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FutureWise
October 2021
FutureWise with Roy Searle
FutureWise is a quarterly gathering for every YWAM leader in Europe. The format is an opening devotional followed by a main talk from an experienced specialist in their field.
This is then followed by breakout discussion and then a panel discussion. You will not want to miss this!
Roy Searle
Roy Searle is the founder of the Northumbria Community, he co-wrote the Celtic Daily Prayer, and is the former leader of the Baptist Union in the UK. He is a creative imaginer, a monastic and missional leader, plus he’s a gifted theologian.
October 2021
FutureWise Part 1
Jonny and Jenn telling their transition out of YWAM. Jenn and I handed over the Leadership of YWAM Rostrevor today and we are moving out of YWAM…
October 2021
FutureWise Part 2 with Roy Searle
FutureWise is a quarterly gathering for every YWAM leader in Europe. The format is an opening devotional followed by a main talk from an experienced specialist in their field.
This is then followed by breakout discussion and then a panel discussion. You will not want to miss this!
October 2021
FutureWise Part 3 with Roy Searle
FutureWise is a quarterly gathering for every YWAM leader in Europe. The format is an opening devotional followed by a main talk from an experienced specialist in their field.
This is then followed by breakout discussion and then a panel discussion. You will not want to miss this!
May 2021
FutureWise with Dr Ruth Perrin
FutureWise is a quarterly gathering for every YWAM leader in Europe. The format is an opening devotional followed by a main talk from an experienced specialist in their field.
This is then followed by breakout discussion and then a panel discussion. You will not want to miss this!
ruth perrin
Author of “Changing Shape: The Faith Lives of Millenials“.
Ruth Perrin works as a freelance trainer, speaker, writer, and researcher. She is a research fellow at St. John’s College, associate staff member at King’s Church in Durham, and on the teaching faculty for Westminster Theological Centre.
She has 25 years ministry experience in, and beyond, the UK in church and para-church contexts (including 4 years in YWAM) and a particular (but not exclusive) interest in the faith of young adults. Her most recent book, “Changing Shape; The faith lives of Millennials” (SCM) was published in 2020.
She also writes 2 websites www.cloudofwitnesses.org.uk and www.discipleshipresearch.com which are hosted at www.ruthperrin.net
February 2021
Brother Thierry
Watch Brother Thierry’s devotional from the February edition of FutureWise
February 2021
Patrick Dixon
This is the main presentation for our February 2021 edition.
Watch as futurist Patrick Dixon delivers a clear – and passionate – exhortation to YWAM in Europe.
February 2021
Patrick Dixon – Q&A
Watch as futurist Patrick Dixon answers live questions directly after his address to FutureWise viewers.
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| Name | Bio | Topics | Language | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alket Sako | I am married and have 3 children. I did my DTS on 1995, pastored a church for 13 years, have been leading the national work of YWAM Albania since 2012, have been one of the connivers of YWAM Central Europe since 2016, have pioneered YWAM Durres on 2015 and since than have been leading ywam Durres base. Have staffed B2B in Albania and with YWAM Harpenden. My heart is to train young leaders equipping them for God’s calling. | 1- Leadership (character, challenges, leadership styles and development) 2- Father heart of God | Albanian & English | Durres, Albania |
| Brent Allen | I am Deaf, Disciple of Jesus, Sign language is beautiful language! | Nature and Character of God, Father Heart of God, Biblical Overview | British Sign Language, American Sign Language, Romanian Sign Language and English | Constanta, Romania |
| Johan Knol | My name is Johan, 26 years old (born in 1994). When I was 18 years old I did my DTS in Amterdam and the 7 years after I have been DTS staff. I have a passion for discipleship and a love for Jesus that I love to share with others. Since this year I am married with a beautiful Brazilian lady, Iohana, she is former staff with YWAM Harpenden. We are living in Brazil at the moment, but looking forward to make our transition to YWAM Trentino at the beginning of 2021. | Discipleship, intimacy/passion for Jesus, relationships, Jesus; life, death & ressurection, Holy Spirit. | Dutch & English, learning Portuguese and afterwards Italian | Brazil, Imperatriz. From 2021 Trentino, Italy |
| Juliette Snoeij | After my DTS in 2010, I joined staff at YWAM in London, now YWAM London Radiant. It has been a blessing to move to Brussels two years ago together with my husband, to pioneer the YWAM Brussels’ base. | Discipleship, Obedience, Heart of the Artist/Arts in Mission | Dutch, English | Brussels, Belgium |
| Rolinke Bremer | Together with my family I have been working within YWAM for over 10 years, in different countries. I now live in Scotland, where I am mainly focusing on (prophetic) art, hospitality and coaching. I like to teach in a practical way, and am not afraid to challenge my class to think outside their comfort zone. | Holy Spirit, Hospitality, (Prophetic) Art, Relationships, Discipleship, Hearing God’s voice, Jesus and the Cross, Intimacy with God, Spiritual Realm | Dutch, English, (a bit) German, (a bit) Norwegian | Straiton, Maybole, Scotland |
| jan piet de visser | My wife Heddy and I are married for 40 years and have worked with YWAM since 1983, in Belgium and since 2007 with the regional centre for North Africa in Spain. We both studied social work and love to work with all kinds of people of different cultures and languages. Heddy paints and I do gardening and woodworking, we ride our bikes (dutch!) and love to travel… | The Beatitudes are Jesus’ own template for discipleship – holistic, relational, transformational and missional. This week long teaching can be done online, with zoom sessions interspersed with reading, groupwork, personal reflection and assignments. | Dutch, English, French | Belgium |
| Reinier Blijleven | Thanks for checking out our bio! It’s Reinier, Rianne and together with our four kids we live and work in Northern Italy where we are pioneering a new YWAM base just north of Lago di Garda. We’re both Dutch, met in college, did our DTS in Kona, Hawaii and used to lead the YWAM base in Amsterdam for several years. We are passionate about talent-spotting, leadership development, family life, anything outdoor adventure sports, reaching remote places, and lots more. | Father Heart of God, Relationships, Biblical Christian Worldview | Dutch, English, Italian | Arco, Trentino, Italy |
| Rosalie Klomp | I am a Dutch woman that has lived in Sweden for over 20 years. My husband and I have worked on the YWAM base Restenäs for twenty years. The last 16 years I have worked with BCC and SBS and also with the online BCC and SBS both as staff and leading. I love to teach and have been doing this since I have started working with the Bible schools. | Bible overview and inductive Bible study in DTSes and half of the 66 Bible books | Dutch, English, Swedish, German | Ljungskile, Sweden |
| Pat Caven | While serving in YWAM Amsterdam for nearly 10 years in the 1980’s and early 90’s, I grew in my passion to see YWAMers walk in sexual purity and holiness. I have personally experienced the transforming power of the blood of Jesus in the area of sexual immorality, having been a lesbian for close to 10 years prior to surrendering my life to Jesus. I worked for 11 years as a psychiatric nurse, received a Masters in nursing/counseling from New York University and have done YWAM’s counseling school. In Amsterdam, I was on the Pastoral Care Team, now called Member Care. In 1992, my husband and I took over a ministry in Atlanta, GA. called Resurrection Life Ministries International, helping Christians walk in relational and sexual purity and helping to educate the Body of Christ. I am teaching in YWAM DTS’s, FCM’s and leadership training events approximately 2 weeks per month, both in Europe, South America and the USA. I created The Bold Seminar – Boldly Promoting Sexual Purity And Holiness, and did the 2 week seminar, registered with the UofN, just once in 2016 with hopes to offer it again in the future. | Relationships Identity Healing the Sexually Broken | English | Atlanta, Georgia USA |
| Philip Leage | Been involved with SBS and Bible related areas with the UofN from 1983 | Mostly SBS, BCC and other Bible related stuff. | English | Nuneaton, England |
| Leah Broomfield | I have been in YWAM for 24 years. I am an ordained minister. Before that I was a youth pastor for 5 years. I have taught in YWAM DTS’s, schools in Europe and in local churches internationally for the past 17 years. I have a BA in Christian Ministries and a Masters degree in Christian Formation and Discipleship. I am a worship leader and drummer. I love seeing Christians become awakened to the BIG story of God, becoming more fully alive, knowing who they are in Christ and making an impact in their communities. | Biblical Worldview, Kingdom of God, Overview of the Bible | English | Near London Gatwick, England |
| Yolanda Oosthuizen | I have done my DTS in 1988 in South Africa and been in YWAM since then. I regularly speak on DTS and founder leader of the School of the Word and Spirit since 2009. I hold a BA theology degree from the Open University. I am a beloved daughter of my Father and passionate for believers to be empowered to have all Jesus did in His death, resurrection and ascension in the new man and union with Himself and His Kingdom. There is no greater joy when people discover how much they are loved and who they really are as disciples of Jesus! | The Cross and repentance, The person of Holy a spirit and the Spirit sourced life, the nature and character of God, Spiritual Authority, Identity in Christ, Hearing God’s voice. Open to new topic requests too. | English | Kilbirnie, Scotland |
| Mike Oman | Married with two children and five grand children. Did DTS in Hammanskraal, South Africa, in 1979 and LTS in Hawaii in 1984. Pioneered the first YWAM location in Zimbabwe in 1980 and the second one in 1984. Thereafter gave oversight to small teams pioneering YWAM in Moçambique (1985), Zambia (1987) and Malawi (1989). Served as Area Director for South Central Africa from 1984 – 1991, and on Regional Leadership Team for Africa from 1986 – 1992. Moved to Northern Ireland in 1991 and established YWAM there in 1994. We handed over the leadership of YWAM – NI in 2007. Now part of Eldership for Western and Central Europe. Am also involved in teaching in DTSs internationally. Over the past 39 years have taught and ministered in about 70 countries. | Fatherheart of God, Fear of The Lord, Leaders’ Character and Priorities, Community Values, et al | English | Castlewellan, Northern Ireland |
| Ina Steyn | Ina was born in Namibia. She was called to Missions at age 11 whilst reading God’s Smuggler by Brother Andrew. Accordingly her first mission’s expression was in Siberia 1992-1995 in church planting – shortly after the fall of Communism. Since 1998 she has lived in Scotland and England, doing Intercession, training younger leaders and teaching in many schools throughout Europe. She served 10+ years on the Western European Leadership Team. Currently her deepest desire is to see the deepening, maturing and purifying of the Church of Christ on earth – this remains to be her main focus in Intercession and Teaching in many nations. | The life of Jesus. The Cross and Sin. Jesus and Salvation. Spiritual formation. Spiritual growth and maturity. Priesthood in the Kingdom of God. | English | Haywards Heath, England |
| Rebecca Koenig | I has been part of YWAM for over 2 decades – while earning my BA through the University of the Nations in Intercultural Studies and a Masters in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies – specializing in Religious Extremism and Islamic Law – from Edinburgh University. My interest lies in Peace Studies, Conflict Resolution, Cross-cultural Communications & Ethics, and Critical Thinking. As Acting Chair of the College of Humanities & International Studies, I concentrates primarily on teaching, training, and creating curriculum for various Schools & Degrees primarily pertaining to Government & International Studies in the University of the Nations. My passion is to see Students wrestle with issues of the day, creating a safe place to unpack, wrestle, and dialogue! Becoming aware of complexities and how we walk out our mandate in the light of a broken and ever changing world. | Cross Cultural Communication, Identity, & Power Biblical World View & Implicational Thinking War & Peace Creator God: Ethics & Philosophy Government & International Relations: A Biblical Response History of Power from Dictator to Destruction of Empires: A Biblical Perspective Islam: Sharia Law and the House of Islam Global Studies: The Middle East – Past & Present Spiritual Warfare & Power | English | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Aleck Cartwright | I am the International Dean of the College of Communication with the University of the Nations and a YWAMer since 1996. I also serve the mission as a photographer, design and educator. I was born in Zimbabwe, Africa but have lived and worked all over the world and pioneered Communication and Design Schools on almost every continent. I am married to Donna-Rae and we have two children, Mya and Micah. We make our home in Northern Ireland, UK. | TheBig Story of God (www.creativeimagebearers.com); Sin and the Cross; Biblical Overview; Communication Topics; Photography; Design; Relationships; Biblical Worldview Discipling Nations (Old Testament Template); Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Communication Intercession; Incarnation; Trinity; Any design and Communication topics including web design, photoshop, design principles, story-telling, logo design and iconography and so on… | English | Northern Ireland |
| Anne Sloan | I have been in YWAM for 29 years, serving on the Anastasis for over five years in DTS and as Personnel Manager. I have been part of YWAM England since then, serving on our National Staff Care & Development, our English Leadership Team, as an elder and in training. I am currently part of the new Centre for Christian Formation & Discipleship, having completed my Masters in this with the UofN in 2018. I also staff on the one-year programme for Christian Formation & Discipleship. I have a big interest in Joy and its role in our formation and lives. My passion is for others to understand their Identity in Christ. I am married to Brian and have 2 grown up sons who have both served in YWAM. | Identity Relationships Joy Renewing the Mind (anything around neuroscience) Myers Briggs Consultant | English | YWAM Harpenden, England |
| Jill Thornton | I’ve been serving in YWAM since 2006, primarily leading the 4K Mapping department but have also pioneered Mapping in Missions seminars and Discover Nations seminars. I serve on the Training Team at YWAM The King’s Lodge in England, and on the committee for the UofN College of Humanities and International Studies. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Geography and a Master’s in Geography of Conflict & Identity. My heart is to see believers get a greater understanding about nations and society so that they can have greater influence. | DTS- “Missions & Cross-Cultural” Second-Level Schools- “Geopolitics” (SIRD and SRH), “Holistic Research” (TS/worldview), “Missional Geography” (Comm Dev School), “Book of Joshua” (SBS) | English | Hinckley, England |
| Deb Possin | I have been in YWAM for 29 years. During that time I have been the director of the Theatre Dept. at YWAM Lakeside Montana for 14 years, and have been the lighting designer and stage manager for the Nortwest Ballet for 24 years. I am currently with the Online SBS as well as the Online BCC for the past 12 years. I staffed the residential SBS for 7 years at YWAM Lakeside Montana | Various books of the Bible, Dance history, Theatre History, Lighting design, stage management | English | Lakeside Montana, USA |
| Tanya Lyons | Tanya Lyons grew up in Canada, and “accidentally” joined YWAM when she went to DTS after High School. Tanya has been involved with YWAM for over 20 years, and has lived and ministered in 35+ nations, including a four-year term in Muslim Central Asia. Tanya has staffed and led DTSs, YWAM Bible training programs, the School of Ministry and Leadership Development, and The Introduction to Christian Formation and Discipleship One-Year Programme. Always curious about people and ideas, as well as looking for ways to understand how our experiences have shaped us, Tanya researched and wrote a book about the spiritual formation of adult children of divorce: Come Home Laughing. As a child of divorced parents this topic is close to her heart. Tanya has also written The Next 70 Days: A DTS Re-Entry Devotional, The Gifts I Never Knew I Had, and When Seasons Change: A Re-entry Devotional Tanya moved to Glasgow, in August 2018, and serves with YWAM’s Centre for Christian Formation and Discipleship. Tanya swing dances as often as possible, loves black coffee, geocaching, personality tests, reading books and talking about them. Speaking in DTSs and hanging out with DTS trainees and staff is always a highlight. | Nature and Character of God, topics related to Christian Formation and Discipleship, Cross-cultural life and ministry | English | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Jonathan Spainhour | I have been working with YWAM since my DTS in 2004. I have worked mostly with Bible education and Leadership training. I have a Master of Arts in Theological Studies with an emphasis on New Testament. | I teach regularly on Nature and Character of God, Bible Overview, Kingdom of God and Identity. I have spoken on a variety of subjects in DTS depending on the needs and vision of the school from Biblical view of social justice to relationships and sexuality. I also regularly speak on a variety of books across our Bible schools. Genesis, Ruth, Amos, Amos, Jeremiah, All four gospels, Acts, Romans, Ephesians, 1 Peter, Hebrews are the books I have spoken on a lot. I specialized the intertestamental period in my degree and use that in my gospel teachings. | English | Kona, Hawaii |
| Kelly Hoodikoff | Canadian. Married with 2 adult children. Founder of YWAM in Kyiv, Ukraine. Former Eastern Europe Regional Leader and YWAM Global Leadership Team member. Currently doing international teaching, training and partnering in Kingdom Making Movements. | Worldview, Kingdom of God and Transforming Nations, Leadership | English | Part time Eastern Europe & North America |
| Amy Elizabeth Garis | I have been working with YWAM for 18 years, of which the last 13 have been spent in Perth, Australia. That time has been filled with pioneering and leading a ministry, Priceless, with a focus on human slavery and prostitution ministry; leading a DTS with a similar focus; Crisis Response and Debriefing seminars; teaching in DTS’s, counselling schools, and Bible schools. I am currently completing a Master of Counselling in Sydney, Australia and desire to serve missionaries in a counselling and debriefing capacity as well as use counselling missionally. | Relationships; Hearing God’s Voice; Lordship of Christ Fear of the Lord; Repentance and Forgiveness Worldview; Book of Esther; Book of Ezekiel Addiction and counselling; Debriefing Critical Incident Stress Debriefing; Trauma General counselling skills | English | Perth or Syney, Australia |
| John Vanderwerf | John was raised in the great white north by a family of industrious beavers. Knowing that God had not called him to a life of dam building, he left his home and came to Paisley to do a DTS in 2003. He joined staff in 2004 and has been here ever since, staffing and leading DTSs, doing finance, learning the maintenance needs of the base and being involved in local church leadership. It was in YWAM that he met his wife and somehow ended up with 4 children. John has been involved in teaching youth and young adults for more than half his life and plans to continue doing so. | Biblical Worldview & Narrative | English | Paisley, Scotland |
| Mariette Louw | iWorkshop style to equip people to live and walk in their authority by living in the Spirit. | Holy Spirit. Fear of the Lord. Spiritual Authority. Living in the Spirit | English | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Brian Sloan | 15 years in British navy pre-YWAM; Joined YWAM in 1991; served with Mercy Ships 1992 – 2000; Leadership Development Encounter 2001; Regional director Marine Reach Europe 2002 – 2007; Int. co-director Marine Reach 2007 – 2017; pioneered marine ministries in Amazon, Africa & Europe; Director YWAM Next Wave 2007 – present; started teaching on DTSs 1995. | Nature & Character of God; Father Heart of God; Spiritual Warfare; Leadership Matters; Intercession; Navigation & Seamanship. | English | Harpenden, England |
| Rachel Adamski | Heya! I am an American living and serving in the beautiful nation of Scotland. I have been in YWAM for 7+ years, staffing, leading, and teaching on DTS, as well as being a part of base leadership. I have a passion to see people come awake to the reality of the Kingdom and who God created them to be – fully awake sons and daughters! | Holy Spirit, Spiritual Authority, Vision & Calling, | English | Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Philip Leage | Phil Leage is married to Linda with two children, Elisa and Jonathan. He is British married to an American having been married for 28 years. Phil has been with Youth With A Mission since 1983 and most of this time working with the School of Biblical Studies or other YWAM Bible schools. He lives and works out of the YWAM campus in the Midlands of England, The King’s Lodge having served there for 35 years. He oversees Online SBS and is Director for the Extension Studies Centre for the University of the Nations. | I teach on our Bible Schools, SBS, BCC etc. | English | Nuneaton, England |
| George Rich | I have been with ywam since 1984, in Los Angeles, California ywam . I am from the USA. | I teach, on The Father Heart of God, Intimacy with God and Apologetics. | English | Sligo, Ireland |
| Steve Rudd | I did my DTS in 1988. I have also done an SOE and SOSM. During my first 8 years on staff I taught at a private Christian school on our YWAM campus. This school used the Principle Approach to education. Through the years, I also worked in administration and staffed DTS. I came to work long-term in Macedonia in 2003. I was the school leader for our 6 DTS’s. Currently, we live in Tetovo, Macedonia, pioneering with unreached people groups: Muslim Albanians and Muslim Turks. | Lamb of God (topic description: Chronological presentation of the Gospel from Creation to Christ, highlighting the Lamb of God theme throughout the entire Bible. It covers most of the things emphasized in the “Curriculum Reframe”.) | English | Tetovo, Macedonia |
| Connie Taylor | I have been in YWAM for 37 years serving as an evangelist and I love taking teams of young people to the nations. I have a passion to see this generation get on fire for Jesus, and see them bring God’s Kingdom in. I love to equip people to share their faith and get passionate about sharing the gospel. My husband, Andrew and I together with our two daughters, (who both love Jesus and are serving the Lord) pioneered YWAM Cambridge ten years ago. We pioneered a CSBS in Cambridge 3 years ago and are also pioneering The Call of the Wild- Student Mission, which happens over the month of July. | DTS Evangelism week, DTS Holy Spirit week, Fear of the Lord, Missions week, SBS or BCC Galatians, Jonah and Zephaniah | English | Cambridge, England |
| Daniel Cloud | I joined YWAM in 2016, before that I was in youth ministry for 15 years. I’ve wanted to be in full time ministry since I was 13. I did my DTS in Kona in April 2016, and then my DBS in September 2016 in Kona. Since then I’ve been part of 6 DBS’s as a staff and a school leader. I pioneer and lead DBS now as part of the DBS International Leadership team. I’ve pioneered or helped to pioneer DBS in South Africa, Australia, Norway, and Malawi. | I teach mainly in Bible schools, so my focus has been the Bible, but I have 15 years experience in ministry and preaching/teaching. | English | Georgetown, USA |
| Ange Miracle | I was born and raised in Kentucky. I have been in YWAM since 2007, where I did my DTS in Salem, Oregon. I have staffed 2 DTS in Kona, Hawaii, completed the SBS, and worked with DBS since 2012 when it began. | DTS – BIble Overview DBS – week 2 Pentateuch: Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy | English | Kentucky, USA |
| George Rich | I have been ywam since 1984. I did my dts in Los Angeles. I have lived and worked in Los Angeles, Ca, in Colorado Springs, Co, Agadir, Morocco and in Ireland. | Father Heart of God, Intimacy with God and Apologetics | English | Sligo, Ireland |
| Kelli Brodhag | I completed my DTS in 2009 in Iquitos, Peru; Teachers for the Nations in 2012 in Tyler, TX; School of the Bible in 2013 in Tyler, TX; School of Evangelism in 2014 in Tyler, TX. I was on staff with School of the Bible in Tyler from 2013-2017. I taught in YWAM Tyler’s K-12 school from 2011-2016. I am now on staff with the pioneering team in Thessaloniki since 2017. I also have a BA in Elementary Education, with a minor in Classical Studies, completed in 2005 in CA. I love to teach and I love traveling to teach 🙂 | Bible – both Old and New Testaments Hermeneutics Holiness Lordship Value Church History | English | Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Simon Wood | Currently base leader of YWAM Amsterdam, prior to that we worked in the red light ministry here and set up a YWAM business to engage secular tourists with the story of Jesus’ impact on culture. Prior to YWAM I worked as a politics and history teacher. I’m married with three kids and we live in city centre Amsterdam. | Biblical worldview, Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. | English | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| George & Shellie Counts | We have been in YWAM since 1995. We did our DTS in Lausanne, Switzerland. George holds a BA degree in Industrial Management and AA degree in Counseling. Shellie holds a BA degree in Counseling and is completing an MA in Pastoral Care and Counseling. We have been married 50 years and have lived and served in ministry in Europe, England, Asia, New Zealand, West Africa, North Africa, and South Africa. Our calling and passion is to disciple people in the nations through counseling and family ministry. | Relationship, Counseling, Family Systems, and various related topics. | English | Brunswick, Georgia, USA; Worcester, South Africa |
| Charlotte Bowden | I am from the UK and putting together an Online BTPS which I am leading. I have staffed SBS and teach on SBS and DBS. I also trained in Spiritual Direction and like meditation on scripture which I’ll sometimes include in my teaching. | Bible Overview, Books from New and Old Testament. | English | Nuneaton, England |
| Steven Navarro | Born in 1992 and did my DTS in Amsterdam in 2014. Currently DTS leader here. My heart is for others to see Jesus as beautiful through Scripture. | The Kingdom of God, Bible overview, evangelism, relationships, Holy Spirit, hearing God’s voice and discipleship. | English | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Apryl Clark (Vess) | I worked alongside José and Gaby Galarza, as well as Jose and Rosana Liste from March 2011-August 2018. I have been blessed to lead DTS and BLS, as well as serve with finances and registrar. I have had the privilege to teach in London, other bases in England, Scotland, Italy and Norway. Although I have stepped out of full time YWAM to serve the local church here in Wales as assistant pastors with my husband, I am still committed to YWAM’s heart to “Know God and make Him known” and would love the opportunity to share with future DTS’s. What an amazing privilege it is to always be a YWAMer connected to a global, Jesus loving family! | Identity/Original Design, Discipleship, Intimacy with God | English | Abergavenny, Wales |
| Leah Thompson | I’ve been apart of Ywam for the last 15 years starting in Perth, Australia and no currently leading a YWAM campus with my husband in Paris France. | Hearing Gods Voice, Relationships, Lordship, Fear of the Lord, Missions, Holy Spirit , Repentance and Forgiveness | English | PARIS, France |
| Linzi Lantier | I am a leader at YWAM Urban Key London. I did my DTS here in 2012 and have staffed since 2015. I lead DTS’s as well as work in admin, disciple, etc. | Holiness and Confession, Fear of the Lord, Worship, Intercession, Hearing God’s Voice, Ministry of Jesus, Freedom in Christ, Religion vs Relationship and more | English | London, England |
| Vanessa Ross | My name is vanessa theresa Ross, i am Guyanese from a small country in south America, i have been serving in yeam for the past 8 years. My passion and vision to see Gods people living in freedom, health and wholeness in christ. | Divine Plumbline | English | Chatel, Switzerland |
| Hannah Mitchell | I grew up in London in a Jesus-loving family. Spent a year serving with OM in Birmingham before studying Natural Sciences at University. During my time as a student, I went on a short term mission trip to Japan and wondered if God was calling me back longer so ended up moving there for a couple of years after I graduated to work as a research student in a lab. In 2013 I returned to the UK, did a DTS with YWAM Cambridge and have been part of the team here since! I’ve staffed a couple of DTSs, lead one and am on our base leadership team. I love teaching and recently taught at another base for the first time – did a week on the Nature and Character of God | Nature and Character of God; Cross-cultural communication | English | Cambridge, England |
| Michelle Watson | Michelle completed her DTS in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2006, and has continued in missions ever since. Michelle has taught in DTS’s in Switzerland, France, Egypt and Australia, and loves to walk with others as they encounter God, respond to his love and continue to follow him day by day. Michelle has a background as a Physiotherapist, so is also involved in ministry with YWAM’s Medical Ships, expressing God’s love in very practical ways to those living with disability. Michelle loves to smile, and if you ask her for a verse that is very personal to her, the answer is easy: “Know that the Lord is God, it is He who made us and we are His” Psalm 100:3. | Bible Overview; Hearing God’s Voice; Character and Nature of God | English | Lausanne, Switzerland or Townsville, Australia |
| Andrew John Taylor | I did my DTS at Holmsted Manor in England in 1983, 37 years ago and since then have spent 30 years with YWAM. I was a member of the pioneer team at YWAM Kings Lodge, in 1984 . I have since served with YWAM in Derby, Scotland, Estonia and currently in YWAM Cambridge, helping my wife ( Connie Taylor) in pioneering the School of Biblical Studies in Cambridge and currently in repioneering the DTS. I spent 6 years in training for the Anglican ordained ministry and started a House of Prayer in Cambridge completing a Bachelors in Theology and Ministry at Cambridge University and 7 years completing a Doctorate in Ministry and Theology at King’s College London University. I have written and published 4 prayer/ discipleship guides that are accessible on the YWAM Cambridge website. | School of Biblical Studies: Leviticus, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Romans, Hebrews. Discipleship Training School: Prayer and intercession week; Knowing God, Discipleship Relationships week (with my wife Connie Taylor) | English | Cambridge, England |
| Katie Tucker | I am a registered nurse since 2016 and have been off and on with YWAM for the last 6 years. I have been doing missions since I was 14 years old. I completed my DTS with JEM Ponts De Vie in 2017 and completed the Birth Attendant School with YWAM Perth in 2018. I recently staffed the Compassion DTS at Ponts De Vie during which I taught the students Basic primary healthcare from lessons that I had written for the school. I have a huge heart for bringing Godly healthcare education to the nations. | Basic Primary Healthcare (includes evangelism through healthcare teachings), Maternity topics, & cultural sensitivities. Have a heart to teach on Compassion/ God’s mother heart and justice. | English | ?? USA? |
| Darlyn wotsa | Getting acquainted with my Heavenly Father was the beginning of every good things ever happened to me. And my mission in life is to introduce Him and make him known. I like to see myself as an evangelist but to unreached areas of people ‘s heart to see them become whole and more like Jesus. | Identity, family system, Divine plumbline, | English | Hurlach, Germany |
| James Barnard | I have been in YWAM 20 years, mainly in Australia but now in Romania. I have back ground in Landscape gardening and then worked in areas of Event Management and DTS. | Character and Nature of God, Father Heart of God, Hearing God’s Voice, | English | Constanta, Romania |
| Hector armando ortiz uribe | The Bible for DTS The first day I teach about the process of getting the bible, explain a little bit about the history behind it and have a moment of worship, repentance and thankfulness. The next two days I have a workshop about the inductive method teaching the students an easy way to Study the Bible (we learn about how to study a couple of verses and a whole book, Ephesians is really good for a dts) also we finish with a time of praying for each other using the Bible. Thursday and Friday I teach about the overview of the Bible (AT – NT) seeing the history of the people of Israel (AT), the life of Jesus and the growth of the church and also learn about the steps that God uses to redeem humanity. | The Bible for DTS The first day I teach about the process of getting the bible, explain a little bit about the history behind it and have a moment of worship, repentance and thankfulness. The next two days I have a workshop about the inductive method teaching the students an easy way to Study the Bible (we learn about how to study a couple of verses and a whole book, Ephesians is really good for a dts) also we finish with a time of praying for each other using the Bible. Thursday and Friday I teach about the overview of the Bible (AT – NT) seeing the history of the people of Israel (AT), the life of Jesus and the growth of the church and also learn about the steps that God uses to redeem humanity. | English – Spanish | Madrid, Spain |
| Angela Doerksen | My husband and I have lived in Kyiv, Ukraine for 10 years leading the Bible teaching team and pioneering Titus Project in Europe. Before that we served in Taipei, Taiwan with YWAM. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Sociology, and a Master’s Degree from the UofN in Biblical Studies. | DTS: The main topic that I enjoy teaching is Bible Overview and Inductive Bible Study, although I have taught other topics in DTS such as Missions and Holiness. Another topic that I am passionate about teaching is the area of learning to love God with your mind, dealing with questions from skeptics and the area of Apologetics. BCC & SBS: I can teach any book in the Bible but the main books I have focused on have been Genesis, Leviticus and Numbers in the Pentateuch, Post-Exilic historical narratives and prophets, and in the New Testament really any book. | English (Mother Tongue), French as a second language, and I also function at a basic level in Russian. | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Daniel Waggoner | I am from Detroit, MI, US and am a teacher by trianing. I taught middle and high school as a missionary teacher for about ten years before becoming a full-time missionary in 2016. | I have taught Character and Nature of God a few times. I am currently in the SBS and am willing to teach other subjects as well, however, the prophetic is not my strong suit. | English (native), German | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Timo Vetter | Born 1973 in Northern Germany, married & father of 3 girls, did my DTS 1997 in Wiler, Switzerland and several YWAM schools (BLS, SBCW, SOW, SBS, LDC, ) worked many years with DTS & Creative (Arts) DTS and for some years in Bible Studies. | Hearing Gods voice, Devotion times, Intercession, Worship, Leadership Topics, Biblical books (Ruth, Jonah, 2 Timothy & growing), Spiritual Warfare, Holy Spirit (not too wild 🙂 ), Calling & Destiny, Re-Entry, this & that | English & German | Wiler b. Seedorf, Switzerland |
| Shirley Jones | I have served in Switzerland, Ireland and Sweden with DTS’s and FCMs and I am an International Committee member for the Family Resource Centre. I coach, counsel and train as part of the Membercare Europe Team. | I teach on House of Oneness, Relationships, Moral Purity, Addictions, SSA, Caring for Families and TCKs. Personal and Transitional Debriefing | English and a little French | England |
| Mihaela Mihaylova (Misha) | Misha Mihaylova is originally from Bulgaria. She’s been on staff with YWAM Budapest, Hungary since 2001. She loves being a part of anything that involves YWAM’s Discipleship Training Schools. She’s currently co-leading the Training at YWAM Budapest and is one of the members of the DTS Resource Team for Central Europe. | DTS – Destiny by Design, DTS – School Debriefing | English and Bulgarian | Budapest, Hungary |
| Japhin | I was born and brought up in India. I always loved religions and so did go to university to study Theology for 5 years and manored in ancient religions. I sis my sbs in Muizenberg, South Africa. I have been working with ywamkyiv from 2018. I am leading the SBS here at kyiv. | Worldview, cost of Discipleship, Bible week | English and couple native languages | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Doris K. Cheung | Born and raise on the island of Mauritius. I am a trained special education teacher before joining YWAM. Did my DTS in 1998 and served in different bases over the years -Singapore, Kona, Lausanne and now in Burtigny. Main involvement has been between leading DTS, Foundations in Education and at one time coaching student-teachers in a YWAM preschool. I also hold a Masters of Arts in Christian Formation and Discipleship -UofN | DTS related topics :- Hearing God’s voice/Intercession, Life and Ministry of Jesus(Sin/Cross/Repentance), Discipleship/Spiritual Formation. FIE related topics :- Child development, Styles of learning/teaching; Spiritual formation of a teacher; Pedagogy of education | English and French | Burtigny, Switzerland |
| Shanda Derilus | Hello, my name is Shanda (full name Ravelie-Shanda Derilus) and I’m french, I’ve been on staff with YWAM in Biarritz France since 2014 and I’ve staff and lead a few school. I am 24 as of today in March 2020 and have a deep passion for the French world to be awaken to the revelation of Jesus Christ as Lord. | Repentance and Forgiveness ; The Lordship of Christ ; Mission… | English and French | Biarritz, France |
| Wayne hutchins | I’ve been on staff with YWAM Herrnhut for 8 years. I currently lead a apologetics seminar that is geared toward university students in Europe. | Apologetics/Worldview | English and German | Herrnhut, Germany |
| Taza Mzyece | Taza Mzyece from Zambia, I survived Polio, at 7 years, hence the use of a wheelchair, which I call my “Jeep”. I became a born again Christian when I was 16. I did my DTS in Malawi 2001. I did LTS in 2004 in Namibia. I did IBC in 2007 in Argentina and worked with the FCM for 5years. I have done the SBS and SBCW and have also obtain the UofN Bachelors’ of Arts in Biblical Studies. I am passionate about Missions and preaching and teaching. I would like to tell my life story through a short movie or write a book, as I think it would inspire and encourage many. I like cooking and baking, learning languages, traveling… | On DTS – Character of God, Forgiveness, Many more. On FCM – Plumbline, Mind Renewal, Fear of God, Principles of Counseling and more. On SBS – Numbers, Habakkuk, Jonah, Ruth, Titus, letters of John, Matthew, Zephaniah, many more given chance | English and Spanish | Wiler B Seedorf, Switzerland |
| Ruth Helen Provis | I love leading DTS. Discipleship is my passion, whether through leading DTS, teaching, leading worship or mentoring and coaching, I’m all about people seeing and meeting our God in all His beauty and holiness. I also love cheese, wine, creation and I believe I can talk to the animals. I have a long-suffering husband, 2 giant teenager sons and a cat called Genghis. | Praise and Worship; Intercession; Jesus and the Cross; Evangelism; Spiritual Warfare; Fear of the Lord; Hearing the voice of God/intimacy with God; Holy Spirit | English fluently, French well enough to talk and translate from French into English, but wouldn’t be comfortable teaching in French. | Saint HIppolyte du Fort, France |
| Stefaan Hugo | I’ve been with ywam for the past 30 years. I lead & pioneered different ywam bases & ministries in Africa. I was part of the ACT for Africa & Indian Ocean Islands. Where I help to oversee Southern Africa & the Indian Ocean Islands. My passion is to introduce people to my best friend The Holy Spirit. I grew up in a very conservative Church where my father & grand father where ministers with the church. But then I’m also very analytical, my first degree after high school was a Batchelor of Science with Maths & Physics as my majors , then I did a degree in Education. Also studied theology. 3 years ago My wife Trudie & I felt God called us to Europe. We now live in Europe. | The role of the Holy Spirit in our lives, Spiritual Warfare, Cross Cultural Communications, Leadership & Team Dynamics | English, Afrikaans | Ottestad, Norway |
| Alma Sako | I did my dts in 1995, have pastored a church for 13 years, actually leading the YWAM Albania national work since 2012, have been pioneering the YWAM Durres and leading the base since 2015, have Pioneer and leading YWAM Albania/ Durres DTS since 2013, have taught in DTS and second level schools/ training in Albania, Greece, Romania, England, Northern Ireland. I am married and have three children. Love training people to discover God and their identity and potential and how to walk in their destiny. | 1- Holy Spirit & gifts, ; 2- Hearing God voice combined with workshops, 3- Developing the prophetic gifts (teaching & workshops) 4- Spiritual authority & spiritual warfare 5- Pioneering in God’s kingdom; 6- Embracing your identity & Inner Healing | English, Albanian | Durres, Albania |
| Tove Kirkebye Poulsen | I am a Dane and currently also living and serving from Denmark, after 4 years in Switzerland and 11 years in Sweden. I did my DTS in 1991 and worked with YWAM since 1992. My passion is to further discover and communicate a biblical vision of the future, so people can find purpose and joy in their part of “project earth”. Likewise a great desire is to see Europe find its way “home”. I have studied with UofN, and hold degrees in communication and missiology, and hopefully soon a MA in Discipleship and Christian Formation. Have worked with and speak in DTSs, School of Communication Foundation, Advanced Principle of Communnication, School of Frontier Mission, Leadership Training School and different seminars incl. UniQuips. Currently I serve as the convener of YWAM Northern Europe. I also work with UofN’s Int. Provost Office serving on several teams focusing on the future development of UofN, communication and equipping of staff through UniQuip events etc. Random: I have bought yaks in Tibet; enjoy detective movies and odd foreign films; been a scout for 15 years; love the outdoors incl. kayaking & gardening, not to brag…but I’m very good at making outdoor fires. | Discipling Nations (The Old Testement Template) Spheres of Society Christian Biblical Worldview Worldviews With God in the Workplace Leadership & Staff training (transformational leadership, control vs commitment model, how to market your school etc) Introducing UofN | English, Danish | Randers, Denmark |
| Terry Ann Sherman | Terry Sherman was born in Tacoma, Washington and grew up in Seattle. At age 27 she married Ed Sherman (1982), moved to The Netherlands with him and did her DTS 5 weeks after getting married. They thought they’d stay maybe 2 years, but 37 years later they’re still in YWAM and still in The Netherlands at the Heidebeek base! Their 2 sons, David (33) and Chris (30), were born in Holland and still live there. Out of her 37 years of experience of raising support, Terry now teaches others about this topic. Her passion for this grew out of their own struggles and almost leaving the mission field because of lack of finances. She understands the negative feelings and thoughts that go along with “asking people for money”, but things changed once she learned the biblical perspective on this and God’s ways of making provision. Her workshop is now also available for free online and she is passionately spreading the training in the nations and also raising up more trainers in YWAM. | How to raise support to be long term in missions. | English, Dutch | Wapenveld, The Netherlands |
| Stefan Pruim | I’m Stefan Pruim and I’m baseleader of YWAM Heidebeek. I’m passionate about Jesus and mobilizing people for missions. I also love leadership and how to inspire people and get people moving | Leadership | English, Dutch | Epe, the Netherlands |
| Jonathan Vergauwen | I’m Belgian, married to a Dutch lady and we have 3 kids. Did my DTS in 2005 and have done SBS and SOFM. I love DTS and have been leading DTS’s for a number of years. I’m also part of the DTS resource team for Western Europe, so DTS is my passion 😉 | – Nature and Character of God – Discipleship | English, Dutch | YWAM Heidebeek, Heerde, The Netherlands |
| Patrick Brandes | Hi friends, I am Patrick. I work since 2000 with YWAM. We have experience as a family with Churchplanting and youth and children work in Wales. We worked with worship and pioneered a foodproject in the slums of South Africa. Studied music and the prophetic at Creare Bloemfontijn. Did a Kings Kids leader training (PCYM) in Sweden. We moved on again and worked in the heart of Europe receiving visiting teams, lead a E-team focussed on youthwork, arts and creative evangalism, played 7 years worship music at the central station in Brussels, studied at the Jazz and light music academy, hosted open mics and started the jazzy reggae band The Sunshine Remedy, started teaching at youth events and at School of Worship and DTS. Worked with Kings Kids year team. Moved to Scotland to become part of leadership team YWAM Paisley, started a school of worship, started a project spiritual busking, helped pioneering a Burn 24 -7 | Songwriting, The heart of Worship, Worship and Evangelism, Recognising Gods voice | English, Dutch | Paisley, Scotland |
| Bart van Dam | Hi I am Bart and I am from the Netherlands. After graduating in Mechanical Engineering I did my DTS in 2010. In my SBS I saw the beauty of God’s Word and felt called to share this blessing as much as I could. While leading a Titus Project outreach I fell in love with a beautiful Swiss girl. We got married in 2018 and both work with Bible For Life, a 3 month Bible course at YWAM Heidebeek. We now have a gorgeous baby girl. While doing an SOFM I really saw the importance of training and doing missions well. That made me passionate about addressing not only beliefs, but shaping worldviews with the transforming power of the Gospel. | How to Study the Bible (Inductive Bible Study) and how to lead others in that Bible overview Introductions on Bible Books (SBS, BCC or other Bible schools) Just started developping Basic Biblical Worldview Teaching. | English, Dutch | Heerde, the Netherlands |
| Johannes Woudstra | Having done a DTS and SBS in 2001-2003, I joined YWAM as full-time staff in 2004. I’ve been involved in leading worship, communication, base leadership team and more. My main ministry has been Bible teaching and training: SBS, pioneering our core course program Bible For Life, short courses, seminars and speaking. One of my core convictions is that God’s Word grounds and grows us to be God’s people in Jesus and the Spirit, for God’s world. I’m based at YWAM Heidebeek. | Bible, Reading and living the Word faithfully, Bible Overview (The Story of the King and Covenants), Bible books (e.g. Romans, Mark, Acts, Leviticus, Daniel and many more) | English, Dutch, Frisian | Heerde, The Netherlands |
| Richard Oostrum | Working with ywam the Netherlands since 1998. Married for 18 years and father of one son. In 1996 I had a radical encounter with Jesus and left the gay lifstyle to follow Him, make Him known and give pastoral aid and training | Sexual identity (Homosexuality/ LGBTIQ..) | English, Dutch, German | Epe, the Netherlands |
| Laurens Toering | . | Any Bible book, an overview of the Bible | English, Dutch, German, French | Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Ad de Bruin | A Dutchman, in YWAM for 35 years now, pioneered several bases in Africa where we served with YWAM for 10 years before moving to Slovakia in Central Europe. | Worldviews (Islam, Christianity, Humansim & New Age); Understanding the Kingdom of God; General Biblical principles for the sphere of society; government; education; family; business; Personality types; various leadership topics; how to develop your calling (the calling journey); spiritual gifts; prophecy (various aspects); understanding the Catholic world; Judaism and the church | English, Dutch, German, French, Swedish, Slovak | Banska Bystrica, Slovakia |
| Clarita Agsagani | Nationality: Filipino; Age:53; Educational attainment: Doctor Education; Passion: Training and encouraging people to disciple others; | Nature and Character of God, Hearing God’s Voice, The fear of the Lord, Intercession & Spiritual warfare, Friend raising/support raising, Identity in Christ | English, Filipino | Lapinlahti, Finland |
| Fiona C. Gifford | Born in London, UK. Teacher trained in English & Theatre Arts. DTS in Canada, 1985, and have since led/staffed around 40 YWAM schools: DTSs; SOE; Creative Schools; Advanced Principles of Communication (APC) & School of Communication Foundation (SCF) – the latter of which I still lead. My passion is spiritual formation, communication & discipleship: working alongside all nations & generations to serve in seeing transformation & greater growth in Father, Son & Holy Spirit. My main activities involve global teaching, training, one-on-ones and short term training events – but I’m equally as happy washing up! :). Roles are merely roles, but I’ve served as Int. Assoc. Dean of the College of Communication, and am currently part of the IDTS Centre Teams, as well as the Int. Provost Office – focussing on UofN 3.0 UniQuip events. Some fun facts: I’ve travelled to over 100 countries & am an Individualiser, Connectedness, Activator, Relator, Arranger, Learner & Developer on the StrengthFinders test. I currently live in Cape Town (glocal elder at YWAM Muizenberg), but hoping to relocate to work alongside YWAM Rostrevor in the Spring of 2020. | • Perceiving the Voice of God • Sin, Repentance & the Cross • Discipleship & Communication • Team Dynamics & Conflict Resolution • Communication Foundations • Public Speaking • Intrapersonal Communication • Creative Communication • Heart Purity of the Artist | English, French | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Richard Leakey | I’m 45 years old and I’ve been married to Elaine my Scottish wife for 19 years. We have three children Naomi 20, Rebekah 19 and Emma 14. They grew up bilingual and went to school in French as we have been staff at Burtigny in the French speaking part of Switzerland for the last 21 years. I love mentoring and discipling younger staff and students. Early in our time in Ywam Elaine and I led relief and Development DTS’s and went regularly as a family on outreach. I am a bit of an agriculture nerd. My favourite place in the world is in a field with rural farmers in Africa training Farming Gods way. I’ve also been asked to create a network of Ywamers doing food, agriculture and nutrition across the mission. Elaine and I have bought an old farmhouse in Burtigny that we are slowly renovating and have been living in for 13 years. So lots of free time is hard at work on the house. I love to write, watch sport and if my body holds up do sprint triathlons. | Nature and character of God. Father heart of God, Intro to the spheres, Old testament Template covering the DTS world view requirement, Farming God’s way and sustainable agriculture. | English, French | Burtigny, Switzerland |
| Elaine Leakey | Having been involved in the mission now for more than 20 yrs, we have lived and worked as a family in the nation of Switzerland. Richard and I have three teenage girls, we enjoy discipling young people and teaching them how to think! I am also very involved in the local churches, international churches and the local community as I lead different ministries in our community involving kids and teenagers. My hope and dream is to help disciple young people to be able to think and live as “stars in the universe” (from Philippians 2) as we launch them into their futures! | Identity in God Different personality profiling – team building tools DISC, Strengthfinders, Myres Briggs Relationships Drugs and Addiction | English, French | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Adam Thompson | I lead YWAM Paris Connect with my wife, Leah. We’ve been speaking on speaking on schools since 2013 and in YWAM since 2007. | Repentance & Forgiveness; Lordship of Christ; Fear of the Lord; Worship & Intercession & Spiritual Authority; Evangelism; Nature & Character of God; Hearing God’s Voice | English, French (not teaching french) | Paris, France |
| Joseph Avakian | male, twin, son, brother, armenian, lebanese, cyrpiot, german, husband, father, friend, artist, creator, thinker, educator, mentor, traveler, researcher, missionary, ywamer, alive, seeker, questions, answers, communication, art, design, photography, illustrations, culture, techie, running, biking, hiking, camping, basketball, music, food, all continents, warm weather, beach, Mountains, travel, films, theater, dance, out of the box, identity, the image of god or universe, dreamer, destined, purposed, saved, embraced, generous, passionate, cosmopolite, strategic, includer, woo, arranger, maximizer, communication, belief, inspired, shape, change, love, faith, hope … still growing & learning | The Image of God, Co-creating with God, Identity, Biblical-Worldview, Leadership, Communications, Cross-cultural communications & Missions, Calling & Destiny, Leadership + Discipleship, Relationships + Family / Community. The next 500 years | English, French, Arabic, German | Berlin, Germany |
| Francis Obaika | Francis Obaika is originally from Nigeria and has lived and worked in Europe with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) for the past 20 years. His married to a German and they are blessed with two children. With YWAM he is involved in training, coaching, leadership development and discipleship. Professionally he works in the area of graphic design, business consultation, media communication and his part of the John Maxwell’s Team. Francis is passionate about the Kingdom of God and how His Kingdom can practically, creatively and supernaturally impact, influence and shape any domain of society. He delights in seeing people step into their full potential in life. | D.T.S; Discipleship; Identity and calling; The Father Heart of God Relationship (male & Female); World-View (biblical Christian worldview) Hearing God Voice; Holy Spirit; Spiritual warfare (Spiritual Authority) Destiny by design; The Fear Of God; The Kingdom of God Communication,Public Speaking and Presentation Community and Sustainable Economic Development Leadership Development & Empowerment ; Transitional leadership Coaching and mentorship; The Word and Spiritual Authority; The power of prayer Teaching and preaching; Conflict Management | English, German | Altensteig, Germany |
| Josiah Narwold | Currently serve in base leadership in Hainichen, Germany. I am married and have 4 daughters. We are from the USA and have been living in Germany since 2013. | Hearing God’s Voice, Identity & Calling, Biblical Christian Worldview | English, German | Hainichen, Germany |
| Frank Bauer | Frank’s DTS was in 1989 in Maui and in 1995 he finished his studies with the UofN with a B.A. in Christian Ministries. Right after that he worked in an educational project in Guinea-Bissau. 1999 he joined the leadership team of JMEM-Hurlach and became the team leader of the national leadership team of YWAM Germany in 2007. In 2004 Frank, his wife Heidi and team founded the SBCW (School of Biblical Christian Worldview) in Hurlach. Heidi and Frank have a heart for the needy and love to do outreaches into developing countries. In 2018 he graduated with Exec. Masters in Leadership with the UofN. Their son Lucas is 18 years old, and their daughter Lizann is 16 and Kaitlyn is 12. Frank has a passion for worldview and youth and loves to champion and mentor young leaders to see their God given dreams come to pass. | Biblical Christian Worldview, Postmodernity or Post-Post Modernity | English, German | Hurlach, Germany |
| Wilrens Hornstra | I am Dutch but live in Germany. I joined YWAM in 1988 and have been involved with the SBS and other Bible courses in YWAM ever since. I have a master’s degree in both biology and biblical studies; in 2007 I earned my Ph.D. through the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. From 2010 until 2016 I was part of the Leadership Retreat Centre in Spain. Presently, I coordinate the network of YWAM Bible courses in Europe and teach in various schools, especially the hard books of the Bible. I write a monthly teaching blog at www.wilrens.org. Together with my wife, Franziska, we host individuals in our home (Elijah’s Inn) for an intensive debriefing. | Most books of the Bible; eschatology | English, German, Dutch | Wildberg, Germany |
| Marcel Kunz | I was born (1990) and raised in Switzerland, married to Cecilia and we have 2 young kids. We’ve been working with YWAM Lausanne since 2014 and are part of the leadership team here. We’ve been leading a bunch of DTSs and have recently shifted to leadership schools / leadership training. We love to invest in young leaders and just in general in people who are hungry for God. We have a heart for the Middle East and I am very passionate about teaching. I’ve been teaching for a few years now and I’m looking forward to hear from you 🙂 | Hearing God’s voice; Identity; Relationships (romantic / peers / with God) Holy Spirit; Spiritual Leadership; Worship & Intercession Re-Entry; Character and Nature of God Lordship of Christ | English, German, French | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Aruna Rani Kodamanchili | I am a missionary in Germany since 10 years. This year is my 11th year. Born and brought up in a christian family. I went to English Catholic school. My qualifications are Bachelor’s in microbiology and Bachelor’s in Education. Worked as a biology teacher in India before I did DTS. I am originally from India and did DTS there, came to Germany for worldview school in 2019 and ended up being on staff and leading it till 2018. I earned AS degree in Early Childhood Education with UofN. I have taught in the worldview schools in Germany, Italy, France, England, Brazil(online). I also taught in the DTSs on different topics. I learned German langauge in Germany and love being here. I love teaching which is my calling and very fulfilling. | Science and faith, Biomedical ethics, Worldview of Hinduism. Introduction to worldview in DTSs, faith and finances, hearing God’s voice, character and nature of God. | English, German, Hindi, Telugu(mother tongue) | Hurlach, Germany |
| Nadezhda Molugova | Founder and the Director of the Florence Classical Arts Academy since 2009 https://www.artac.org/ and New Renaissance Foundation https://www.newrenfon.com/ Graduated in «Graphic Design» at Grekov Art College, Rostov-on-Don, National Diploma in Graphic Design Graduated in DTS and SBS courses at University of Nations, Rostov-on-Don branch Diploma of Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan (“Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera”) Master’s degree programme at “Academy of Fine Arts”, Florence, Italy (“Accademia di Belle Arti”) | Painting, Drawing, Composition, Worldview in Arts, Design, Visual Communication | English, Italian, Russian | Florence, Italy |
| Eun Eim Jung Jenkins | I have been seving YM, counseling colledge for more than 20 years based in Switzerland, leading, teaching in various counseling course around the world. | Plumb line, God’s given emotion, varous counseling related topics | English, korean | champagne YM base, France |
| Claire KUEFFER | I didn’t join YWAM until my 30s when I did a rossroads DTS in Tyler, Texas, January 2016. I taught Elementary level Special Education in the Public schools for 8 years before I successfully burnt out and God redirected me to YWAM and redeeming the sphere of Education. Since joining YWAM I have been leading schools for ESL in the Christian community (English Learning for Missions) and serving a community of refugees from Sudan living in Egypt through a community learning center. I have helped improve their adult learning curriculum, skills and provided some biblically based teacher training. | English Language for Speakers of Other Languages (ESL), Education for Life | English, learning French | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Andreas Nordli | Married to Asne since 1996, five kids. I’ve been in YWAM since 1995, and pioneered a YWAM base in Romania. Been leading YWAM Norway since 2009. | Missions, Character and Nature of God, The Bible, | English, Norwegian | Grimerud, Norway |
| Marianne Synnes Braseth | I have been fulltime with YWAM for more than 25 years. My husband and I are base leaders at YWAM Kristiansand, and I am the mother of three teenagers. I have been engaged in Leadership and preaching since I was a teenager myself. My passion is to share truth to equip people to step into a real relationship with the Lord, to embraze their identity and walk with confidence in the calling he has for them. I am trained as a teacher for high school. I am Norwegian/Danish and was born in 1971. | The Character of God, Identity, Calling, Hearing God’s Voice, The Holy Spirit, The Prophetic, Relationships | English, Norwegian | Kristiansand, Norway |
| Adriano Estevam | Adriano is originally from Brazil, where he did his DTS in 1996 in Salvador, Bahia. Together with his family they have been serving out of Switzerland for about 14 years. He serves in the Core International Leadership Team of the University of the Nations, as director of the GENESIS Centre. | Worldview, Communications, Transcultural Communication, Nature and Caracther of God, God Story, Technology. | English, Portuguese | Lausanne |
| Núbia Cristina Silva Corneliussen | My name is Núbia and I´ve been in YWAM over 20 years now. I served in YWAM Brasil working with street kids and now I´m part of the leadership team of YWAM Denmark. | Destiny by design | English, Portuguese and Danish | Moerke, Denmark |
| Lilia Nez | I come from the great northern region of western Canada. Living a radical life in Greece, serving with YWAM Lesvos and leading/pioneering schools. | Nature and Character of God | English, Russian | Lesvos, Greece |
| Daniel Yarbrough | My name is Daniel and I am a husband, a father, and a teacher and missionary in Ukraine although I’m American by way of Texas & Tennessee. I’m passionate about teaching the bible and (SBS and Titus Project gave me this), I also have a desire to help people walk through Grief Recovery and challenging people to be thinking well (by SBCW gave me this) | Any DTS topic including staff topics (training/leading/facilitating), Most Bible books + seminars in SBS/CSBS, etc. Can also teach Family topics & some Worldview topics (SBCW) | English, Russian | Vinnitsa, Ukraine |
| dennis Layton Holt | My wife and I have been involved with YWAM for over 30 years. We have lived full time in Eastern Europe for 22 years- 7 in Russia and 15 in Georgia. We founded YWAM in the Republic of Georgia in 2005 and love living here. We have been married for 34 years and have 3 adult children all workng with YWAM. I regularly teach in YWAM schools throughout Eastern Europe and occationally in Europe, Central Asia and Africa. I hold a BA in Inductive Bible study from the University of the Nations and am a firm believer in the quiality of our YWAM schools! | Inductive Bible study, Father Heart of God, Intro to DTS week (Hearing the voice of God, Quiet times, Intercession, worship and spiritual warfare, etc). I also teach occasionally on Missions, world view, Finance raising/friend raising, etc. | English, Russian and a bit of Georgian | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Curtis Clewett | Did my SOE (before there were DTS schools!) in 1974 in Hawaii in school led by Loren and Darlene. My wife and four children have lived in Barcelona, Spain since 1991 when I was the onsiteorganizer for the 1992 Olynpic outreach. Since then, we have led King’s Kids nationally, served as chairman of the KKI European Leadership team and occupied several other national and trans-national leadership posts with KKI and YWAM. We started a youth-targeted church in Barcelona, have built leadership training courses and recently pioneered a tree-planting initiative in West Africa. I have written a book “3G: The Art of Living Beyond Your Life” used widely in YWAM circles around the world. | 3G: How to effectively pass on values through the generations. The Anatomy of Discipleship How to create, nurture and multiply small groups. Church Planting General Leadership Topics Raising Support and funding your ministry. | English, Spanish | Barcelona, Spain |
| Paul Lundblad | I lead a the YWAM ministry in Vilhelmina, Sweden (way up north). I’ve been in YWAM since 2012 and have been pioneering in Sweden since then. I’m originally from the US and and am married to a Swede. My focus in ministry is on creating opportunities for people to encounter God and deepen their relationships with Him. I will soon begin working in the Church of Sweden as a youth minister while maintaining my role in YWAM coordinating missions efforts locally and nationally, and my wife and I are part of the global leaders’ network for a YWAM-sister organization called Axiom Monastic Community. I’m a musician and enjoy outdoorsy hobbies like backpacking, hunting, and fishing. | Hearing God’s voice, intercession, missions, contemplative prayer (including leading contemplative retreats) | English, Swedish | Vilhelmina, Sweden |
| Cajsa Turesson | I did my SBS at YWAM the King’s Lodge, UK, in 2012, and then staffed for a couple of years and also led three schools. It’s also been a great joy & honour to travel to other YWAM Bible schools in Europe to teach. My desire is for the Word & the Spirit to reveal Jesus in the classroom. | Happy to teach any book/era of the Bible (provided I have enough time to prepare those I have not done before), (SBS style) inductive Bible teaching. Have done Numbers, Joshua, Judges, Tribal period, Samuel, David period, Ezra, Nehemiah, Post-exilic period, Psalms, Intro to prophets, Amos, Joel, Jonah, Nahum, Haggai, Malachi, Intro to gospels, Matthew, Mark, Titus, Hebrews, Revelation. When possible & appropriate, I like to incorporate worship & Bible meditation in the teaching. | English, Swedish | Nuneaton, England |
| Isak Oscarsson | I did my DTS in 2008 in YWAM Restenäs and has been serving there since. Through my years in YWAM I have mosly staffed and lead DTS:s, but also worked a lot with different youth ministires and base leadership. My passion is to see young people get simple and practical understanding of how to live out their faith. | Hearing God’s voice | English, Swedish | Uddevalla, Sweden |
| AKAP PHOM | Akap is from India serving with YWAM as full time missionary since 2001. Currently located in Budapest Hungary along with his family, In the past he taught in DTS’s spiritual warfare, Divine plumbline. In 2006 God’s put desire to pursue counselling school within ywam, He has done FCM and staff and ABC and lead in 2011. He is still serving as full time with ywam in Europe and also serving as a CERTIFIED ADDICTION COUNSELOR under( ABMI) Addictive Behavior Ministry international. His passion is to reach out the addicts world through teaching and counseling on the topic of (Understanding and the awareness of addiction) He realize that the youner generation are facing ahuge challenges in area of addcition both substance and Hidden addiction. During addiction teaching he will focus on Behaviors- Drugs, alcohol, sex and pornography. Roots of addiction- Shame,fear, anger etc. Soil of addiction- physical abuse,sexual abuse, spiritual abuse etc. Trauma A(Absent of good things) -B( Bad things that happen in our life). And then family system/group theraphy/support group. | Basic understanding of Addiction/awareness of Addiction. (focus on Behaviors – Drugs, alcohol, sex and pornography. Roots of addiction- Shame,fear, anger etc. Soil of addiction- physical abuse,sexual abuse, spiritual abuse etc. Trauma A (Absent of good things) -B ( Bad things that happen in our life). And then family system/group theraphy/support group.) Spiritual warfare; Divine plumbline | English/ Hindi | Diosd/Budapest, Hungary |
| Nestor & Florence Tsala | We are 20 years missionaries leading the school of kingdom Empowerment at Heidebeek The Netherlands | -destiny & Identity – Prophetic – Prayer – Spiritual warfare | English/French | Heerde, the Netherlands |
| Tarja Hyttinen | 52 years old YWAMer and mother and foster parent, deaconess, a public health nurse, married almost 30 years, 1 child, 3 foster children | Honouring and forgiveness, Family and relationships, Marriage | Finnish, English and less Swedish | Oulu, Finland |
| Cassie Speck | I did my DTS in Lakeside,MT in 2011. I staffed DTS from 2012 until 2014, then staffed SBS 2015. I am married to Garrett Speck and mom to Levi (2.5) and Nora (1). We moved to Kyiv, Ukraine in 2019 to be a part of Team 7.10 and currently lead Aqueduct (Bible school in the city for working professionals). I studied Political Science in my undergrad, got my Masters in Social Ethics and I am passionate about Biblical truths being applied in society. | Anything/everything Bible; social issues and the Christian response; leadership development; team dynamics; staff training; would be willing to teach any topic needed | fluently- English, not fluently- French and Russian | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Claire Adele Simpson | 50 years old, Scottish, based at YWAM Borgen, Arctic Norway.. My first training was and job was as a marine biologist before 21 years as a specialist orthopaedic nurse. I have been in Ywam since 2008 where I was based in Family Ministries NZ. I worked as a prison chaplain in NZ before heading north to the other end of the earth. I have been teaching and ministering around europe since. I used to be an atheist but came to the Lord partially through science but also as The Lord broke through. I fell deeply in love with Him. It is my greatest joy to teach and minister in His magnificent Spirit. I am an intellectual as well as being Spirit lead. | Relationships and sexuality (especially towards single people). Christian Biblical World View. Spiritual Warfare. | Fluently…. english. Semi fluently Norwegian, French | YWAM Borgen, near Tromsø in Arctic Norway, Europe |
| Stéphane Unger | 1st trained as musician. Part of the leadership trio of the YWAM Burtigny base in Switzerland. I also lead the School of Worship here. My vision is to see worship growing throughout the French-speaking world (about 50 countries). | – The character of the worshipper – Musicianship / leading a group – The Holy Spirit – Teaching about music (theory, practice) | French, English | Burtigny, Switzerland |
| Marjorie Waefler | Mother of 4 kids (on with severe autism), with King’s Kids International ministriy for many years, lived ni Jordan for 10 years working among families, refugees. | Boundaries with Kids, Reaching Families of Children with Special Needs, KKI Values | French, English, German, Arabic | Yverdon, Switzerland |
| Jean-Philippe Godin | I live in Switzerland, I have a wonderful Mexican wife and 3 daughters. I love making sourdough bread and any other kind of healthy cooking and fermentation. I love reading and spending time in the word of God. | Discipleship, Lordship, Kingdom, Fear of the Lord, team work and leadership | French, English, Spanish | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Guy & Joële Zeller | After being youth group leaders, we joined YWAM in 1995 and relaunched King’s Kids in the french-speaking part of Switzerland, which we led for 10 years. We then became resource persons for developing KKI in the french speaking nations, then joined the International Leadership Team of KKI in 2010. Guy is a prophetic and apostolic teacher and author of 5 books, and Joële is specialized in forming teams and maximizing the way they work together. They have a special heart to raise up a new generation who knows, love and serves God with all their heart. | Training themes – Guy and Joële Zeller; A vision for the children in the church; Children’s spiritual capacity; – Seeing children as Jesus sees them; – What vision for children in our churches/bases; – The history of children’s ministry; – What to do in a meeting with children; – How to make disciples with the younger generation; – How to select, call and train workers for the younger generation; – The evangelization of children; – How to pray for and with children; – Leading worship among children; – Children and the Holy Spirit; – Making disciples among the little ones (0-5 years old); – Working with teenagers; – Rites of passage; – How to set boundaries – discipline in our activities with children – Working well with parents; – Developing a curriculum according to God; – Teamwork in children’s ministry; – Help children discover their gifts and begin to exercise them; – … A vision for the family; – Coherence between life in church and life at home; – Family life according to God; – The Role of the Family in the Kingdom of God; – The parents, priests of their home; – Spiritual life in the family; – Disciplining our children; – The family, a launching pad for our children; – Making disciples at home; – Being examples for our children; – Single-parent families; – Start your ministry at home; – Reforming our family background; – The role of fathers; – The role of mothers; – Marriage according to God; – Being a family team; – Winning the hearts of our children; – Deuteronomy 6: When you get up, ; hen you go to bed, when you sit in your house; – Gen. 18:19: a transgenerational vision; – Collaborating between generations; – The church, a family? What does it involve?; – The family, first church – or domestic church; – Hospitality; – A family that serves God together; – Spiritual parents; – Bringing back the prodigal children | french/english | Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland |
| Uli Braun | German, born 1975. Married interculturally, two daughters. Joined YWAM in 2001 (Lausanne). Base leader at YWAM Hainichen since 2015. Other experiences in YWAM: DTS staff, communications, family ministries. | The Gospel we hardly preach (Kingdom Gospel) Worldview topics Intercultural relationships/marriage Leadership topics | German, English | Hainichen, Germany |
| Reto Gubler | Swiss Married with three kids Done DTS 2004 in Muizenberg SA staffed in Oxford NZ 2004 to 2006 pioneered and run YWAM Davos Switzerland | Relationships Culture of Honor / Counity Leadership Topics | German, English | Davos, Switzerland |
| Harald Höllermann | I was born (1988) and raised in Austria and am married with a beautiful Romanian lady. We have two kids. I originally was trained in engineering and am in YWAM since 2011. I did my DTS at YWAM Rogaland, Norway, staffed for two years there and completed two second level schools (BCC, SOPL – School of Pioneering and Leadership). In 2014 we re-pioneered YWAM Austria in Vienna and are currently leading YWAM in Austria. | Relationships, Biblical Worldview, The Bible, Lordship of Jesus | German, English | Vienna, Austria |
| Nicole Spiske | DTS, ICB, SBS and Titus Project in Pichilemu, Chile. FMS in Hainichen, Germany. I am leading BCC in Hainichen. I am passionate about Gods Word and see how He speaks and transforms through it. | SBS books like Kings, Samuel, Introduction to Historical Books, Profetic Books etc., Bible overview, what is the inductive method and Philemon, hearing Gods Voice, Right from the beginning Seminar | German, Spanish, English | Hainichen, Germany |
| Barbara Connor | Been in YWAM 4O years, the first ten working with DTS and the remaining 30 since then working mainly with KKI, PCYM (youth ministry schools) and leadership development (LDC and B2b.) Also involved in coaching and mentoring, and I’m part of the College of Education committee for the U of N. Currently part of the European and International KKI leadership teams. | Various topics relating to child and youth ministry (PCYM curriculum); Various topics relating to leadership development (LDC curriculum); Coach training (FOCOS curriculum); The nature and character of God; Biblical Christian Worldview; Values and vision; Mentoring and team building; Etc, etc | I mainly teach in English, but I also speak and understand French, German and Spanish. | Malaga, Spain |
| Angelika Boitmane-Sumakovska | I’m in ywam since 2010. I have worked many years with team building ministry and NIKO. God has shaped me a lot through these programs, both participating and leading. Through team building I met my Brazilian husband. Now we are team of 3 (we have a daughter) and we co-lead a ywam base, work with DTS’s and we dream big. | Team building, team synergy, people as body of Christ, trust, overcoming | Latvian, English, Portuguese | Valdemārpils, Latvia |
| Kristina Ecis | I have been in YWAM since 1993. I am a Latvian. I love the Lord and have a passion to see people succeed and be released in their ministry. My training consists of BA in Christian Ministry from UofN. I also have done studies in theology and missiology. I have staffed and lead DTSs, BCCs and SBCW. I have done ministry in 27 countries. Currently my role includes being base elder, being a part of the national circle team and member of Northern Europe Area Circle team. | DTS: Bible overview/How to study the Bible; Worldviews; Missions/Biblical Basis for Mission; Leadership SBCW: Christians Meeting Muslims; History of Ideas BCC: Inductive method (weeks 1 & 2); almost any book of the Bible for the BCC SBS/DBS: Gospel of John; Gospel of Luke; Acts; Genesis; Deuteronomy | Latvian, English, Russian | Valdemarpils, Latvia |
| Trond Sæthren | The last 10 years I have been the leader of Family ministries Norway, and since August 2019 I am working full time in the international core leaderteam for Family Ministries. I love storytelling and I am known as a speaker with a lot of humor, connecting well with the audience of all kind. I teach in DTS and also 2.level schools, as well as churches and non christian settings. Flexible. I am an educated life coach and teacher. | Relationships and all kinds of family related topics, including family of origin and Genograms. Marriage/relationship workshops and seminars | Norwegian, English | Grimerud center, Norway |
| Annelise Askjem | Schools in UofN: DTS 2004-2005, IBC 2008, SOPL 2011, BSN 2015-2016. Staffed and/or lead a mobile youth and kids ministry team, Mission Adventures and/or DTS at: YWAM Borgen, YWAM Skien and YWAM Estonia. Part of re-pioneering YWAM in Estonia. Taught DTS’es in Helsinki and the Baltics. | Biblical overview (the story from Genesis to Revelations), including basic Bible study. | Norwegian, English | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Vegard & Eva Furuskjeg | Hi! We are Vegard and Eva. We are both from Norway and have been working in YWAM for around 10 years. We have been leading worship since teenage years, did a School of worship in Kona 2013, and are passionate about leading people into the presence of God and being creative in worship. When we teach, we go into things like: How worship is a response to God’s love, Psalms study, understanding how worship is shaped by our image of God and our life stories, praise and worship, the connection between prayer, worship and missions + more. | Worship/living from the heart | Norwegian, English | Skien, Norway |
| Trond Sæthren | Trond is a norwegian married to Anne-Helen for 25 years. They have thre kids. One is already married and the two teenagers live at home with us. We have worked more or less with ywam the last 30 years,and have served thre years as missionaries in the Philippines as a family. We led the Family Ministries here in Norway for 10 years and I am presently serving as the international convenor for Family Ministries in ywam. | Relationships, leadership, and all kind of family related topics. discipleship etc | Norwegian, English | Ottestad, near YWAM Grimerud, Norway |
| Sindre Vaernes | Born in Norway among rugged mountains, long scenic fjords, the ocean, islands and lots of weather, this diverse natural environment set a unique stage for a unique calling. Biblical values were imparted early. He lives with a natural curiosity towards many areas of life. Technology and innovative solutions always spark an interest. Worked with applied video solutions in education and pioneered Biblical Worldview training. | Biblical Worldview, Nature and Character of God, | Norwegian, English | Stange, Norway |
| Kristian Sand | Norwegian missionary to Asians in UK 1975-2007. Married to Ritva, from Finland. Ministered in India from 1987-2002. Orphanage. Seminars to train new evangelists for unreached people groups. Wrote books for young Indian leaders. Lived in Finland from 2007 onwards. Published 11 books in Finnish. Loves nature, animals, Manchester United.7 | Father Heart; Hearing voice of God; Inner Healing; Deliverance; Prophetic subjects, Spiritual warriors; Deliverance from manipulation; Control-free leadership; Spiritual times & seasons, Slowing down to healthy lifestyle; Coming out of anxiety; Entering rest; Based on Job: God’s call to purification; how to survive & profit from hard times; what diamonds can come out of suffering: what Paul says about suffering: the sovereignty of God. | Norwegian, English, manage in Swedish, little Finnish | Seinäjoki, Finland |
| Ole Johan Olsen | My name is Ole Johan, I’m from the south of Norway. After serving in London, UK for some years as a missionary, my wife and I are now re-starting the YWAM base in Brussels, Belgium. | Spiritual warfare, Hearing Gods voice, Prophecty, Inner Healing / Plumbline | Norwegian, English, some French and some Spanish | Brussels, Belgium |
| Thiago Souza Machado da Silvsa | Born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Thiago Souza has been a missionary with the international movement called YWAM since 2006. As a photographer, he seeks to explore and address important social issues, raise awareness, and inspire change. Thiago is a passionate defender of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as the values and principles of the Christian Magna Carta. | Photography | Portuguese / English | Harpenden, England |
| Adriano Estevam | Adriano Estevam is originaly from Brazil, serving internationally with the UofN GENESIS Centre for 20+ years, in events, Schools, Staff Equiping, community development and other applications. For the past 15 years he lives with his family in Lausanne Switzerland. Currently he serves as Intl Director for the UofN GENESIS Centre. | Worldview, Biblical View of Communication, Trans Cultural Communication, Media Reinterpretation, God’s Story, Nature and Character of God, Vocation, Biblical View of Tecnology. | Portuguese, English | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Dima Bavikin | 20 years in YWAM | Teamwork, Leadership, Understanding Human Development, Planning and Projects | Russian | Minsk, Belarus |
| Andrey Derkach | Christ follower from 1993, DTS 1995, 1995 fulltime minister. Pastor. 2005-2017 start and lead y- Armenia. Now serving in/from Russia Teach in DTS from | Missiology, Biblical Worldview, Character of missionary, SBS books, Acts, Mark, Ephesians, 1-2 Tim. | Russian, English, (Armenian conversation) | Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
| Arild Måsø | I am sami in Norway. Have been christian since 1974. Have been in full time ministry 15 years. Has traveled among indigenous people in many countries. Mostly in Canada and Greenland. | Spiritual warfare, Praise and worship, Holy Spirit | Sami, Norwegian, English | Lákšjohka in Tana municipality, Norway |
| Luz Leidy Sanabria Jaimes | I am been in YWAM for the last 17 years. I have served in El Salvador, Colombia and Europe. I have a Degree in the UofN: Associate of Arts in Missions / Intercultural Studies | Worship, Biblical Worldview, How to hear God’s voice, Nature and Character of God. | Spanish (Mother tongue), English (Fluent), French (more than basic), German (more than basic). | Basel, Switzerland. |
| Felipe Andrés Orozco Jofré | I have done 2 DTSs, the first one was in the US and the second in Spain where I finally decided to remain as Staff member. I have been working with YWAM Caceres Spain for 2 years already after I complete the worldview school in Ywam Chile and also I’m graduate in Psychology | Biblical Worldview Hebrew context of the Bible | Spanish and English | Caceres, Spain |
| Yanil wolfe | Dts in Argentina 2017 / biblical foundations counseling 2012/ school SofM 2013/ serving in Ywam Argentina 2017 – 2015 / serving in Ywam England 2015 – 2020 – now pioneering a Ywam base in Zimbabwe | Plumb line – for Dts weeek of teaching / | Spanish/ English | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Ingela Wahl | National leader of King’s Kids Sweden, part of the leadership team for KKI Europe. | Childrens spiritual capacity Church for all ages The family as a team The role of the parent | Swedish, English | Borås, Sweden |
| Elin Persson | Swede living in Denmark serving at YWAM Sjellebro, previously serving in Sweden at YWAM Restenäs for 8 years. I am passionate to see people not just “finish well but live well”. | Re-entry | Swedish, English | Randers, Denmark |
| Cristita Drath | My name is Cristita Cula Drath, I was a Reg. Nurse from the Philippines . I am married to a german guy for 18 years now and we have two children and been with YWAM since 22 years. We were leading DTS/All Generations DTS for 20 years and felt now to focus more into DTS teaching in Europe. | Nature and Character of God ; Identity in Christ ; Praise and Worship/Prayer and Intercession | Tagalog, English, German | Germany |
| Yaroslav Yahotin | In YWAM since 2010. Married. Love to show Jesus to addict. | Evangelism as a lifestyle Mercy ministry | Ukrainian, Russian, English | Ternopil. Ukraine |
| Eric Demeter | Work with YWAM Athens, Greece. | Relationships (communication, conflict resolution, dating) and calling (finding your purpose and vocation). | Athens, Greece | |
| Olivia Allen | I am on staff at YWAM Paris Connect and I lead the cafe ministry. | Fear of the Lord, Hearing God’s Voice, Submission & Authority, and Evangelism. | English | Paris, France |
| Jonathan Allen | I lead the Sports DTS that runs in October | Relationships, Father Heart of God, Repentance & Forgiveness, and Debriefing | English | Paris, France |
| Christiaan Visser | Christiaan Visser, 30 years young, married with the love of my life Rosie Smith and we have a beautiful son called Joshua. We live in the Netherlands and work at Impact World Tour at Bleskensgraaf. We have a heart for discipleship, prophetic, evangelism through dance, cofffee and football. | – Prophecy – Hearing Gods Voice – Holy Spirit – Discipleship – Evangelism through sports – Relationships – Fasting | English, Dutch | Netherlands |
Mentor
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We all need a little help from time to time - and the ELLC has got you covered...
What kind of support do you need in this season of your leadership? We have leaders experienced as mentors, coaches, debriefers and spiritual directors who are ready to connect with you.
The guidelines below will make it easy for you to identify which kind of input will help the most. Choose someone from the list of leaders and connect for an initial conversation.
If you need any further support to get the most out of your connection, or things aren’t going as hoped, get in touch.
If you are think you have the gifts, skills and experience to be able to offer mentoring, coaching, debriefing or spiritual direction drop us a line and we will explore this with you.
Guidelines and Instructions
Mentoring Guidelines
Connect with a leader of your choice, who is experienced in the area you need – and who is willing to engage.
Definition: “Mentoring involves intentional relationships in which a mentor imparts knowledge, skills or values from their experience to a person or group of people they believe in, who are teachable and responsive and desire to develop their potential.”
Mentoring is one of the most fruitful, yet underused, methods for personal growth. Having someone to talk to who will summon you to the next stage of development or breakthrough in your life is incredible. The process is enriching for you and rewarding for the mentor. So we want to connect you with leaders of experience, who are able to pass on their knowledge and wisdom.
There are many and varied styles of mentoring and each of the leaders available will take a slightly different approach, but you will have an opportunity of an initial orientation together to see how you can connect as leaders. From that point you can determine how many sessions are necessary to talk and process the areas of your need.
Take a look at the profiles of those who have put themselves forward and connect directly with them to set up an online session. To view our list of Mentors, go ahead and see below.
Guidelines for ELLC in mentoring, coaching, debriefing and spiritual advice
- Establish the time frame of the relationship – for example, start with a one off session to explore the issues you want to talk through and clarify expectations together. Then you may decide on a series of 3 sessions with a review at the end to see if the relationship is going well and you would like to continue for a further number of sessions?
- Agree on the platform you will be using for the sessions – zoom, skype, whatsapp, messenger, etc.
- Generally, keep each session to 1 hour.
- Agree on the next meeting date, at the end of each session.
- If a session has to be cancelled please give the other person adequate time for them to reschedule their diary. If there are two no-shows from the individual receiving input, without reason beforehand, the relationship needs to be reviewed and possibly terminated.
- Establish confidentiality in the relationship with nothing shared outside the relationship without permission.
- Clarify where responsibility and/or accountability lies. For example, if I am mentoring, coaching or debriefing someone in another location, it doesn’t mean that my counsel supersedes what they may be being advised or asked to do by their own base or national leadership. In some cases, the individual has complete freedom to make their own decisions and policies, while in other cases they may be accountable to another team or to a geographical leadership.
Possible time frame for mentoring, coaching, debriefing and spiritual advice
- Mentoring is more flexible and depends on the individuals and the aspect of mentoring.
- Coaching is usually every 2 weeks in order to have time for action steps in between.
- For debriefing the sessions are more ideal over a short time frame – for example: each morning for 2 hours over 3 days.
If you think that you could become a Mentor, then we want to hear from you. Make sure you get in touch and we will get back to you.
Coaching Guidelines
Experience informal coaching from a range of experienced and capable leaders all across Europe.
Definition: Through the skilful use of good questions, the coach helps a client to set an objective, explore options, make good decisions and put those decisions into action.
If you are wanting to make decisions, develop plans or solve problems, make a change or develop new habits then a coach will be very helpful. If on the other hand, you are wanting to learn the basic skills of a job or step into a new role that you haven’t had any experience with, then look for a mentor not a coach.
A coach isn’t necessarily an expert in any of the areas that you want to see change in, but they are expert in asking questions to draw out the various elements that you need to think about to make the best decision and action step.
Connect with your coach:
In YWAM Europe we have a growing number of leaders who have completed the YWAM Coach training – FOCOS, who are willing to meet 1 on 1 to give you specific guidance and input in the areas of growth that you have identified.
Take a look at the profiles of those who have put themselves forward and connect directly them to set up an online session. To view our list of Coaches, go ahead and see below.
Guidelines for ELLC in mentoring, coaching, debriefing and spiritual advice
- Establish the time frame of the relationship – for example, start with a one off session to explore the issues you want to talk through and clarify expectations together. Then you may decide on a series of 3 sessions with a review at the end to see if the relationship is going well and you would like to continue for a further number of sessions?
- Agree on the platform you will be using for the sessions – zoom, skype, whatsapp, messenger, etc.
- Generally, keep each session to 1 hour.
- Agree on the next meeting date, at the end of each session.
- If a session has to be cancelled please give the other person adequate time for them to reschedule their diary. If there are two no-shows from the individual receiving input, without reason beforehand, the relationship needs to be reviewed and possibly terminated.
- Establish confidentiality in the relationship with nothing shared outside the relationship without permission.
- Clarify where responsibility and/or accountability lies. For example, if I am mentoring, coaching or debriefing someone in another location, it doesn’t mean that my counsel supersedes what they may be being advised or asked to do by their own base or national leadership. In some cases, the individual has complete freedom to make their own decisions and policies, while in other cases they may be accountable to another team or to a geographical leadership.
Possible time frame for mentoring, coaching, debriefing and spiritual advice
- Mentoring is more flexible and depends on the individuals and the aspect of mentoring.
- Coaching is usually every 2 weeks in order to have time for action steps in between.
- For debriefing the sessions are more ideal over a short time frame – for example: each morning for 2 hours over 3 days.
If you think that you could become a Coach on a particular topic, then we want to hear from you. Make sure you get in touch and we will get back to you.
Debriefing Guidelines
Sign up for a single session or plan a series of sessions depending on your need.
Definition: To help people integrate their experience into life as a whole, perceive the experience more meaningfully & bring a sense of closure.
If we are going to integrate our experiences, both positive and negative, we need to talk them through with someone who can guide us and help us emerge with lessons learned and offer help in identifying how to bring closure.
There is a tendency for us to go from one project to the next without taking any time to reflect and process the various issues we have had to experience. Stress from experiences tends to be accumulative and without help in identifying those stresses, highs and lows, and working them through we can end of with layer upon layer of pressed down issues.
Perhaps you have moved to or traveled back from, a very different culture and are needing some support to find your feet or maybe you have had a challenging experience that has brought many questions or confusion and left you without any sense of closure of the event.
The main job of a debriefer is to be an active listener to your story, ask open ended questions to draw out the issues and to give the time to process the issue or event thoroughly.
Take a look at the profiles of leaders who have made themselves available as debriefers and connect directly with them to set up an online session. To view our list of Debriefers, go ahead and see below.
A specific ministry for Debriefing in Germany – Elijah’s Inn: In Europe, we are happy to let you know about Elijah’s Inn – a personal retreat and debriefing ministry that started in the south of Spain but now is located in the south of Germany. As part of their involvement with YWAM, they welcome individuals and couples to their home to stay for a week or so. Franziska is a trained debriefer. Here is the website for details of how to get into contact with them: elijahsinn.org
Guidelines for ELLC in mentoring, coaching, debriefing and spiritual advice
- Establish the time frame of the relationship – for example, start with a one off session to explore the issues you want to talk through and clarify expectations together. Then you may decide on a series of 3 sessions with a review at the end to see if the relationship is going well and you would like to continue for a further number of sessions?
- Agree on the platform you will be using for the sessions – zoom, skype, whatsapp, messenger, etc.
- Generally, keep each session to 1 hour.
- Agree on the next meeting date, at the end of each session.
- If a session has to be cancelled please give the other person adequate time for them to reschedule their diary. If there are two no-shows from the individual receiving input, without reason beforehand, the relationship needs to be reviewed and possibly terminated.
- Establish confidentiality in the relationship with nothing shared outside the relationship without permission.
- Clarify where responsibility and/or accountability lies. For example, if I am mentoring, coaching or debriefing someone in another location, it doesn’t mean that my counsel supersedes what they may be being advised or asked to do by their own base or national leadership. In some cases, the individual has complete freedom to make their own decisions and policies, while in other cases they may be accountable to another team or to a geographical leadership.
Possible time frame for mentoring, coaching, debriefing and spiritual advice
- Mentoring is more flexible and depends on the individuals and the aspect of mentoring.
- Coaching is usually every 2 weeks in order to have time for action steps in between.
- For debriefing the sessions are more ideal over a short time frame – for example: each morning for 2 hours over 3 days.
If you think that you could become a Debriefer on a particular topic, then we want to hear from you. Make sure you get in touch and we will get back to you.
Spiritual Direction
Spiritual Direction
Definition: A spiritual director is quite simply someone who will accompany you on your spiritual journey by listening well, both to you and to God.
By asking questions that help to deepen your process, a spiritual director can support you in noticing God’s presence and activity in your life of faith in ways that help you to respond to this personally communicating God, to grow in intimacy with him, and to live out the consequences of the relationship. Spiritual direction may take place one-on-one or as part of a group.
Spiritual direction is different from a normal approach to one-on-ones or leading a small group, as well as from counselling or coaching. In spiritual direction the person can bring anything to the conversation and the spiritual director will use open questions to help the person pay attention to the ways God is with them and inviting them to engage with God within their experience. They will not generally offer advice, teaching or solutions, but rather wait on God for his presence and communication with the person. Listening well, reformulating, asking good questions, spending time in silence, and connecting with our emotions are useful tools in the process.
While the name ‘spiritual direction’ gives the sense of one person ‘directing’ another, in fact spiritual directors are trained to see God as the true director and their role, then, as creating space for the person they are accompanying to grow in awareness of God’s direction. For this reason, spiritual directors might also be called spiritual companions. Typically, a spiritual director would meet with his or her ‘directee’ once a month, knowing their time together has significance in the eyes of God.
While spiritual direction has its roots in Orthodox and Catholic traditions, over many years it has become an established ministry across all streams of the Church. Over the past 20 years in particular, spiritual direction has become more well known in Protestant traditions. The core of spiritual direction is to hear the voice of God together, to become aware of the movement of the Holy Spirit in a person’s life and to pay attention to how he might be leading or guiding him or her. You can find out more by watching this short video.
Within YWAM we have a growing number of trained spiritual directors who are especially attuned to the ways that crossing cultures, while often uncomfortable, can open us to new ways of growing in our walk with God.
Guidelines for ELLC in mentoring, coaching, debriefing and spiritual direction
- Establish the time frame of the relationship – for example, start with a one off session to explore the issues you want to talk through and clarify expectations together. Then you may decide on a series of 3 sessions with a review at the end to see if the relationship is going well and you would like to continue for a further number of sessions?
- Agree on the platform you will be using for the sessions – zoom, skype, whatsapp, messenger, etc.
- Generally, keep each session to 1 hour.
- Agree on the next meeting date, at the end of each session.
- If a session has to be cancelled please give the other person adequate time for them to reschedule their diary. If there are two no-shows from the individual receiving input, without reason beforehand, the relationship needs to be reviewed and possibly terminated.
- Establish confidentiality in the relationship with nothing shared outside the relationship without permission.
- Clarify where responsibility and/or accountability lies. For example, if I am mentoring, coaching or debriefing someone in another location, it doesn’t mean that my counsel supersedes what they may be being advised or asked to do by their own base or national leadership. In some cases, the individual has complete freedom to make their own decisions and policies, while in other cases they may be accountable to another team or to a geographical leadership.
Possible time frame for mentoring, coaching, debriefing and spiritual direction
- Mentoring is more flexible and depends on the individuals and the aspect of mentoring.
- Coaching is usually every 2 weeks in order to have time for action steps in between.
- For debriefing the sessions are more ideal over a short time frame – for example: each morning for 2 hours over 3 days.
If you think that you could help someone with spiritual direction on a particular topic, then we want to hear from you. Make sure you get in touch and we will get back to you.
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Mentors
Below is a list of our Mentoring personnel. Browse the list and then get in touch directly to see what might be possible.
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| Name | Bio |
|---|---|
| Barbara Connor | Barbara has been involved with YWAM since 1979, working mainly in the areas of leadership development, child and youth ministry, and the U of N. She is currently part of International and European leadership teams for KKI, LDC and the College of Education. She has been mentoring school leaders and youth leaders in YWAM for the past 40 years. She has been leading internship programs for KKI that involve mentoring emerging leaders over a period of 12-24 months. |
| Luba Iliyn | Luba is married to Peter and is mother of 4 married children and now has 5 grandchildren. She has been in YWAM for 41years. She is Ukrainian by nationality, born in China, lived in Australia and Canada and now in Salem, Oregon. She & Peter became base Leaders of YWAM Salem in 1982. She has trained through Slavic training school, LTS, MCFC (Member Care), LDC, Debriefing, Le Ruche Training and Peacemaking Seminar Training. She has served on the member care team for NA and in leadership roles most of her years in YWAM. |
| Kari Tassia | Kari has experience in pioneering and a leadership role for the local church planting ministry. He was involved in leadership in the nation for YWAM. For many years he was the European convener for member care and currently is the convener for the YWAM International Refugee circle. He has been an elder in YWAM Europe for many years. He has received training through the LTS and LDC. He is a spiritual father and likes to give perspective on life and decision making. |
| Yura and Tanya Sokolovsky | Yura & Tanya have been involved in YWAM for 26 years. The last 24 years they have served in in Family Ministry. They have attended IBC, ABC, FMS, & LTS and are experienced in marriage counselling, mentoring couples in ministry. They are part of the eldership in Eastern Europe. Their heart is to bring God’s purpose and wholeness to each person and each family God is sending to us. We have been mentoring and teaching people in character, personal, family & spiritual growth from different countries and nations. They have two sons, one married. |
| Terje Konradsen | Terje has been involved in pioneering, discipling and leadership development for over 40 years. Through the years he has been serving in local, national and international roles as a convener and leader in YWAM Europe. As a family they were called to the Arctic and in 1978 started the northernmost YWAM location in the world, YWAM Borgen. They still live and work out from this base. He is married to Eva and they have four children and eight grandchildren. He has trained through LTS, LDC and Navigators international leadership training. |
| Angelique van Balen | Angelique has worked as a teacher in the social work program for more than 12 years. Besides her work as teacher and education and curriculum developer, she also coached and mentored many students during their three-year training. Since the beginning of 2019 she is fulltime working in YWAM the Netherlands and oversees the national office. She is passionate about helping people develop and grow in their personality, character and skills. As a family they lived in the Philippines and Romania, working with YWAM. Her husband is currently co-convener of YWAM in the Netherlands. |
| Dudley Weiner | Dudley has been involved in ministry for 45 years and in YWAM since 1990. He has a Mdiv in Theology with experience in church planting and pastoring for 10 years. He has pioneered two YWAM bases and has gifts as an evangelist, in apostolic ministry with a passion for the prophetic. |
| Al Akimoff | Al is a father in the mission with a focus on Eastern Europe where he has worked for the last 50 years. He is thankful to have received some of the best leadership training available – a degree in Theology, 14 month SOE, LTS, led LTS’s in Europe, LDC, Coaching, writers school, writers masters course, author’s training school and led several DTS’s and frontier mission schools. Currently they function as elders with a passion for the young generation to see them reach their full potential. |
| Steve Rudd | Steve has been in YWAM since 1988. He has been a base leader since 2003. His staff experiences have included: teaching in a private Christian school using Principle Approach, working in administration, staffing and leading DTS’s, church planting among Orthodox Christian unbelievers, pioneering among unreached Muslim groups in Europe and homeschooling 4 boys. His heart and passion is to disciple people in character, personal, family and spiritual growth and see people rise to their fullest potential. |
| patti clewett | Patti and her husband Curtis have been involved in church ministry and YWAM roles for over 40 years. She has been involved in coaching for the last 9 years after discovering what a difference coaching skills and training style makes in all relationships. She has been doing Cyber Cells (online bible studies) and Tele classes for the last 4 years and group coaching and mentoring have become her new love. She loves to help people connect and create that safe environment where deeper sharing can take place! |
| marianne herzog | Marianne is a mum of 3 little kids, currently involved in community development in a small village in Russia. She joined YWAM Russia in 2003 and has been involved in several kids ministries as well as teaching English. She helped pioneer the team in the Far East, functioning as a base leader there. She has attended base leadership training and a pioneer academy school of church planting and disciple making movement. She teaches in DTS and Bible schools and was chairman of the Russian National Leadership team from 2016-2020. She is a spiritual mother giving perspective on life and decision making. |
| Andreja Klinc | Andreja was born and raised in Slovenia. She completed her DTS in 2014 in Kona and continued on to staff. Since 2016 she has been serving back in Slovenia initially with other missions groups but now with YWAM. She has hosted many teams and visited many bases around Europe. At present she is the only YWAMmer in Slovenia. Her passion is to see transformed and walking out their life calling. She has completed the YWAM FOCOS coach training. |
| Rob Westwood | Rob is Australian and has 4 adult children and 4 grandchildren. His home is a safe place where many people come for de-briefing, coaching, mentoring and personal retreats. The majority of his 40 years in YWAM has been focused on the staffing, leading and directing of DTSs’ and the equipping of its leaders and staff. He has been involved in leading LDC’s and has a master’s degree in Christian formation and discipleship. His specific area of focus and ministry is resourcing and mentoring young emerging leaders. |
| Sasha Volyanyk | Sasha has been in YWAM since 1995 and a Base leader for 14 years. He has been the YWAM Ukraine National convener from 2007 and Eastern European convener from 2013. Sasha has a heart for leadership development and has staffed LDC’s and LTS’s. He also was the cofounder of the pastors fellowship in the Ternopil region in 2000. He has also trained with YWAM’s FOCOS training for coaches. |
| Holger Schein | Holger was born in Germany and joined YWAM in 1986. He worked for 10 years in England, before joining the IDTSC in 2001. With a focus on leadership training, as well as coaching and discipling of leaders, he has worked from Cape Town, South Africa for the last 15 years. He has been using the Strength Finder tool, helping people understand and manage themselves better and growing further into their leadership. He is a trained coach for all 3 levels of StrengthsFinder coaching, and I walk alongside many people through times of transition and leadership phases. |
| Stephen Mayers | Stephe has been in YWAM over 40 years with 26 years in Scotland and 14 in Spain where he and his wife led a leadership retreat centre until recently running all kinds of leadership seminars and retreats. He has had a passion for leadership development and pioneered the LDC and b2b with Barry Austin. Currently he is an elder in YWAM Europe and loves to see emerging leaders inspired and equipped. He has completed an LTS and has a Masters in leadership studies. |
| Heddy de Visser | Heddy was a social worker by profession and has been a leader in YWAM for 38 years. She has pioneered ministry in Belgium with her husband and has coached and counseled many young leaders and teams over the years. Currently she is active with her husband in supporting the work in North Africa and functioning as YWAM elders. She loves to help in any way possible to see people be healthy on the field. |
Coaches
Below is a list of our Coaching personnel. Browse the list and then get in touch directly to see what might be possible.
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| Name | Bio |
|---|---|
| Angela Zeidler-Frész | Angela is married with Andreas and has two adult children, both married and 8 grandchildren. They left their business careers and have served with YWAM since 1987 in the area of Family Ministries and Leadership Development. They developed the course material “Families in ministry – how to thrive, not just survive.” She has been trained through the YWAM Coach training – FOCOS. |
| Dennis Holt | Dennis has been involved with YWAM for 30 years with 22 years in Eastern Europe. He has been involved in the Eastern European leadership team and is currently the national leader in Georgia. He enjoys life coaching, marriage coaching and leadership coaching. He has completed the YWAM coach training – FOCOS. |
| Patricia Clewett | Patti and her husband Curtis have been involved in church ministry and YWAM roles for over 40 years. She has been involved in coaching for the last 9 years after discovering what a difference coaching skills and training style makes in all relationships. She has been doing Cyber Cells (online bible studies) and Tele classes for the last 4 years and group coaching and mentoring have become her new love. She has completed FOCOS and has credentials with ICF at the PCC level. She has 1000+ hours of practice and also trains other FOCOS students in Spanish! |
| Wolfgang Jani | Wolfgang joined YWAM in 1987 and began leading and pioneering DTS’s in the former Soviet Union. His passion is going deeper into 1-on-1 work with leaders and their teams through leadership development and training. In 2008 he began developing and implementing coaching, co-founding a coach training program (FOCOS) internationally for leaders in and outside of YWAM. Coaching & coach training are his main roles in YWAM. His training in coaching includes – SCA diploma course, FOCOS, CORE, CMI, ICF and more. |
| Angelique van Balen | Angelique has worked as a teacher in the social work program for more than 12 years. Besides her work as teacher and education and curriculum developer, she also coached and mentored many students during their three-year training. Since the beginning of 2019 she is fulltime working in YWAM the Netherlands and oversees the national office. As a family they lived in the Philippines and Romania, working with YWAM. Her husband is currently co-convener of YWAM in the Netherlands. She received a certificate for a ‘Study career counselor’ – included different kinds of coaching styles, coaching skills, conversation techniques and progress interviews. I got a certificate for this. |
| Jean-Patrick Perrin | Joined YWAM in 1978 without a vision, not having a purpose for my Life. 1979 on my outreach fall in-love with Africa after many ups and down got married in 83 and left for 32 years in Mali after that. 1992 we understood that we were call to discipleship so we left the front lines to coach people in their ministry in Mali. We left Africa in 2015 due to health issue but are still part of 3 Eldership Circle. We see the 3rd generation of leader growing. What a joy to be grandparents . |
| Veta Berry | After serving in youth and family ministries over 20 years, Veta started full-time member care and training for missionaries in North Africa (NA). She received training in basic and trauma debriefing from Le Rucher, the Mobile Member Care Team and MMCT (peer debriefing). She served as the Member Care Coordinator in the foreign field for 12 years. Her desire is that the missionaries stay as healthy as possible – spirit, soul and body. |
| Cheryl Harrison | Cheryl has served with YWAM since 1983 and moved to Latvia in 1993. She has been involved in various roles, including regional, national and local leadership. She has a heart to see leaders flourish in their lives and callings. She is presently serving in an eldership role in YWAM Latvia and northern Europe. She has completed the YWAM coach training FOCOS. |
| Patricia Louise Clewett | Patti and her husband Curtis have been involved in church ministry and YWAM roles for over 40 years. She has been involved in coaching for the last 9 years after discovering what a difference coaching skills and training style makes in all relationships. She has been doing Cyber Cells (online bible studies) and Tele classes for the last 4 years and group coaching and mentoring have become her new love. She has completed FOCOS and has credentials with ICF at the PCC level. She has 1000+ hours of practice and also trains other FOCOS students in Spanish! |
| Barbara Connor | Barbara has been involved with YWAM since 1979, working mainly in the areas of leadership development, child and youth ministry, and the U of N. She is currently part of International and European leadership teams for KKI, LDC and the College of Education. She has been mentoring school leaders and youth leaders in YWAM for the past 40 years. She completed a two year coach training program with CMI and YWAM, and has been working as a coach trainer in the FOCOS program for ten years. She has experience in life and leadership coaching, sabbatical and transition coaching. |
| Jan Torland | Jan has spent the last 25 years pioneering ministry. He has had a classical pastor training (6 ½ years) including practicum- this training gives many good coaching skills – Listening and asking questions. He has had 35 years of counselling and loves to see people grow in their gifts and talents. He is presently leading a base in Norway. |
| Irene Sæther | Irene together with her husband have led the YWAM base in Constanta, Romania for 10 years. She is originally from Norway, but has lived the past 15 years in Romania. She is the mother of 4 boys. She is trained as a coach, and loves to see people step into their calling and destiny, and discover their gifting and joys in life. She loves hiking- and out in nature I really experience God powerfully. |
| Mihail Bogdan | Mihael joined YWAM in 2008 and was part of the Medias leadership team. Since 2015 he has pioneered YWAM Craiova and has a growing team. He is part of the area circle team for central Europe. In 2020 he started a pioneer and leadership course. My passion is to empower people through teaching and coaching, to maximize their potential and walk in their calling, for the benefit of many others. He has trained through FOCOS. |
| Oksana Klepel | Oksana has been involved on staff with B2B’s and LDC’s. Currently she is part of a leadership development team that provides training, retreats, debriefing, member care and life coaching for missionaries and leaders on the field. Her desire is to bring God’s kingdom through bringing awareness about human trafficking, working with orphans and children at risk. She also works on sustainability projects, discipleship and hospitality. She believes that people are God’s biggest treasure and that is why we are so passionate about investing in them. She has completed the FOCOS training. |
| Sasha Volyanyk | Sasha has been in YWAM since 1995 and a Base leader for 14 years. He has been the YWAM Ukraine National convener from 2007 and Eastern European convener from 2013. Sasha has a heart for leadership development and has staffed LDC’s and LTS’s. He also was the cofounder of the pastors fellowship in the Ternopil region in 2000. He has also trained with YWAM’s FOCOS training for coaches. |
| Miranda Voogd | Miranda works with YWAM Heidebeek at HR, as coach, debriefer and DISC trainer. She has been in YWAM for 28 years. After going through a very difficult transition, God led her to become a coach and debriefer. She has completed FOCOS in 2011 and the 2 year MCT and Le Rucher basic and trauma debrief training. Life coaching, transition coaching and destiny coaching is really on her heart! |
| Holger | Holger was born in Germany and joined YWAM in 1986. He worked for 10 years in England, before joining the IDTSC in 2001. With a focus on leadership training, as well as coaching and discipling of leaders, he has worked from Cape Town, South Africa for the last 15 years. He has been using the Strength Finder tool, helping people understand and manage themselves better and growing further into their leadership. He is a trained coach for all 3 levels of StrengthsFinder coaching, and I walk alongside many people through times of transition and leadership phases. |
| Johan Alexandersson | Johan has been with YWAM for 12 years and all of those years he has worked with DTS either directly or indirectly and in discipleship. He has been a part of base Leadership in YWAM Restenäs, Sweden and in Harpenden. He has attended FOCOS and been involved in coaching, debriefing for young leaders in and outside of YWAM. |
| Ina Steyn | Ina initially joined Missions with the Frontiers as her focus: Mozambique, and then a few years in Siberia in Church planting but in 1998 she came to Europe and was involved with Schools of Intercession for several years in Scotland. This is where her calling in counselling and mentoring started to unfold, and in 2002 she pursued Coaching with the coaching academy in London. She then branched into Spiritual Formation, and since 2008 has done a variety of mentoring, coaching, and spiritual formation to younger leaders in YWAM. She teaches on 25 schools (DTS and secondary level schools) in Europe, and meet many young leaders asking basic and deep questions. She has run courses in Spiritual Formation the last few years and has ‘walked’ with 60 people very intimately each year. She has served on the Western European Leadership Team for 10 years, and gained first hand experience in what Europe requires of young leaders. |
| Kathrin Koch | Kathrin Koch has worked with YWAM in Germany for the past 30 years. She is married and has 3 adult children. She pioneered Mission Adventures in Germany before taking on Base Leadership in 2007. Her heart is to see staff well equipped and trained in Discipleship and Leadership and the reason for her high commitment to coaching and debriefing. She and her husband also work with teams in crisis. She desires to help people to grow in their spiritual lives and maturity. She trained through FOCOS. She believes debriefing and evaluation is a very important tool to reflect how we are doing in what we are doing. |
| Franziska Hornstra-Fuchs | Franziska was part of the base leadership in Hurlach, Germany for many years before joining the leadership retreat centre in Spain in 2016. Our team in Spain offered courses and retreats for leaders in YWAM. She is now running Elijah’s inn, a centre for coaching and debriefing. She has a BA in counselling and a MTH in leadership studies, coaching (FOCOS and Life and Leadership Coaching), and debriefing (both general debriefing as well as critical incident debriefing). |
| Sue Pratt | Sue has worked in YWAM for 30 years in Amsterdam, Liberia West Africa, Lausanne, England, Scotland and Spain. She has been involved in training DTS leaders, staffing LDC’s in Spain and Africa, and pioneered in Liberia. She is trained in conflict mediation and life coaching through FOCOS . She trained initially with Graham Fawcett and then with Dr Debbie Hawker Christian psychologist and debrief trainer inter agency. |
| Stephen Mayers | Stephe has been in YWAM over 40 years with 26 years in Scotland and 14 in Spain where he and his wife led a leadership retreat centre until recently running all kinds of leadership seminars and retreats. He has had a passion for leadership development and pioneered the LDC and b2b with Barry Austin. Currently he is an elder in YWAM Europe and loves to see emerging leaders inspired and equipped. He has had 2 years of coach training with FOCOS. |
| Ton Vegt | Ton has been a Christian professional coach for the last 10 years. Besides online coaching over Skype, you are also welcome to stay in his guest house in the Netherlands for a week or two. Besides individual coaching, he is involved in marital coaching and team coaching. Ton has had three-year postgraduate formal training and is licensed as coach. |
| Andreja Klinc | Andreja was born and raised in Slovenia. She completed her DTS in 2014 in Kona and continued on to staff. Since 2016 she has been serving back in Slovenia initially with other missions groups but now with YWAM. She has hosted many teams and visited many bases around Europe. At present she is the only YWAMmer in Slovenia. Her passion is to see transformed and walking out their life calling. She has completed the YWAM FOCOS coach training. |
Debriefers
Below is a list of our Debriefing personnel. Browse the list and then get in touch directly to see what might be possible.
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| Name | Bio |
|---|---|
| Belinda Chaplin | I am originally from South Africa and did my DTS there in 1996. I was staff there for a while, and then moved to Bosnia Herzegovina in 2001, where I have lived ever since. I have been in YWAM Central Europe leadership since 2015 and the convener since 2016. I mostly have experience in small teams and in pioneering situations. I have attended the Missionary Care Foundations Course and am busy qualifying as a Life Coach. I enjoy helping people to unpack their experiences and learn from them through debriefing! |
| Ton Vegt | Kevin is trained by Le Rucher and also works with Excelling Leaders in YWAM. See Www.excellingleaders.org. He and his wife are specialised in debriefing families also with small Kids. they run their own guest cottage where a family can stay or a small team. |
| Bodil Ovesen | Bodil is from Norway and has been in YWAM since 1990 and lived in Bulgaria since 1992 where she is currently convening the ministry. Her training includes: SoFM, Introduction to Biblical counseling, LTS, and staffing in member care courses. She enjoys being involved in routine debriefing with people after an outreach or event or ending a term or role in a ywam location. |
| Frederick and Doris Kammies | Frederick & Doris have been in missions since 1985 with OM, WEC and with YWAM since 2009. They have ministered in 40 countries with top Government officials including Heads of States. They are the member care facilitators and crisis coordinators for Germany. They have been trained in CID, Trauma Response training, Mental Health and Crisis & Grief Debriefing. |
| Marelize Terblanche | Marelize has been in YWAM for many years serving in leadership roles in Scotland. Currently she is involved in Personnel and does team debriefing with outreach teams and individuals. She helps staff a retreat for people on the field and a key part of the curriculum is debriefing. She is also involved with exit interviews when people are finished with their commitment on staff. She has trained with Debbie Hawker and Sue Pratt. |
| Marianne Herzog | Marianne is a mum of 3 little kids, currently involved in community development in a small village in Russia. She joined YWAM Russia in 2003 and has been involved in several kids ministries as well as teaching English. She helped pioneer the team in the Far East, functioning as a base leader there. She has attended base leadership training and a pioneer academy school of church planting and disciple making movement. She teaches in DTS and Bible schools and was chairman of the Russian National Leadership team from 2016-2020. She is a spiritual mother giving perspective on life and decision making. Informal training in debriefing though another leader and involvement with DTS workshops. |
| Sue Pratt | Sue has worked in YWAM for 30 years in a variety of locations – Amsterdam, Liberia West Africa, Lausanne, England, Scotland and Spain. She has been involved in pioneering in Liberia, training DTS leaders and staffing LDC’s. She has trained in conflict mediation and life coaching – Training in UK with Dr Debbie Hawker Christian psychologist and debrief trainer inter agency and training with Graham Fawcett formerly YWAM. |
| Rob Westwood | Rob is Australian and has 4 adult children and 4 grandchildren. His home is a safe place where many people come for de-briefing, coaching, mentoring and personal retreats. The majority of his 40 years in YWAM has been focused on the staffing, leading and directing of DTSs’ and the equipping of its leaders and staff. He has been involved in leading LDC’s and has a master’s degree in Christian formation and discipleship. His specific area of focus and ministry is resourcing and mentoring young emerging leaders. |
| Miranda Heathcote | Miranda joined YWAM in 1998 and has over 20 years’ experience working alongside multi-cultural teams, with people of all ages and backgrounds. She has experienced her own transitions and losses, as well as the ups and downs of life in leadership and missions. Miranda trained as a debriefer at Le Rucher and is also an accredited spiritual director; she holds a Master’s degree in Christian Formation. Miranda is married to Tim, and they live in Spain with their two daughters. You can find out more by going to her website: http://mirandaheathcote.com/ |
| Miranda Voogd | Miranda works with YWAM Heidebeek at HR, as coach, debriefer and DISC trainer. She has been in YWAM for 28 years. After going through a very difficult transition, God led her to become a coach and debriefer. Debriefing can bring meaning and closure to things that have happened and really helps you to be able to move on. She has completed FOCOS and the 2 year MCT and Le Rucher basic and trauma debrief training. |
| Patti Clewett | Patti and her husband Curtis have been involved in church ministry and YWAM roles for over 40 years. She has lived as a missionary in Spain since 1991, working with leadership roles in King´s Kids International for over 27 years. She has been involved in coaching for the last 9 years and is a professional coach trainer with years of debriefing experience with DTS’s and Kings Kids tours. She loves to help people connect and create that safe environment where deeper sharing can take place! |
| Veta Berry | After serving in youth and family ministries over 20 years, Veta started full-time member care and training for missionaries in North Africa (NA). She received training in basic and trauma debriefing from Le Rucher, the Mobile Member Care Team and MMCT (peer debriefing). She served as the Member Care Coordinator in the foreign field for 12 years. Her desire is that the missionaries stay as healthy as possible – spirit, soul and body. |
| Irene Sæther | Irene together with her husband has led the YWAM base in Constanta, Romania for 10 years. She is originally from Norway but has lived the past 15 years in Romania. She is the mother of 4 boys. She trained as a coach through FOCOS and the Coaching Academy in Oslo for 2 years. She loves to see people step into their calling and destiny and discover their gifting and joys in life. |
| Franziska Hornstra-Fuchs | Franziska was part of the base leadership in Hurlach, Germany for many years before joining the leadership retreat centre in Spain. In 2016. The retreat team in Spain offered courses and retreats for leaders in YWAM. She is now running Elijah’s inn, a centre for coaching and debriefing. She has a BA in counselling and a MTH in leadership studies, coaching (FOCOS and Life and Leadership Coaching), and debriefing (both general debriefing as well as critical incident debriefing). |
Spiritual Directors
Below is a list of our Spiritual Directors – take a look and please get in touch to start a relationship. (If you are on a phone, go ahead and rotate it to landscape to see this table more easily.)
| Name | Bio |
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| Doug Horst | Doug lives in Hamilton, Canada with his beautiful wife Stephanie and has great joy in being a grandfather and teacher to 7 wonderful grand-children. He is a spiritual director with the GOHOP house of prayer in Hamilton and has been involved with YWAM for 29 years, going to many countries with short-term missions teams. Bilingual in English and French, he took his Spiritual Direction Training in Quebec, with an emphasis on the Ignatian tradition, and received his Diploma of Spiritual Accompaniment from St Paul’s University in Ottawa. Together, as fellow pilgrims, led by the Holy Spirit (the true spiritual director), Doug and his directees discover truths about themselves, others, and God, the good, good Father. Doug has no agenda and no answers but believes that God invites each of His sons and daughters to enter into increased intimacy with Him, and that He has things He wants to say. |
| Lynn Yee | Lynn originally hails from Singapore, and has been working with YWAM since 1999 in the areas of discipleship training and leading short-term teams throughout Southeast Asia. Since 2009, she has been based in Scotland and England working specifically in the areas of prayer and intercession around Europe, and in global prayer gatherings in various nations. She trained in Ignatian Spirituality in Glasgow in 2013, and trained as a spiritual director in London in 2017. In 2018, Lynn graduated with an MA in Christian Formation & Discipleship from the University of the Nations. Her thesis was on “The Integration of Contemplative Practices with Intercessory Prayer for Evangelicals”. Currently, Lynn is the Prayer for the Nations Coordinator at All Nations Christian College in Hertfordshire, England. She runs various training initiatives in prayer for the nations, as well as individually-guided retreats at the college, offering spiritual direction to retreatants. She is a registered spiritual director working under supervision from the Diocese of St Albans in the Church of England. She remains connected to various YWAM networks, primarily the YWAM Refugee Circle Convenors, YWAM Spiritual Direction Circle and the Asia Leaders Learning Community (ALLC). |
| Erin Walker | Erin, with her husband and son, are pioneers in the West of Ireland. They work in partnership with Axiom (www.christouraxiom.com), YWAM Associates, and YWAM Ireland. She’s celebrated 11 years on the Emerald Isle (and now has a very woolly wardrobe to show for it!). Erin has a Masters in Counselling and received her Diploma in Spiritual Direction through Manresa and the Milltown Institute in Dublin. She’s now involved in different expressions of pastoral care and ecumenism with the desire to equip, encourage and empower people wherever they are in their relationships with Jesus. Seeing God bring healing as people encounter Him is one of Erin’s passions. She can also be found exploring the countryside and ruins of the beautiful isle, cooking up healthy concoctions, and taking in a good book by the fire. |
| Anna Cleghorn | Anna is originally from Hawaii. She has a B.A. in Art & Education from Seattle Pacific University. It was during her time at university God called her into missions, and in 1986 she did a Discipleship Training School with YWAM in Kona, HI. Anna currently lives and works in Montana, USA and works with the YWAM Lakeside campus. She has worked with the Debriefing department since 2010 and previously worked in a variety of capacities (DTS, SOW, SBS, Titus Project, Biblical Teaching & Preaching School along with other logistical positions). Anna was drawn to Spiritual Formation and Direction and in 2018 was certified in Spiritual Direction from Christian Formation & Direction Ministries, Pacific Northwest. Through her work, Anna has discovered that every person’s story is remarkable, and it is a great privilege to listen to each one. She has a heart for people to find perspective, healing and a space to hear God’s voice. |
| Steve Cochrane | Steve has been accompanying people in spiritual direction since 2013. He received his training and certificate to practice through the Selah contemplative community based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Steve has served with Youth With a Mission (YWAM) since 1979, leading the first long term work of YWAM in India in 1982. Steve and his wife Elisabeth continue to spend portions of their year in India as well as the US. |
| Nadine Gascho | Having lived and ministered in many nations (as a TCK in Zambia, and then with YWAM in Australia, Malaysia, Scotland, and BC, Canada), Nadine now lives in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. After years of being single in ministry (having joined YWAM in 1999), she now is married and a grandmother of nine. Although her background is in elementary education, ESL, and SBS, Nadine became a certified spiritual director through Soul Stream, Canada, in 2014. Her current focus is in Member Care and primarily in offering spiritual direction to missionaries. As a life-long learner, she enjoys relating with others through ethnic foods, books, and cozy coffee shops. She most deeply connects with God through Scripture, being out in nature (often with her camera), in silence, and through corporate worship. Spiritual Direction, as a conversation between two people, is an invitation to listen for Life: for how God is actively present in our daily living and pursuing us in love. As a spiritual companion, Nadine will support you in your desire to deepen your relationship with God. She offers you a safe space to share your story and explore the journey of your heart. With the focus on listening for how God is present, she looks to the leading of the Holy Spirit (as the true Spiritual Director). Whether meeting in-person or through video conferencing, the session with you is an unhurried, contemplative space. |
| Miranda Heathcote | Miranda joined Youth With A Mission, with her husband Tim, to help pioneer a new location in Mozambique in 1998. For the next 14 years, their focus was on supporting new and small teams throughout southern Africa. In 2012, they moved to Europe at which point Miranda’s work became more specifically focused on spiritual formation or, as she puts it, how people grow. For the past several years Miranda has lived in southern Spain. She has a real heart for creating a space where people can be real about the challenges of life in cross-cultural mission contexts, and encounter the God who is with them in the midst of their real lives. Both online and in person, Miranda offers debriefing, spiritual direction and leadership development. She has a special interest in how our spirituality relates to being embodied, and she offers guided art processes as part of individual or group spiritual direction. Miranda is on staff with the Deepen program in relational spiritual formation, through which they are training cross-cultural workers as certified spiritual directors, several of whom are also part of YWAM. |
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