Last Days Ministries ICT/YWAM DTS Equivalency Policy & Procedure
Policy Purpose
With the official incorporation of Last Days Ministries (LDM) with Youth With A Mission, the following guidelines are approved regarding LDM's Intensive Christian Training (ICT) graduates and their integration with YWAM and the possibility of course work in the U of N.
Policy Statement
Graduates of Last Days Ministries ICT (prior to September 1991) may fulfill the DTS prerequisite for further course work in the U of N ONLY if they follow the below stated procedure.
Procedure for the ICT Graduate
In order to comply with U of N's requirement of satisfactory completion of a YWAM DTS before further course work is done in the U of N, all ICT graduates will be required to:
- Fully Document their ICT course on the Historical Course Documentation Form and submit it to the International DTS Centre for evaluation of the ICT content and curriculum. The DTS Centre, or a representative appointed by DTS Centre, will then determine what specific areas of DTS curriculum the student will need to make up and determine a plan, in consultation with the student, for the make up work to be accomplished most effectively. When the make up work plan is established, the DTS Centre will register the student on a Form B and the student will be required to pay the appropriate Student Registration Fee for processing their U of N record.
- The student will need to attend DTS lectures (or view video tapes) on
essential DTS topics if they were not covered, or were inadequately covered,
in the ICT course content, such as:
- Principles of Intercession (applies only to ICT=s prior to July 1987)
- Evangelism
- A Global View of Missions
- Hearing the Voice of God (applies only to ICT's prior to July 1987)
- Character and Nature of God (including messages such as A The Four Basic Premises of Christianity and Co-Creating With God by Loren Cunningham; The Attributes of God by David Hamilton; The Character and Nature of God plus The Ways of God by Joy Dawson)
- There may also be other key lectures/messages that the student will
be required to attend or listen. For purposes of understanding and bonding
of the student to Youth With A Mission and YWAM's University of the
Nations the student also needs to attend lectures (or view video tapes)
on the following:
- YWAM's Calling to Evangelism, Training and Mercy Ministries
- YWAM's Foundational Values
- Vision of the University of the Nations
- Discipling the Nations and the Seven Spheres of Influence.
- A written report by the individual will be required which will include a summary of the primary concepts and principles of the teaching along with a description of personal application.
- Complete a U of N registered DTS field assignment/outreach of at least 8 weeks, and maximum 12, before a second level course can be taken in the U of N.
Internal Record-keeping Procedure
- DTS Lecture Phase (IDS 701/3) student registration and credit: After the students' satisfactory completion the above, the DTS Centre will grant a maximum of 12 credits to the graduate for the IDS 701 lecture phase and report the decision in writing, along with the course documentation, to your designated U of N Regional Records Office.
- DTS Field Assignment/Outreach Phase (IDS 702/4)student registration and credit: The student is to be registered for the Field Assignment, along with all other students in the class, through the normal Form B process and recorded on the FORM C2 at the completion of the course.