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Discipleship Training School (DTS) ( 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: Gods nature and character; Gods intention for individuals, peoples and nations; seeing all of life from Gods perspective; redemption, sin, and the Cross; Gods family - the Church; Gods world - His call and commission; the ministries of YWAM.

Foundations for Counseling Ministry ( CNH 211 )

A course to equip those who feel called to reach out to broken, hurting people. As the entry course into degrees in the College/Faculty of Counseling and Health Care, it establishes the foundation stones for a biblical counselling ministry, especially within YWAM and the missions community. These foundation stones include a commitment to reach the lost; recognition that ministry involves the individual, the family and the community; the Divine Plumbline counseling model; and revelation as a key to change. In addition, our course will address specific counselling models/tools and specific issues that we consider to be relevant and important for this entry course.

School of Strategic Communication ( CMC 319 )

This school bring biblically-based communication management principles and methodology to students who are practitioners in the communications field. Students develop a strategy of marketing and research from a Christian perspective. The study and application of proven research and marketing techniques enables the students to apply a broad range of communication disciplines effectively. They will be equipped to accomplish their communication goals with success, and become redemptive agents of change within their area of influence. It not only addresses the market place, but also shows the strength of this redeemed discipline to help strategic planning for evangelism, planting responsive churches, and assisting in the growth of established congregations and ministries.