Leadership Team
Matt
RAWLINS
Singapore
I joined Youth With A Mission in 1978. I went from my school in Hawaii to work in Micronesia (Saipan) for three years. There I was involved in evangelism and training. I then went to Hong Kong where my focus was on leading a cross cultural evangelism team of 24 students to Korea, Japan, Philippines and then back to Hong Kong. I began work in training in Hong Kong when they asked my wife and I to move to Singapore to take over the work there.
I was in Singapore for five years where our ministry grew to approximately 50 staff with teams coming and going throughout all of Asia. Our focus in Singapore was on training and leadership training. After the work in Singapore and regional leadership in the last year and a half, I became very interested in cross cultural leadership development and what were the core ingredients that are needed to maximize a leader's growth and effectiveness.
My family and I left Singapore and moved back to Oregon where I finished my BA in Management and Communication from Western Baptist. I began work on my Masters in Education from Portland State, then transferred to the University of Wales where I finished my Ph. D. My focus in research was on the 'Learning Leader' and what communication is needed to make organizational leaders effective in times of turbulence or change.
Kim
& Cindy HUNT
Budapest, Hungary
Kim & Cindy Hunt are IDTSC Regional Coordinators for Central Europe. They pioneered a DTS in Sighisoara, Romania (4 years), and are currently leading DTS's in Budapest. They have a 3 year old daughter, Katie.
Kim is a former architect and holds a M.A. in Cross-Cultural Studies from Fuller Seminary. He has been a discipler in the region since 1992. Kim did his DTS in Hungary in 1995 and has a heart to equip young people for missions and ministry.
Cindy is a former high school teacher. She did her DTS in 1992 and has been working with DTS's in the region since 1995. She teaches regionally on prayer, and hearing the voice of God. Cindy is involved in numerous prayer initiatives in the region.
Amos
HATHWAY Amos Hathway was born in Los Gatos, California, USA in 1970 and grew up in the Los Gatos/Santa Cruz area. He was raised in a single parent home without any Christian foundation. In 1986, he met his future wife, Ellen in high school. In 1989, they where married. After struggling with substance abuse, Amos graduated in 1993 from Monterey Bay Teen Challenge where he became a Christian and was set free from drugs.
Ellen had been called to missions at the age of 6, but had fallen away from following God in high school. While in Teen Challenge, Amos was called into full time Christian service. In 1994, Ellen and Amos joined Youth with a Mission and attended the Discipleship Training School in Honolulu, Hawaii. They followed that with the Leadership Development School and the School of Missions and Evangelism. In 1996, they joined full time staff in Honolulu serving with the Leadership School as well as the DTS. In 1998, they became the Directors of the DTS in Honolulu and directed the DTS program in Honolulu until handing over the directorship in 2004.
From 2002 to 2005, Amos and Ellen co-directed YWAM Honolulu. They have worked with the Factory in Harpenden, England, working to see a global youth movement. Amos and Ellen are currently serving locally with YWAM Salem in their training department. Amos also serves on the International Frontier Missions Team with YWAM seeking to connect short term missions with long term workers. Amos and Ellen have a passion to see a new apostolic wave of young people going into all the world transforming every area of society. Amos and Ellen desire to see the DTS strengthened and become the vehicle to see this new generation awaken to their call as nation changers.