All Opportunities

28 June 2018 - 12 September 2018

The FCM lecture and outreach phases will expose you to the Biblical processes of healing and restoration of the spirit and soul. This course is designed to be a time of deep personal growth and will give foundational preparation for future ministry with people. Many have testified to life-changing experiences during this school as they met God in deeper ways. This is a part of the Disciple's Path track.

28 June 2018 - 12 September 2018

Word By Heart School is a three month school where you can learn one of the four gospels by memory. People can also apply to come for one-to six-week seminars during the course. Cutting edge memory techniques are applied to make it possible and easy to memorize the gospel in your own native language. It is not necessary to have completed a DTS to take this course.

28 June 2018 - 22 November 2018

The YWAM DTS was prayerfully designed to be a place where you can know God and make Him known. Through lectures, community life, and outreaches, learn what it means to be a disciple and how to live as one.

28 June 2018 - 22 November 2018

The outdoor DTS is a school where you can know God and make Him known in a stunning environment. You will learn how to use your passion for the outdoors to reach out to the outdoor community around us and to reach the unreached.

28 June 2018 - 2 August 2018

Hide the Word in your heart. It belongs there. Start with James. In just five weeks, you can remember James word for word—without memorising. It’s true. We don’t memorise verses; we understand the ideas, in the exact words of the author.

30 June 2018 - 29 July 2018

The North Africa outreach includes a community development workshop aimed at encouraging refugees in this region of the world. Additional outreach elements include sharing with people from other faiths and ministering to the local church. Participants can come for two weeks or one month.

1 July 2018 - 13 July 2018

This outreach takes place during the Montreux Jazz Festival, an event the draws thousands of people to the shores of Lake Geneva each year. Regeneration is a 17-day outreach that ministers to these people of varied backgrounds and nationalities. Activities include Bible distribution, children's programs, and creative performances.

1 July 2018 - 25 August 2018

Do you wish that you could have been able to literally walk with Jesus – to see the withered hand made whole or walk with Him on the water? Although space and time intervene, Word by Heart enables you to experience Him through your own imagination.

13 August 2018 - 12 September 2018

Can you imagine Paul under house arrest in Rome, dictating his famous letter to the Philippians? What did it sound like? How would he have said it? How would you say it to people you care about? We will use the tools of an actor and exegete to explore Paul’s words in order to speak them with the same passion and conviction, with the same joy and love he had for his brothers and sisters.

28 September 2018 - 14 February 2019

Make the love and the compassion of God known by sharing what you are learning and have experienced in both words and action. In the October DTS we make every effort to reach the unreached, worship, intercede, serve the poor, minister to orphans and widows, and support local churches.

28 September 2018 - 19 December 2018

The English Learning for Missions (ELM) course will help you learn and improve your English language skills with an emphasis on conversational English. You will learn in a Christian missions–focused environment and be equipped in the area of language for future training and ministry. The ELM is intended to give confidence and fluency to students who want to share their faith in the English language.

28 September 2018 - 19 December 2018

The Living Word School is a different kind of Bible school. We start at the beginning of a book and go through it for as far as we get in twelve weeks. However, we have never finished a book in the four times we have done the school. That’s because the purpose of our study is not to complete a task, but to relate with the author.

28 September 2018 - 19 December 2018

The BTPS gives students training and practical experience in ministering the Word of God in a variety of contexts. Students who already have a thorough understanding of the Scriptures are equipped for a ministry of teaching and preaching in churches and on the mission field.

28 September 2018 - 19 December 2018

The Ministry and Leadership Development school provides the leadership training you need to further the call of God on your life. You will be challenged to seek God in your decision making, your daily living, planning for the future, and just about everything you do. Graduates of this school have the opportunity to serve at YWAM Lausanne as a staff member for a year.

28 September 2018 - 19 December 2018

This course takes a historical look at the prevailing philosophies and ideologies that lie beneath the social and political issues of present day societies. It encourages students to become responsible Christians in society, and to exercise positive influence wherever they work and serve. Students delve into topics such as the meaning and components of a worldview and how to apply biblical Christian thinking to contemporary issues. Each student is required to write a paper under the guidance of an adviser. This course meets the U of N Core Curriculum requirement for Applied Christian Thinking.

8 January 2019 - 27 March 2019

Do you want to see the communities of this world transformed into the original design that God had intended for them? The Community Development School takes you deeper into the heart of God and the way he intended for communities to live. Come join us!

14 January 2019 - 30 May 2019

The January DTS keeps the mold of a classic DTS and at the same time pushes the boundaries to stay at the front of what God is doing in missions. Students will focus on deepening their intimacy with God through worship, intercession, and outreach thus fueling the fire to obey God and bring the Gospel to the ends of the earth.

9 April 2019 - 26 June 2019

Let God’s Word come to life as you learn to read and study the Bible. Learn how to read the Bible in context of the background history in lands in which it was written. This unique YWAM BCC will begin in Lausanne and move to Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Greece, and Italy. We will travel light (backpacker style) to explore as much of this historically significant region as possible.