About Us
mission & vision • values & history • leaders & team
Why Converge?
Converge is an important name within YWAM and in world missions. Converge is about bringing together:
local with global engagement,
theological with practical training,
online with in-person teaching,
mentoring with independent learning,
academics with service,
short-term with long-term,
spiritual with natural,
sacred with secular, and
careers with callings.
The Converge Fellowship Program
Converge Fellowships are customizable internships and outreaches for university students and young adults. Converge Fellowships allow participants to collaborate in designing their serving/learning project based on their skill set and individual calling.
Mission & Vision
We are responding to Jesus’ command to “Go, make disciples of all nations.” Matt. 28:19
Values
Every YWAM Converge participant, volunteer, partner, and staff member is challenged to engage the following values, including the following significant topics from 2 Peter 1:4-8.
History
The Student Centre was birthed in prayer by the Word of the Lord, over many years with many words of encouragement, including a personal exhortation to start the Centre from YWAM’s founder, Loren Cunningham.
Originally named the UofN Student Mobilization Centre, we were commissioned by the Board of Regents of the University of the Nations, YWAM’s global university, in September 1997 in Seoul, South Korea. The name, UofN Student Mobilization Centre of Youth With A Mission, was registered with the IRS and in the Commonwealth of Virginia in January 1998. We are registered to operate in the State of New Jersey since 2013.
What is YWAM Student Centre?
The Centre is a network, not a place. We are a University Ministries Circle of YWAM International. We are a YWAM staff team of certified coordinators on five continents. We are part of YWAM’s Campus Ministries International and we have trained hundreds of YWAM campus ministries staff, host partners, and volunteers.
We are dedicated to Knowing God and Making Him Known in Nations through Vocations.
YWAM Converge is the staff team and programs operating out of Ocean City, NJ. We are registered with the IRS as UofN Student Mobilization Centre of Youth With A Mission.
YWAM Converge, PO Box 1526, Ocean City, NJ 08226 USA
Leaders and Team
Meet the Board of Directors
YWAM Student Centre began as the Student Mobilization Centre, which was commissioned by the Board of Regents of the University of the Nations, YWAM’s global university, in September 1997 in Seoul, South Korea. The name, UofN StudentMobilization Centre of Youth With A Mission, was registered with the IRS and in the Commonwealth of Virginia in January 1998.
YWAM Student Centre is no longer a Centre of the U of N, however, we are still a transnational networking ministry of Youth With A Mission. YWAM Converge is an operating location of YWAM
YWAM International
YWAM is an international volunteer movement of Christians from many backgrounds, cultures, and Christian traditions dedicated to serving Jesus worldwide. More than four million students, short-term volunteers, and staff have participated in YWAM since its inception.
YWAM has nearly 20,000 full-time staff plus 25,000 students from more than 200 nationalities and a wide variety of denominations who serve at more than 1,300 YWAM locations in 180+ nations and dependent countries. (see also www.ywam.org)
Meet the Team
YWAM Student Centre Coordinators are on staff with YWAM Converge and with other YWAM ministries. We serve on five continents. We collaborate on strategic projects. We speak multiple languages. We are passionate about helping university students and young adults know God and make Him known in their career choices and spheres of influence.
We are Students, Faculty, Campus Ministers, Volunteers, Outreach Hosts, and YWAM Missionaries.
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YWAM Converge, also known as YWAM Student Centre, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN 54-1882074. Donations are tax-deductible. ©2023 YWAM Student Centre. All rights reserved. Terms of service.
