YWAM Mega Base vs a Multiplying YWAM Base
We discussed two types of YWAM bases. These two types certainly don't cover all the different YWAM bases out there, but they cover two possible types of growing YWAM bases. The types of YWAM bases that we talked about are:
- The YWAM Mega Base
- The Multiplying YWAM Base
The YWAM Mega Base
The first model of YWAM base that we talked about is the YWAM Mega Base.
The YWAM Mega Base is a YWAM Centre that continually grows and adds ministries to it's base. The ministries at these centres can work together towards common goals and can offer an extremely wide breadth of opportunities and training and can mobilize together for large projects.Some disadvantages of a YWAM Mega Base is the administration and infrastructure involved in supporting a large number of staff and students. It can also sometimes be a challenge to keep multiple ministries, being led by dynamic and visionary leaders, focused on the same end goal.
A good example of a YWAM Mega Base in Australia would be YWAM Perth. They currently have around 300 people on staff, dozens of ministries and are pulling off the Megacities project, which a smaller base would probably not be able to run with.
The Multiplying YWAM Base
Another model of YWAM base that we talked about we called the Multiplying YWAM Base.
The multiplying YWAM base model worked kind of like an amoeba. The YWAM base grows to a predetermined critical mass of staff (around 40 - 50) and then begins to plan for a split. When the staff numbers then reach between 55 - 60 staff a team of 10 - 15 would break off from the "mother" base to form a new YWAM base.After the split the "mother" YWAM base would be able to provide initial assistance, but the goal would be for the break off team to develop their own vision and focus and to become self-sufficient. The Multiplying YWAM base model would then be replicated on all the break off bases, and would also continue to happen at the "mother" YWAM centre.
As with the YWAM Mega Base model there would be disadvantages and advantages for this model of YWAM base growth.
Some advantages of the Multiplying YWAM Base would be the relatively low amount of administration and infrastructure needed to maintain a smaller base. Focus and energy could be put more on developing the leaders and ministry, rather than the facilities. The individual YWAM bases that were birthed out of this model would also be able to develop in their own way and with their own unique expression of Christ.
An obvious disadvantage with the Multiplying YWAM Base model of growth would be that large projects, like the YWAM Perth megacities project, would be harder to pull off. That disadvantage could be overcome through the network of YWAM bases developed through the growth process, but it would not be as seamless as a single base pulling it off.
YWAM is Growing
With YWAM growing quickly, and it being prophetized that YWAM could grow to over 200,000 staff, we need to look at different models to support that growth.What model of growth is your base currently working with? If it is not a model like what's listed above, then how are you planning to accommodate for any future growth in staff?
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Questions that Missionaries Hear in South East Asia
Being on outreach is always a cultural experience for our staff and students. The thing that we don't often take into account is that visiting a foreign country is also a cultural experience for the people living there that we are outreaching to.Wan Dee is a Church Panter in Southern Thailand. She's an American who has been in Thailand for 8 years and runs the OceanicThai web-site, plus a few others. She has collected a few of the interesting questions that she has been asked in her years planting a church in Thailand. Here are a few of my favourites:
- "Why do you only take 1 shower a day?"
- "Why do you foreigners wear such embarrassingly tiny swimsuits and clothes?"
- "Why do you think this food is spicy? My baby even eats it."
- "Why are you foreigners so fat?"
Source: Missionary Blog - I'm sure this is what they're thinking...
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Brad Paisley - "Letter to Me" Free Download
Good Housekeeping is currently offering a free download of Brad Paisley's new single, Letter to Me.Check it out over at Good Housekeeping: Brad Paisley Song Giveaway.
I'm listening to it right now and it's classic Brad Paisley, very good.
Brad Paisley's web-site is fantastic if you want to listen to some of Brad Paisley's music or view some of his videos. Brad Paisley has a very wide range of music including some very funny songs (Celebrity & Alcohol), and some very moving songs (When I Get Where I'm Going & Wiskey Lullaby).
One interesting thing is that two of those songs deal with the same topic (alcohol), but in very different ways, with very different consequences for the characters of the songs.
Something that I really like about Country Music is how most of the songs tell a story, and Brad Paisley is very good at doing that.
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YWAM Staff Killed at YWAM Denver
On the weekend there were four YWAM Staff members shot at YWAM Denver. Two of the four died because of the shootings and two are in hospital.In a related shooting the same person also shot and killed two people at a church in Colorado Springs that has ties with YWAM.
The shooter was a former member of YWAM who had been asked to leave from YWAM during the course of his YWAM DTS in 2002.
The official press releases are available at the YWAM International Web-site:
- YWAM Staff Killed in Denver
- Statement from the YWAM Arvada Training Centre
- YWAM Press Release: Update on Colorado Springs
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YWAM England's new Video
YWAM England has done a fantastic video explaining their heart to equip and send people into the nations.It's a pretty enspiring video, and does a great job communicating what they do and how you can be involved.
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Chuck Norris' Top 10 Video
A while ago most of the communcations guys at YWAM - Reef to Outback had loaded a "Chuck Norris" widget on their Mac's. The widget gave a bunch of random "facts" about Chuck Norris.Well, here is Chuck Norris reading out his top 10 facts:
I hope you enjoyed, I had a good laugh.
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I am a full time volunteer with Reef to Outback - Youth With A Mission (YWAM) where I work in Communications and Information Technology. I am married to a wonderful wife, we have a five year old son and a one year old daughter.
