  youth with a mission (ywam, generally pronounced "why-wam") is an inter-denominational, non-profit christian, missionary organization. founded by loren cunningham and his wife darlene cunningham in 1960, ywam's stated purpose is to "know god and to make him known"."founders â loren and darlene cunningham". ywam.  ywam includes people from over 180 countries and a large number of christian denominations, with over half of the organization's staff from non-western countries. ywam has over 18,000 full-time volunteers in more than 1,100 ministry locations in over 180 countries.http://www.ywam.org/about-us they train upwards of 25,000 short-term missions volunteers annually.youth with a mission in derry visit â derry today  ==history== youth with a mission was conceived by loren cunningham in 1956, as a 20-year-old student in an assemblies of god college, he was traveling in the bahamas when he had a vision of waves breaking over the earth. when he looked closer the waves appeared to become young people taking the news of jesus into all the nations of the world. he envisioned a movement that would send young people out after high school to gain a sense of purpose when going to college, and would welcome christians of all denominations."1956: beginnings". ywam. {{cite news | title = interview with the executive director of ywam | author = rhoda tse | publisher = christian post | date = april 25, 2005 | accessdate = 2008-01-28 | url = http://www.christianpost.com/article/20050425/13425_interview_with_the_executive_chairman_of_ywam,_lynn_green.htm | quote = the vision was really a picture that he had in his spirit. it was a globe â as if seen from sp
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