About us

Youth With A Mission is a global movement of Christians from many cultures, age groups, and Christian traditions, dedicated to serving Jesus throughout the world...

Jesus’ strategy to evangelize the world was to multiply Himself into His disciples...

Darlene Cunningham

The Foundation Belief

Youth With A Mission (YWAM) affirms the Bible as the authoritative word of God and, with the Holy Sprit’s inspiration, the absolute reference point for every aspect of life and ministry. Based upon God's word...

The Foundation Values

YWAM is committed to know God, His nature, His character and His ways...throughout the whole world, and into every arena of society through evangelism, training and mercy ministries...

YWAM Statement of Purpose

YWAM is an international movement of Christians from many denominations dedicated to presenting Jesus personally to this generation...

Who is YWAM

YWAM is and continues to be a global family of diverse ministries that are united in Christ with the same covenant, vision and value...

Spiritual Legacy4 Christian Magna Carta -1981

As the leaders gathered for their initial meeting they had a profound time of worship. When that time drew to a close, Loren said, “Our goal is not to pursue our own agenda, but to hear from God. Before we do anything else, let us each seek God alone. Ask him what he wants to tell us and then we will come back and share that with one another.”

The Manila Covenant

The Manila Covenant is a statement of mission prepared and prayed over by the leadership of Youth With A Mission and confirmed by 1500 staff workers at the Youth With A Mission International Staff and Leadership Conference in Manila, Philippines, on August 4, 1988. The covenant's 20 affirmations declare the values, guiding principles and calling of Youth With A Mission. We invite you to join with us in the exciting challenge of reaching the world with Christ's love....

The Christian Magna Carta

WE AFFIRM the Christian Magna Carta which describes the following basic rights as implicit in the Gospel. Everyone on earth has the right to...

The Jubilee Covenant

I eagerly want to do my part to make sure that “the flame goes forward” and thus help fulfill God’s dream that every individual might hear and that all nations may be impacted by the Gospel of Jesus Christ...

The Singapore Covenant

From August 27 to September 3, 2014 nearly 400 YWAMers gathered in Singapore as a family from 65 plus nations. Because God has acted in our midst, we want to respond to Him and therefore together we say...

Jeju Covenant

We resolve with all of our hearts that we will work in partnership with YWAM Japan to reach her nation for Jesus Christ. We also humbly declare that we are incomplete existence without Japanese in our YWAM family and to have them devoted and strive together alongside us for World Evangelization...



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