Frequently Ask Questions

With over 18,000 staff volunteers, YWAM can be consider a large Christian charitable organizations. however because of it non delocalized  mode of operation each of the over 1000 YWAM operation centre is fuly autonomous in term of operation beside the comon values. a small operation centre like ywam St Lucia with a few volunteer can be quite diferent from some major ywam base with several hundsreds staff and volunteers.

Youth With A Mission  Saint Lucia  is is part of the YWAM global family of Ministries.We are an operating location of Youth With a Mission and run training program acredited by the YWAM University of the Nations.  We are registerer Localy as a Non Profit and Non Denominational Faith Base Organization; but also as a Vocational Training Provider (in process)

if you can not find the opportunity you are looking on ywam saint lucia web site, visit the site YWAM.ORG to search all YWAM operational  location opportunities  around the globe.

To join YWAM as staff anywhere in the world, you need to have your own financial backing. Many YWAM locations can help people put together a prayer and financial support team (often through friends, home groups, churches, relatives, etc.) before they join as staff. Most YWAM staff meet their financial needs through financial supporters while others hold an additional  job for financial or ministry reasons if their responsabilities and comitments allow them. To find information on raising personal financial support, Check or download the pdf on our  ressource page (support raising for staff on   menu of this site.)

Since YWAM staff do not get paid, they rely on the generosity of people like you to be able to serve God through YWAM Saint Lucia. If you would like to give a donation to a YWAM ST Lucia worker, student, or ministry, You can contact them directly or contact us to see if you can use the details on our donation page to proceed.

Our Donation page: https://www.ywamsl.org/Giving-and-Payment#FinancialGivinganchor

Please remember to help us process the donation send us a direct email With details: amount date, volunteer you are supporting. 

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Youth With A Mission began as an organization to help young people get involved in the global purposes of God and this will always be a primary focus for YWAM. However, now many people join YWAM as a second career or after retirement. Some of the young people who joined us in the 1960s are still serving with YWAM, and so are some of their grandchildren! Some of YWAM’s Discipleship Training Schools (DTS) specifically focus on providing mission training for families or older students, such as Crossroads DTS (CDTS) you can either do a CDTS or contact us to let us know your interest.”

YWAM does not have an international administrative office that maintains a database of every YWAM staff person and all YWAM alumni. YWAM Saint Lucia can help for some of our past volunteer/ students (when possible). But If you want to connect with a person in YWAM, please contact the location they work with directly or their last known location. Another avenue is to try social networking sites like the YWAM Facebook page.

The Discipleship Training School (DTS), YWAM’s five to six month introductory training program, is offered in over 200 locations around the world. The Crossroads DTS (CDTS) is designed for families or people approximately 35 years old and older.”

You can serve with YWAM on an short term outreach trip, as a student, or as a long term staff or volunteer . To join as Full Time Long Term staff/ volunteer, you must first complete a Discipleship Training School (DTS), which is offered in over 200 locations around the world.

To Join as short Term, mission Builder, or part time,  contact us on this web site. YWAM has no centralized application process. Although YWAM does have larger centres. Contact the ywam centre  directly for details or apply online from this site for our cross cultural outreach, local outreach and other opportunities. for other YWAM centre we encourage you to contact their office directly for schedules programs and costs.

The Discipleship Training School (DTS) is one of the YWAM courses registered with YWAM’s University of the Nations (U of N). The U of N offers credits for the DTS which can be applied to U of N degrees (Associate, Bachelors, and Masters). Students receive 12 credit hours for the DTS lecture phase and 8 credit hours for the outreach phase. Also, credits from U of N courses are transferable to a number of respected Christian colleges in the United States and worldwide.

YWAM was founded in 1960 by Loren and Darlene Cunningham. Today it operates as a family of ministries. 

As YWAM has grown over the years, it has developed as a family of ministries. Although we have global networks of leaders and elders, we do not have a headquarters. Our decentralized structure gives room for leaders to emerge from many different cultures.

Each YWAM location is responsible for initiating its own ministries, organizing its own training programs, and doing its own fundraising. All YWAM locations are expected to uphold the vision, purpose, beliefs and values of YWAM.

A YWAM eldership group called the Founders’ Circle serves as a guardian of YWAM’s vision, purpose, beliefs and values. YWAM also has a leadership structure for the University of the Nations and leadership teams for global ministries such as Frontier Mission, and King’s Kids.

To learn more about YWAM’s History visit https://ywam.org/about-us/history

Since each training center operates within their own framework, scholarships given would depend upon each center’s policy for financial aid. When you apply for a training program, ask if there are scholarships available. We at YWAM Saint Lucia are working hard to raise fund to keep school and program fees low or provide when possible scholarchip for persons in need. contact us if you can help or have a Question.

At times,  the actual cost of  programs and volunteer fee can make the opportunity less accessible to persons from developing nations. To give the opportunity to many to answer the call to serve, we significantly reduce participation's fees for those from developing Countries. even if we will have to raise extra funds to suplement.

YWAM UofN use information supplied by the UN and other sources to ranks countries in three categories.

- Category A Nation - Per Capita Income Average of $12,001 and more (usually North America and Europe)

- Category B Nation - Per Capita Income Average of $5,001 to $12,000 (Medium revenue Counties)

-Category C Nation -  Per capita income of $5,000 and less (usually very poor or developing countries)