The family today is severely under attack. The institution of the family is the most basic grouping of the people that has the most significant influence on a nation or society. The family is being broken down with marriages falling apart at an alarming rate. Parents are abdicating their God-given roles and responsibilities, abandoning the God who created the family and who gave His Word to live by. In turn children are growing up without emotional stability and security.
Is there an answer?
Yes! We in YWAM Family Ministries believe that God's Word contains the blue print for family life and the answers for restoration. Families almost always desire to have a strong healthy family life but without some practical keys they are often in the dark as to where to start.
For this reason we recommend a YWAM Family Ministries Course (FMS)
The FMS is a second level course, therefore all applicants must have successfully completed a YWAM DTS. The primary focus of the FMS is in training people in building families on Godly principles and in family restoration.
The FMS is a five month course comprising of twelve weeks live-in lecture phase and eight weeks field assignment with four other optional weeks. The course will commence every September here in Taiwan.
There are five major categories as the central core of an FMS:
World View of Family/Biblical Foundations
The Marriage Relationship
Parenting
Family Counseling
The Role of the Family in Ministry
You will be helped in small groups, and in the preparation of role-plays and in the presentation of this material into your own style. Participants completing this course can expect to participate in running parenting and marriage seminars and to be equipped to help families return to Biblical Standards.
What about our children?
Children's ministries operate along with the main lecture program of the FMS because we are dedicated in seeing God become a reality in the lives of your children.
Where will the FMS be held?
To be determined.
What will the living environment be like?
The YWAM lifestyle is simple. Participants live in rooms at the YWAM Base or nearby facilities with people of various ages, nations, cultures & denominations. Meals will be offered in the central kitchen.
Who should attend an FMS?
Do you sense a call of God on your life to help restore family life to God's intended pattern?
If so whether you are married or single this course may well be for you! The FMS is intended for YWAM staff, school teachers, pastors, daycare workers, parents, social workers and other interested persons, in order to give Biblical keys and practical tools in family ministry.
Seminar (FMS) is also available to anyone who may wish to study/participate part-time in the form of a Foundations for Family Life Seminar (FFLS) to equip participants and offer healing within a biblical understanding of family. God's intention for family is a place of love and nurture, where one's identity and values are shaped; where one learns acceptance and encouragement; honor and submission; discipline and forgiveness. This model then becomes a powerful evangelistic bridge for strengthening families and discipling nations.
This course introduces participants to the biblical foundations of marriage and family life.
The three-month lecture phase targets five major themes related to effective ministry to families; the biblical model of family, God's design for marriage, godly parenting, Christian family counseling principles and the role of the family in ministry. Participants can anticipate personal development, family growth and skill development throughout the course. Each participant is encouraged to integrate the course material into his or her personal and family life as a preparation for effective ministry to other families.
