Training
In our base, we have several courses. Check out what we have available for you below!
DTS - Discipleship Training School
We are dedicated to doing whatever it takes to know God and to make Him known, together. Our Discipleship Training Schools (DTS) are 5 month, two‒part, discipleship courses which serve as an introduction to global missions.
DTS ‒ Theoretical Phase
- Duration: 3 months
- Local: Jocum Gabu
- Activities: Lectures on discipleship, worship, prayer, and elective skill development.
- Objective: To allow God to change your life based on learning, going beyond intellectual knowledge.
DTS ‒ Practical Phase
- Duration: 2 months
- Activities: Evangelism and cross-cultural missions.
- Objective: To apply what we learned and share the good news of Jesus Christ.
- Next DTS: Starts on October 3rd, 2025.
What is UfoN?
Youth With A Mission (YWAM) offers training programs in more than 650 different locations, spread across 180 countries in 100 languages. This global university is called the University of the Nations (UfoN), dedicated to discipling men, women, youth, and adults, equipping them with the skills they need to serve and reach the world for Jesus.
UFON's methodology combines traditional (formal) classroom teaching with an environment of discipleship and practical experience (informal and non-formal) in the mission field. Many of our courses are bilingual, including in Guinea-Bissau, and hundreds of others are offered in various locations around the world.
Introduction to Primary Healthcare School (IPHC)
"Come discover the biblical foundation for health and healing, learn hands-on health care skills and how to pray and minister to others."
IPHC combines three months of face-to-face classes with a two-month field assignment in a developing nation.
Lecture Phase
- Content: Training in practical healthcare skills such as patient assessment, vital signs, and wound care.
- Objective: To understand how illness affects body, soul, and spirit, promoting healing and freedom through God.
Practical Phase
- Activities: Use of skills in clinical settings, health teaching, prayer, and evangelism.
From May to July, we held the first School of Health/ICBS at YWAM Guinea-Bissau, in West Africa. This event marked a new beginning, and we believe that the Lord will use health as a powerful tool in this nation.
We have eight students of different nationalities and ethnicities, and teachers from four continents, demonstrating intense dedication and learning. We worked in schools, villages, in the regional hospital of Gabú, in maternity hospitals, local clinics, and we ended with a practical period in a village of an unreached people, where we witnessed hardened hearts being touched by the love of God. During these three months, we reached about 350 people with basic health care, in addition to sharing the Word of God.
Health Reality in Guinea-Bissau
The health scenario in Guinea-Bissau is extremely challenging. With a population of 500,000, our province has only 19 doctors. The rates of maternal and child mortality, HIV and malaria are alarming. Faced with this reality, we feel God's call to be a response and help transform this situation.
ICBS is a school that trains students in hard-to-reach places where health resources are scarce. We teach about basic human needs, health promotion, disease prevention, community health, first aid, and community development. Through anthropology and the biblical worldview in health, students learn to see the human being as a whole: body, soul and spirit.
The study of the book of Leviticus reveals the God who cares about health, establishing rules to keep his people healthy through proper prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
Stay tuned for the next ICBS date.
Bible School
This school offers students a good understanding of the Inductive approach to Bible Study, equipping them with tools for life. Students read the entire Bible aloud. Many different teaching and learning styles are used and experimented with. All kinds of genres are studied.
Books from the Old and New Testaments are studied inductively: Acts, Philemon, John, Romans, James, Peter, Hebrews, Revelation, 2 and 3 John, Jude, Genesis, Kings, Jeremiah, Psalms and Proverbs. A New Testament Timeline and an Old Testament Timeline are made.
Studying for a Change of Life is what we do, and Transformation is an essential element of the course.
This course provides a means of learning to incorporate the Scriptures into other facets of life, such as in the areas of evangelism, worship and intercession.
Students learn to memorize and meditate on the Word. Students have the opportunity to gain experience in facilitating a Bible Study for small groups and hone their skills in Teaching and Preaching the Word. They study Hebrew poetry through Psalms and Proverbs. They study wisdom literature through Proverbs. They study in depth the history of all the books studied. They learn mapping and geography of the periods. They are taught to think, learn and study.
The aim of EFEB is to equip students with the tools and skills for a lifetime of effective Bible Study and Ministry. Transformation is a major overall goal:
- Biblical worldview.
- Deeper intimacy with God.
- Renewed mind.
- Becoming more like Christ.
Course format:
- Interactive lessons
- Self-study
- Group discussion
- Workshops
You will be proficient in mapping the biblical world. You will know how to do a variety of studies, e.g. Greek and Hebrew word study, inductive topical study, profiling, comparisons, contrasts, character studies. Proficiency in how to date and timeline the Old and New Testaments. Ability to do an exegesis of Scripture. Ability to memorize and meditate on Scripture. Ability to satisfactorily complete overview charts.
By the end of the course you will be able to study an entire book completely inductively, without any input. Like the Attitude of Being:
- More like Jesus
- Servant heart
- More passionate about God and His Word
- Perseverance
- Transformation
- Seeking the Lord's presence
- Greater intimacy with God
