Youth With A Mission (YWAM) is an international movement of Christians from many denominations dedicated to serving Jesus throughout the world. In YWAM our passion is to know God and make Him known. YWAM draws people from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities to work together in a broad spectrum of evangelistic activities. People of all ages from more than 160 nations are involved in our ministries.
Each year, over 38,000 people are involved in YWAM's short-term projects. Mobile ministries have gone into every country of the world. We currently operate in more than 1000 locations in over 160 countries, with a full-time staff of 15,000.
YWAM's many ministries fall into three main categories - ways which we believe God has given us to be a part of the goal of taking the gospel to all the world: