Our Mission Statement
To make disciples of Christ and release them to fulfill God’s call on their lives
There are THREE MAIN AREAS that we focus on in our quest to make disciples of Christ and release them to fulfill God's call on their lives:
Youth With A Mission affirms the Christian Magna Carta which describes the following basic rights as implicit in the gospel. Everyone on earth has the right to:
- Hear and understand the gospel of Jesus Christ.
- Have a Bible available in their own language.
- Have a Christian fellowship available nearby, to be able to meet for fellowship regularly each week, and to have Biblical teaching and worship with others in the Body of Christ.
- Have a Christian education available for their children.
- Have the basic necessities of life: food, water, clothing, shelter and health care.
- Lead a productive life of fulfillment spiritually, mentally, socially, emotionally, and physically.
YWAM seeks to raise up people who understand and demonstrate God’s nature, character, intentions, boundaries and principles in each sphere of society. For this reason, our training seeks to discover the biblical Christian worldview for that particular area of study.
God’s people are called to fulfill the Great Commission by reflecting God’s character and principles in their everyday work. God, as the Author and Creator of all things, designed these spheres (or areas of influence) to produce healthy, thriving communities in alignment with His guidance.
These seven spheres of society are:
- Family
- Economics (including Science, Technology & Business)
- Government
- Religion
- Education
- Communications/Media
- Celebration (including Arts, Entertainment & Sports).
The aim of discipleship is for the disciple to become more like Jesus in the way he relates and lives. This kind of Christian growth is best facilitated in a context of relationships where every person is giving and receiving according to the Biblical description of how the Body of Christ is to function.
The following are examples from the New Testament of how the Body of Christ as a community is to relate to one another.
- Love one another (1 Thes 4:9/1 Peter 1:22, 4:8)
- Bearing with one another (Eph 4:2)
- Have compassion for one another (1 Peter 3:8)
- Be devoted to one another in brotherly love (Rom 12:10)
- Give preference to one another in honor (Rom 12:10)
- Accept one another (Rom 15:7)
- Serve one another (Gal 5:13)
- Submit to one another (Eph 5:21)
- Teach and admonish one another (Col 3:16)
- Encourage one another (1 Thes 5:11)
- Build up one another (1 Thes 5:11)
- Stimulate one another to love and good deeds (Heb 10:24)
- Confess sins to one another (James 5:16)
- Pray for one another (James 5:16)
- Be hospitable to one another without complaint (1 Peter 4:9)
- Speak truth in love to one another (Eph 4:15-16)
- Forgive one another (Eph 4:32)