What Is A DTS?
Experience Discipleship Training School at YWAM Kona. This is the perfect place to begin your journey with God in missions. Experience His love and take that love to the nations.
Experience Discipleship Training School at YWAM Kona. This is the perfect place to begin your journey with God in missions. Experience His love and take that love to the nations.
Discipleship Training Schools are 6-month adventures where you will spend the first 3 months living in missions-focused communities learning about and being discipled in living out your faith, followed by approximately 3 months living as a boots-on-the-ground missionary, discipling the nations.
What better place to be discipled by the Lord than in beautiful Kona, Hawaii? Enjoy beautiful scenery, wonderful beaches, jaw-dropping volcanoes, and more!
At the completion of the lecture phase, students have the opportunity to ‘make God known’ in the outreach phase. The Gospel comes alive as students step out in faith to preach the good news, baptize new believers and heal the sick (Mark 16:15-18). Outreach is an exhilarating time of risk and adventure, as teams serve with local believers: transforming lives and impacting society with the love of Jesus Christ.
Each week as a campus we come together corporately to praise and worship God. Monday morning worship, at 8am, and Ohana Gathering at 6pm on Thursdays.
Prayer and studying the Bible are keys to a relationship with God. We are blessed to have a prayer room open 24/7 and a Bible department as a resources for growing and knowing God.
We desire to know God and to make Him known, and invite others to do the same. The campus library, prayer room, or one of the outdoor tables are some places to spend time alone with God.
Having an international community is a highlight of our campus. Weekend soccer matches, meals in our open air cafeteria, or drinks at The Banyan Tree cafe are ways to meet those around you.
Located in the heart of Kona, our campus has many opportunities to serve those in need around us. Whether serving the homeless or tutoring at a local school, we can share Jesus' love.
The Big Island is beautiful, diverse, and makes weekends perfect for discovering a new beach, exploring Volcano National Park, or taking a tour through one of the many Kona coffee farms.