A critical study of Biblical Principles for communities and society with the aim of achieving maximum outcomes of peace and reconciliation.
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.
Course | Number | Credits | Languages | Start Date | End Date |
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Discipleship Training School | DSP 211 | 12 | English |
This course is designed to train DTS staff and leaders to more effectively lead DTSs. It addresses the participants' personal relationship with God, their understanding and practice of YWAM’s Foundational Values, the DTS Purpose, Outcomes, Curriculum and Guidelines, as well as instilling basic leadership skills to provide an environment conducive to Spiritual Formation. Attention will also be given to DTS administration and U of N registration.
Students will explore how entering into the presence of God through worship and intercession are foundational for growing in the prophetic seeing these as an inseparable trio. The foundation needs to be solid and established at the same time as people grow in the prophetic. The school will enable students to receive God’s heart during worship as a catapult into intercession and prophecy, to receive prophetic insight as they linger in his presence.
This is the first in a series of three courses that make up the School of Biblical Studies (SBS). This course sequence surveys the whole Bible using the inductive approach (observation, interpretation and application). This course may serve as a core course in all bachelor's degree programmes. This course meets the U of N Core Curriculum requirement for Bible.
This course can be taken online. See www.onlinesbs.org for details.