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Discipleship Training School ( DSP 211 )

This school is an intensive Christian discipleship course beginning with an 11 or 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. Focused DTS’s: In some locations the DTS is offered with a particular focus, such as the Crossroads DTS (YWAM CDTS), Operation Year DTS, University DTS, Sports DTS, Arts DTS, etc. Credit will be given for this course with satisfactory completion of DSP 212.

Hospitality Ministry Seminar ( ATS 143 )

While affirming the ministry of hospitality as an expression of God’s character and the value of people, this seminar is an expression of a belief in the importance of opening our hearts, homes and campuses to serve and honor one another, our guests, and the poor and needy, not as acts of social protocol, but as expressions of the value of generosity. In this seminar, hospitality from a Biblical foundation will be explored with a consideration of responses to questions such as, "Why do we value Hospitality? What does Hospitality look like cross-culturally? How do we prepare for a guest speaker?" and many other related questions.