Discipleship Training School

{{DTS School The Discipleship Training School (DTS) is the entry point for all wishing to serve in the mission and is hence a vitally important course to run well. This page is intended to be a good point to start exploring the many articles covering the DTS programme.
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 * 5 = Lectures
 * 6 = DTS Lecture Phase
 * 7 = Practical Phase
 * 8 = DTS Outreach
 * 9 = Planning
 * 10 = Plan the DTS
 * 11 = After
 * 12 = After DTS
 * 13 = Teaching
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 * 15 = DTS Categories
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 * 17 = Staff Training
 * 18 = Basic Leadership School
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The DTS is typically six months long and split into two phases:


 * 1) Lecture Phase.
 * 2) Practical Phase.

Students live and learn in a community setting and during the second part of the school have an intensive cross-cultural experience, hands on the mission field.

The Discipleship Training School
The Purpose, Vision and History.


 * 1) Purpose of a DTS (formalised as The Stated Purpose of a DTS).
 * 2) History -- It's all about the Map!!!
 * 3) Knowing God.
 * 4) Purpose of the Outreach.
 * 5) Being Live/learn community is a key concept in our Discipleship.
 * 6) DTS Curriculum.

Interesting Variants on a standard six month school.


 * Category:Longer than 6 months DTS - Schools like Operation Year and Year for God.

The Planning Stage

 * Category:DTS Planning - Useful documents when planning schools.
 * 1) Registering Courses Online with the University of the Nations.
 * Category:DTS Leadership - What every DTS leader needs to know.
 * Category:DTS Leader Training - Articles that help equip all staff working on DTS'.
 * 1) The Basic Leadership School is a proven training programme for training DTS leaders "on the job".

The Lecture Phase

 * Essentials to implement in the first days of the DTS.


 * Category:DTS Administration - Articles that outline what needs to be done and how to do it well.
 * Category:DTS Teaching Resources - Valuable resources and articles useful for DTS leaders to use.
 * Category:DTS Lecture Notes - Articles produced from notes of DTS Lectures.
 * Category:DTS Discipleship Subject - General documents to do with subjects to teach.

The Practical Phase
The Practical Phase is often referred to as the Outreach Phase.


 * 1) Outreach - Best Practice.
 * 2) Where am I going on outreach? - Selecting an Outreach Location.
 * Category:DTS Outreach - Lots of help to prepare and lead excellent DTS Practical Phases.

After DTS

 * Joining YWAM as Staff - How to help students make the transition to become staff and other important information.
 * Join one of the YWAM New Teams doing evangelism and church planting.
 * Returning Home.
 * University of the Nations (UofN) - following a DTS student can become staff with YWAM and pursue other U of N training programmes too.
 * List of 2nd level schools which can be followed right after a DTS.

Who Could Help You Further?

 * International DTS centre.
 * Any National training director, if one is appointed!
 * U of N DTS Workshops and other International DTS training event.
 * People here on the KnowledgeBase - just ask a question!
 * The Training category and Teaching resources category hold helpful articles general to teaching.

Need more help planning your school?

 * Check out this school planning tool.

The First DTS in Europe
Barry Austin led the First DTS in Europe. Can see the principles involved.

The First DTS in India
Steve Cochrane led the First DTS in India. }}