Discipleship Training School (DTS) is a YWAM training school that aims to equip Christian people. It lasts 5 months in which 3 months of lectures and preparation (theoretical period) and 2 months of practical experience in the mission field (outreach).
Each DTS can offer local, national or international outreach opportunities. It’s a school for those who have already decided to devote themselves full-time to missions or for those who just want to grow in their relationship with God.It is the chance to experience a life with God like never before!
It’s a time to learn and relearn to discover who you are, to shift concepts, to meet new people, and to share. It’s an intense, fun and rewarding experience!
Basically, the DTS Curriculum is oriented to vocational profile and to his own relationship with God. The students are personally discipled by experienced missionaries who will assist them in discovering abilities, talents, and gifts for Christian service, both in missionary work and in the Christian life.
The school is full-time, and throughout the 5 months the students live at the base where the school takes place.
Check out the simplified Curriculum according to the University of the Nations.
Lecture: In the mornings the student has time alone with God, moments of praise and intercession and then, 3 hours of class. In the afternoons, the students will take part in maintenance at the base, the dancers will have dance practice and the skaters will have space and time to practice skateboarding.
In the evenings, there is time for specific classes, personal studies or anything else needed.
Outreach: For the last 8 weeks, the students are sent for the outreach period somewhere in Brazil or abroad. They will have the opportunity to put into practice what they have learned in the first 3 months, also being available for the needs and guidance of the places where they will be received.
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