Know God and Make Him known

Providing opportunities to connect people with the love of Jesus, respond to him and see transformation in individuals, communities and culture.

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WHO WE AREUNDERSTANDING

What is Youth With A Mission ( YWAM ) ?

YWAM International

YWAM San Francisco Bay Area

YWAM Ember Ink

YWAM International is a global missions organization dedicated to ‘know God and make Him known’ by serving Jesus throughout the world. YWAM functions as a family of ministries rather than a centralized agency. YWAM gives room for many expressions of faith, including justice, church planting, the arts, media, family ministry, business, medicine, and much more.

YWAM San Francisco bay area is a family of YWAM ministries throughout the Bay Area. We have several ministry centers throughout and are growing every year. Tim Svoboda is the YWAM SF Bay Area coordinator and helps bring oversight to the ministry centers.

YWAM Ember Ink is the local expression of YWAM in San Jose, CA. Lead by Luke and Angela Haythorpe, Ember Ink has many programs that serve locally and abroad with the aim to connect people with the love of Jesus, respond to Him and see transformaiton in individuals, community and culture.

What does the name Ember Ink mean?In Isaiah 6:1-8, the Bible tells a story about a vision that a prophet named Isaiah had where he had seen the Lord seated on the throne and was surrounded by creatures worshiping God.

While seeing this happen before him, Isaiah was so overwhelmed by how far he was from the holiness of God and how he was not pure enough to speak to him. And while Isaiah was crying out in repentance, one of the creatures grabbed a burning coal from the altar and touched it to his lips, declaring that Isaiah was now redeemed!

Then the Lord asked, “Whom shall I send?” Isaiah then spoke, “Here I am. Send me!”

This story has inspired us to become EMBER INK. The burning coal (also known as an EMBER) which represents God’s redemption, is the fire and passion of this ministry. And INK represents telling/writing a story or leaving a mark. We are story tellers.

This is our ministry’s statement of faith, to share God’s redemption so it stays with whoever will hear it!

ABOUTUS

Discipleship Training School (DTS)

A six month course designed to help you understand God more deeply, live more like Jesus

and identify your unique gifts and purpose. It trains you to share the love of Jesus all over the

world, particularly among those people where He is least known.

Missions Apprenticeship

A hands-on training in which a careful examination of Biblical leadership, working in

teams and creative problem solving is explored. It is an exploratory, first step into the full-time

missions career choice in hopes to inspire commitment and develop leadership.

Ember Events and Concerts

Gathering and encouraging musicians and artists to collaborate to create productions that

will draw people closer to God and provide opportunities for action. We scout, develop and partner with artists to see them use their gifts to

inspire others.

Collaboration

Working alongside like-minded churches, ministries and organizations serving individuals,

families and communities in need. Using our considerable resource of volunteers and students

to make a positive impact..

Justice Projects

Projects intended to assist ministries working on the front-line of social justice issues, trying to

connect resources (i.e. media, finances, people, etc) with the purpose of seeing continued

transformation for justice.

Youth Street

A community outreach aimed to engage youth through safe and exciting activities for the purpose of positive mentorship and healthy growth. Giving

youth a positive and healthy space to discover their identity and talents leading to growth and empowerment. To be a community where youth

know they are loved and accepted upon their arrival.

PROGRAMSOUR

Seeing transformation of

individuals

Seeing transformation of

communities

Seeing transformation of

culture

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

Mark 16:15

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