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“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

Matthew 9:37-38

Our story

Since 1988 when YWAM merged with Springs of Living Water, our vision has been to equip, train and commission people of all ages, whose passion for Jesus will impact the needy and make disciples in the cities and towns of Northern California, unreached people groups and developing nations. We do this through life-changing training schools, outreaches, youth ministries, serving, and partnering with the body of Christ.

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We are unique in that we steward a large campus. For many years, people from all over the west coast have come here to experience God’s presence.  This is place for refreshing, renewal and life changing experiences for thousands each year. Our dream is to see people come, not just for their own refreshing, but to be trained and sent into the world to refresh others and be agents of change where God sends them.
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Statement of Faith

Youth with a Mission (YWAM) is an international movement of Christians from many denominations. We are 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. We believe that people are created in God’s image and that He created us to have eternal life through Jesus Christ. We believe 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. We believe that repentance, faith, love, and obedience are fitting responses to God’s initiative of grace towards us. We believe 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 ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.” (Mark 16:15)
 
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YWAM affirms the Bible as the authoritative word of God, and with the Holy Spirit’s inspiration, the absolute reference point for every aspect of life and ministry. Based upon God’s word, who He is, and His initiative of salvation, YWAM strongly emphasizes the following responses:
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
 
Our values are the expression of our basic beliefs coupled with specific directives given by God since our beginning in 1960. They are recorded here in order to pass on to successive generations that which God has emphasized to us. These shared beliefs and values are the guiding principles for both the past and future growth of our mission. Some are common to all Christians everywhere; others are distinctive to Youth With A Mission. The combination of these beliefs and values make up the unique family characteristics of YWAM. They are values we hold in high regard which determine who we are, how we live and how we make decisions.

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