I began DTS on the island of Hawaii, living in a mansion called King's which had been converted into a combination dormitory and school. The second, or Outreach phase, involves the practical application of the principles learned. The first, lecture phase, is geared toward character development and learning evangelizing methods. Anyone who wants to be a part of YWAM must first attend a DTS, which is divided into two three-month segments. YWAM is an international movement of people from various Christian denominations, and DTS is one of many schools within YWAM’s Pacific and Asia Christian University (PACU). Living and working with dedicated, loving Christians in an exotic, tropical island should have been Paradise. Both she and I attended YWAM's Discipleship Training School (DTS). This was written by a twenty-year-old girl after she had spent six months in beautiful Hawaii with an organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM). Share your feelings and you’ll get bruised. Yes, I am frustrated, trying to do everything right, The author concludes that while YWAM hopes to create a perfect community, the result is a loss of freedom.Ĭan't really tell them how it is. The YWAM Discipleship Training School, which the author attended in Hawaii, also relied on the leadership's special interpretation of biblical verses and precepts to inculcate attitudes and obtain conformity to the group's ways. and guilt, authoritarianism, the denigration of critical thinking, social exclusiveness, and suppression of individuality. Features common to YWAM and controversial religious cults include manipulation of fear.
She finds that her YWAM training, and the philosophy which undergirds it, are similar to that described for cultic groups. While recounting her own experience, the author compares training in Youth With a Mission (YWAM), a Christian missionary group, to what she has heard and read about involvement in religious cults. As always, the CSJ will consider articles, comments, and letters expressing other points of view. The following account of the author's experience with a missionary group is presented as part of our continuing followup to the special CSJ issue (Volume 2, Number 2), "Cults, Evangelicals, and the Ethics of Social Influence." The opinions expressed in the article are those of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Cultic Studies Journal or the American Family Foundation.
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