SCHOOLS RUN AT THIS LOCATION

Discipleship Training School (DTS) ( DSP 211 )

This school is an intensive Christian discipleship course beginning with a 12-week lecture/teaching phase followed by an 8-12 week practical field assignment. It is a prerequisite for all other courses in the University of the Nations, and also serves to orient and prepare all new Youth With A Mission (YWAM) staff. The DTS is designed to encourage students in personal character development, cultivating their relationship with God and identifying their unique gifts and callings. Cross-cultural exposure and global awareness are special emphases throughout the course, preparing the students to evangelize and disciple current and future generations, answering the call to "Go into all the world and teach (make disciples of) all nations." (Matthew 28:19). The curriculum is in the following six major categories: God's nature and character; God's intention for individuals, peoples and nations; seeing all of life from God's perspective; redemption, sin, and the Cross; God's family - the Church; God's world - His call and commission; the ministries of YWAM.

School of Research and Contemporary Practices in Counseling (RCPC) ( CNH 331 )

The School of Research and Contemporary Practices in Counseling (RCPC) has as its main objective helping the students reach their full potential in the dynamics of counseling in the contemporary scenario, based on a biblical worldview about the current situation of mental illnesses, working through the foundations, processes and emphases on subjects emerging from the individual and society. In the RCPC we also focus on developing the students' investigative skills regarding scientific research in Human Sciences, offering them effective tools that enable a more efficient understanding of the specific realities that they intend to act on. Our aim is to provide a biblical vision, which is both current and contextualized, to Christian counselors regarding the demands that constantly arise in the ministry of Counseling.