What is MLD?

"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love"
- Mother Teresa

The MLD (Ministry Leadership Development) is a 6-month long school that focuses on teaching you how to live life as a leader. You will be embedded into our dynamic and diverse missions training community. For your input you will receive theoretical teaching on different core topics that are salient to your leadership.
From there you will get to serve practically and discover your strengths and talents. Grow and be inspired by input from experienced missionaries while also putting what you have learned into practice. The skills and knowledge you will gain during this course are applicable in much more than just the missional context.

Course content

Lecture Phase

The MLD School lecture phase starts with a five-week intensive phase followed by a 19-week ministry involvement. You will experience life-transforming spiritual mind and heart surgery as you become the leader God designed you to be.
Accomplished teachers from around the world will give lectures on core topics for your personal development. These teachings will give you a broad understanding of different aspects of leadership and the changes it takes to live a life surrendered completely to God.

Biblical Leadership

Learn how to be a leader like Jesus was.
Understand the two different leadership styles that are mentioned in the bible and practically apply them in your life.
Be taught about the importance of spiritual authority in your life as a leader.

Vision and Calling

Know the difference between vision and calling and how they interact.
Get the opportunity to seek your own personal vision and the steps to see it come to fruition.
Discover your calling.

Personal Strengths and Talents

Get to know your personal strengths very specifically.
Dicscover how to use your strengths and giftings in different areas.
Uncover God's design for your life and how your strengths fit perfectly into your calling.

Biblical Model of Support Raising

Understand what it means to rely on God for your provision.
Learn how to share your vision and build a support network.
Become skilled in budgeting and personal financial management.

Spiritual Leadership

Learn how to incorporate spiritual disciplines in your everyday life.
Understand the origin of your emotions and feelings and how to process them healthily.
Gain the skill of active listening to be able to more effectively help those around you.

Communication Skills

Learn to speak in front of dozens of people with excellence.
Have the opportunity to invest your time in learning a language to further your area of ministry.

19-Weeks

Ministry Involvement

After the 5-week intensive module, your learning will continue as you join various ministry teams at the base. With the recent expansion of the campus, there are many new ministry opportunities to practically apply what you have learned! You will have the opportunity to work alongside experienced leaders who will invest in and champion your leadership growth. The ministry you join will be carefully chosen according to your passions, giftings, and areas where help is needed.
There will be ongoing input with lectures and group processing time on a weekly basis. This time of ministry involvement is designed to enhance your learning as you continually put your knowledge into practice.

Feild Assignment

What Comes Next?

After the 6-months of lecture phase, you can do a 6-month field assignment. The field assignment is like an internship during which you invest in advancing and developing your leadership. This is a time where you can take what you learned in the lecture phase and put it into hands-on practice. Your learning will be followed with specific assignments and your class will have times of processing. There are many different ministry areas that you could be serving in. Here are just a few of the many ministries you could get involved in:

Hospitality

You learn how to prepare a welcoming atmosphere for visiting speakers and guests, organise birthday parties and help create celebratory events.

Facilities

In this ministry, you will be part of a team that takes care of the maintenance of the 100+ person campus.

Discipleship

You get to be part of training and discipling other students in different schools. You will be discipling and walking alongside youth people, organizing and leading international outreaches.

Community Life

You will be part of the team that plans and facilitates events in our community. This includes organizing special events such as graduations, love feasts, and community outings.

Communications

Be part of communicating what God is doing at YWAM Lausanne. Create promo on social media, maintain platforms, and reach the unreached online.

Intercession

Help organize weekly, worship and prayer gatherings. We pray for the nations, spheres of society, or other topics that God puts on our heart.

Administration

This ministry administers the finances of the base such as the school fees, taxes, donations and offerings for the different ministries at YWAM Lausanne.

Admissions

Guide incoming students with their application process. This often involves personal phone call interviews and preparing all necessary documents.

Evangelism

Get involved in reaching out to share the gospel with people both in our local area as well as internationally. We do this in different ways such as visiting churches, street evangelism, sports, and more.

Food Services

You learn how to prepare a welcoming atmosphere for visiting speakers and guests, organise birthday parties and help create celebratory events.

Café

In this ministry, your role will be to serve as a barista at our cáfe. Learn how to make coffee and create an atmosphere where people feel appreciated.

Children’s Ministry

Be a part of creating a space where the children are free to explore. Help to facilitate their growth and development while feeling safe and validated in their God-given identity.

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YWAM MLD

Ministry and Leadership Development School

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“Let the greatest among you become as the youngest, and the leader as one who serves.” Luke 22:26

What?

What is MLD?

"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love" - Mother Teresa

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Why MLD?

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5-week Intensive

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