YWAM's Purpose

Youth With A Mission (YWAM) is a global movement of Christians from many denominations dedicated to presenting Jesus personally to this generation, to mobilizing as many as possible to help in this task, and to the training and equipping of believers for their part in fulfilling the Great Commission. As citizens of God’s kingdom, we are called to love, worship, and obey our Lord, to love and serve His Body, the Church, and to present the whole gospel for the whole person throughout the whole world. We of Youth With A Mission believe that the Bible is God’s inspired and authoritative word, revealing that Jesus Christ is God’s son; that people are created in God’s image; that He created us to have eternal life through Jesus Christ; that although all people have sinned and come short of God’s glory, God has made salvation possible through the death on the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ; that repentance, faith, love and obedience are fitting responses to God’s initiative of grace towards us; that God desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth; and that the Holy Spirit’s power is demonstrated in and through us for the accomplishment of Christ’s last commandment, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to everyone” (Mark 16:15 NLT).

YWAM's Beliefs

Worship: We are called to praise and worship God alone. 
Holiness: We are called to lead holy and righteous lives that exemplify the nature and character of God.
Witness: We are called to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with those who do not know Him.
Prayer: We are called to engage in intercessory prayer for the people and causes on God’s heart, including standing against evil in every form.
Fellowship: We are called to commit to the Church in both its local nurturing expression and its mobile multiplying expression.
Service: We are called to contribute toward God’s kingdom purposes in every sphere of life.

Foundational Values

The Christian Magna Carta

Youth With A Mission affirms the Christian Magna Carta which describes the following basic rights as implicit in the gospel.

Everyone on earth has the right to:

* Hear and understand the gospel of Jesus Christ

* Have the basic necessities of life: food, water, clothing,  shelter, and health care

* Have a Christian education available for their children.

* Have a Bible available in their own language.​

* Have a Christian fellowship available nearby, to be able to meet for fellowship regularly each week, and to have Biblical teaching and worship with others in the Body of Christ.​​

* Lead a productive life of fulfillment spiritually, mentally, socially, emotionally, and physically. ​

We commit ourselves, by God’s grace, to fulfill this covenant and to live for His glory.

YWAM's Historical Covenants

Since its founding in 1960, YWAM has made many commitments regarding world evangelism, our response to the Muslim world, and our specific calling as a global movement. Click on each covenant to get a better picture of who we are!

The Lausanne Covenant
​1974

The Manila Covenant
1988

The Red Sea Covenant
1992

The Nanning Covenant
2002

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