultures, personalities and perspectives.

• To further EQUIP each one to serve God’s purposes either in or outside of YWAM Family of Ministries, strengthening a commitment to reach the lost, especially the unreached, to care for the poor, and to influence all areas of society.

• To IMPART the vision and foundational values of Youth With A Mission International as well as that of the host operating location and to provide information regarding a variety of opportunities for service.