Statement of Purpose

Youth With A Mission is an international movement of Christians from many denominations dedicated to presenting Jesus Christ personally to this generation, to mobilising as many as possible to help in this task, and to the training and equipping of believers for their part in fulfilling the Great Commission (Matt 28:18-20). As citizens of God's kingdom we are called to love, worship and obey our Lord, to love and serve His body the Church, and to present the whole gospel to the whole person throughout the whole world.

We of Youth With A Mission believe that:

• the Bible is God's inspired and authoritative Word, revealing that Jesus Christ is God's Son;

• man and woman are created in God's image;

• He created us to have eternal life through Jesus Christ;

• although all people have sinned and come short of God's glory, God has made salvation possible through the death of Jesus Christ on the cross;

• repentance, faith, love and obedience are fitting responses towards God's initiative of grace to us;

• God desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth;

• the Holy Spirit's power is demonstrated in and through us to accomplish Christ's last command: "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation" (Mark 16:15).

YWAM's Foundational Values

• YWAM is committed to know God, His character and His ways.

• YWAM is called to make God known, through Evangelism, Training and Mercy Ministries.

• YWAM recognises the Bible to be God's inspired and authoritative Word and relies upon the authority of the Holy Scriptures as the standard for life and ministry.

• YWAM is visionary, doing new things in new ways where new initiatives are required to accomplish the Great Commission.

• YWAM is international and interdenominational in its scope and constituency.

• YWAM affirms the importance of the local church and seeks to promote unity among all God's people.

• YWAM is broad structured and decentralised.

• YWAM is called to praise and worship of the Lamb of God, intercessory prayer and spiritual warfare.

• YWAM affirms the importance of living holy and righteous lives.

• YWAM is committed to doing, then teaching, according to Jesus' example.

• YWAM is dedicated to being relationship-orientated in our living and working together.

• YWAM is called to value each individual.

• YWAM recognises the value of the family.

• YWAM is called to champion young people.

• YWAM is called to team ministry.

• YWAM affirms personal responsibility and volunteerism.

• YWAM is called to servant leadership.

• YWAM makes no distinction between the sacred and the secular.

• YWAM is called to practice a life of dependence upon God and His people for financial provision.

• YWAM is dedicated to hospitality.

• YWAM is called to practice generosity.

For more detailed descriptions of these foundational values and other values that YWAM subscribes to, go to www.ywam.org and click on Documents.

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