Our Background
YWAM has sent a few teams, even before a base is established in the island of Palawan especially since the Calcaben family, an ex-YWAMers from Baguio base, moved to Puerto Princesa in 1984. Together with other ex YWAMers and local churches, teams always felt welcome and helped when in this area. Felix and Elisabeth Dexel (a German couple), who did their DTS outreach in Palawan in 1987, felt lead to pioneer a YWAM work. They returned after three and a half years of Bible School and internship to work in April 1991.
The first YWAM location in Barangay San Manuel, bought and developed by the Dexels. After several months of being by their own, three staff applied in January of 1993. Marlon Reston, Tata Banez, Eva Docto formed the first team ministering to a tribal group in the South of Palawan called Tau’t Batu. Later in the year several others joined, mostly a staff to the first Vietnamese Discipleship Training School (DTC) of 12 students. Three other DTC’s were conducted, where today some of the students have become missionaries even in Vietnam.
The work in Tau’t Batu has now expanded to include student’s sponsorship and Church Planting. Several churches have been planted in the tribes and have now become fellow workers. A permanent operating location is now established in New Site Ransang, Rizal town.
The base in Puerto Princesa City has been recognized under YWAM University of the Nations. Aside from Discipleship Training School running once a year, the School of Frontier Mission held one of their school in 1995 under the leadership of Jackie Schori.
More operating locations that are mostly “Frontiers” in nature have started coming into the island. However, for some practical reasons all these locations are independent of the base in the city. The work in Ransang though also “Frontier” continues to work under the leadership of YWAM PPC.
YWAM work regularly with other churches ministering inside the four colonies of Iwahig Prison. Some YWAM trained workers continued to minister inside the prison.
In January 2004, YWAM PPC moved to a temporary location and in January 2007 we moved to Sta. Lourdes. In September 2010 we moved to our permanent location in Barangay Irawan, Puerto Princesa City. We continue to be a center for training, mercy ministries and missions. We consist of special ministry teams working together to train workers and youth, by providing an environment of nurture and care for the needy, as well as to send and organize missions teams so that Palawan, Philippines, and Indo – China can be impacted by the Gospel.
Specifically, we have ministry focus in the tribes, prison, and community outreaches in the city. Our strategy is to provide, Children’s education, Discipleship Training School, family seminars, counseling, feeding programs and Evangelistic events.
Mission
YWAM PPC consists of special ministry team working together to train and make disciples, to help the needy by providing an environment of nurture and care, as well as organizing or sending out mission teams so that the Gospel can impact Palawan, the Philippines, and Indo- China.
Vision
YWAM PPC is a center for Training, mercy ministries and missions that aims to bring Biblical transformation to individual lives, families and communities.
Goals
- To improve and develop the life of the poor and needy among the tribes, marginalized and disadvantaged children and youth through the Students Sponsorship Program.
- To form Christian character (transformation) in establishing Biblical relationship between the students and God, and between the students and her/his family and friends through Discipleship Training School.
- To help the poor and needy in the community by providing Health Care Training, Medical and Dental Services and Feeding Program.
- To organized and send out mission teams so that Palawan, Philippines, and Indo China region can be impacted by the Gospel.
- To restore and strengthen dysfunctional families according to Biblical perspective.
Objectives
- To help in the education of the marginalized and tribal children through the Sponsorship Program.
- To provide nurture, care, guidance and discipleship among the sponsored students through Discipleship Training Week, Youth Camps etc.
- To bring transformation in the life of every students (To know God and make Him known) through the Discipleship Training School.
- To help in the development of the dysfunctional families, to restore and equip families in Biblical perspective through counseling, marriage and parenting seminar.
- To augment the need of lack of food among the poor and needy children through feeding program.
- To help the tribal communities and barangays that has less or no access to medical help in the province of Palawan through health care seminars and training.
Our Purpose
Youth With A Mission (YWAM) is an international movement of Christians from many denominations dedicated to presenting Jesus personally to this and future generations, to mobilizing as many as possible to help in this task, and to the training and equipping of believers for their part in fulfilling the Great Commission.
As citizens of God’s kingdom, we are called to love, worship, and obey our Lord, to love and serve His body, the Church, and to love all peoples everywhere, which includes presenting the whole gospel for the whole person throughout the whole world.
We of Youth With A Mission believe in God–Father, Son and Holy Spirit–and that the Bible is God’s inspired and authoritative Word, revealing that Jesus Christ is God’s son, fully God and fully human; that people are created in God’s image; that He created us to have eternal life through Jesus Christ; that although all people have sinned and come short of God’s glory, God has made salvation possible through the incarnation, life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ; that repentance, faith, love and obedience are fitting responses to God’s initiative of grace towards us through the active ministry of the Holy Spirit; that God desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth; and that the Holy Spirit’s power is demonstrated in and through us for the accomplishment of Christ’s last commandments, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to everyone” (Mark 16:15 NLT) and “Go and make disciples of all the nations…” (Matthew 28:19 NLT).
Our Beliefs
Youth With A Mission (YWAM) affirms the Bible as the inspired and authoritative Word of God and the absolute reference point for every aspect of life and ministry. Based upon God’s Word, who He is, and His initiative of salvation through the atoning work of Jesus (His death, burial, and resurrection), the following responses are strongly emphasized in YWAM:
We are called to praise and worship God alone (Exo 20:2-3; Deu 6:4-5; 2Ki 17:35-39; 1Ch 16:28-30; Neh 8:2-10; Mar 12:29-30; Rom 15:5-13; Jud 24-25; Rev 5:6-14; Rev 19:5-8).
We are called to lead holy and righteous lives that exemplify the nature and character of God (Lev 19:1-2; Psa 51:7-11; Jer 18:1-11; Eze 20:10-12; Zec 13:9; Luk 1:68 75; Eph 4:21-32; Tit 2:11-14; 1Pe 2:9,21-25; 1Jo 3:1-3).
We are called to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with those who do not know Him (Psa 78:1-7; Isa 40:3-11; Mic 4:1-2; Hab 2:14; Luk 24:44-48; Act 2:32-26; Act 10:39-43; 1Co 9:19-23; 2Co 2:12-17; 1Pe 3:15-18).