elbuho Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 If you were ever involved with YWAM, please join the new Facebook group I have set up, so we can support one another and show some strength in numbers (only 3 members at present): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=57132943707 Apologies if this is in the wrong forum. elbuho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathlene Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hi there! I am an ex ywamer!! Now I am an ex-xtian too. Yeah I would love to hear stories from other people. That organisation has serious leadership problems, blah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♦ Fuego ♦ Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Did you ever encounter the "moral government theology" that I read was rampant in the leadership? It has been about 20 years since I read a book about it, but it seemed to be a "fix-yourself because the blood of Jesus doesn't remove your responsibility for sin" sort of thing. I had one friend who was going to join YWAM stop after reading the book. Other friends that had been a part of YWAM had never encountered it, or didn't know what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vomit Comet Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 What the fuck was up with YWAM? I was constantly hearing about it from others but I never got the specifics so I never had a coherent picture. Something about taking middle class white bread youth and putting them in a house in the ghetto or something? Some people thought it was awesome, others seemed to think something shady was going on, and nobody would ever tell me shit. I swear, in Christian circles I was always the last to know. I was just thinking about that today, in fact... I was always the last to know, if some shit was going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deb Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Here's an interesting link... http://www.deceptioninthechurch.com/ywamapostasy.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnceConvinced Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I was never in YWAM, but I was a huge fan. Loved going to the youth rallies. Just read that article. Here we go again. "they were not true Christians". I guess it's true, there is no such thing as a true Christian because someone somewhere is always going to think you aren't a true one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbuho Posted January 22, 2009 Author Share Posted January 22, 2009 Hi Kathlene! Please join us on the Facebook group! I only recently read about the moral government controversy, I never noticed anything specific about it while I was in YWAM. What I did notice was that various speakers and leaders came to our base, one claiming that any problems we were facing was the result of spiritual warfare, demonic influence, etc., while the week after, the next speaker claimed it was all about unconfessed sin, issues from the past, brokenness, etc.. As the audio guy in charge of taping all the speakers, I got to hear all of them and it was an eye-opener to hear these two opposing theories being put forward alternately, week after week. In the area of social engagement there were also contradictions - with its roots in the Jesus Movement era, YWAM has a natural tendency towards aspects of liberation theology, while Christian Reconstructionism and Dominionism, which are more right-wing in their attitude to the poor, were growing in popularity and influence at the time I left (1989). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Freedomtarian Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 My friend went on a YWAM missions trip and so did my cousin. Lucky for her, my cousin had to be sent home due to her health early so she did not get brainwashed unlike my friend who was not so lucky. I already made a thread about their testimony's, my cousin shared many horror stories that my friend also undoubtedly went through as well. Yet he never said a negative word about the group. I noticed that he was brainwashed and it was really scary the first few weeks of his return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leinad89 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 I did a YWAM DTS (dicipleship training school) with an outreach in Africa. I can't say the experience brainwashed me, but during the lecture phase, I could feel the possibility of brainwashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vendredie Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 I never heard of YWAM before now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vomit Comet Posted November 6, 2010 Share Posted November 6, 2010 Arghhhh... there's no delete button.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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