School of Urban Leadership

Are you figuring out God’s calling in your life? Are you passionate about reaching people in Cities? Do you want to know how to create longevity in urban ministry?

Here at YWAM San Francisco, we believe in transforming, empowering and equipping, the next generation of urban ministry leaders. We believe that to love people in cities well, we must understand peoples, places, and passions.

Are you searching for clarification about God’s calling? Learning radical, unconditional love for people? Exploring your own passions? Our YWAM School of Urban Leadership can help you: 

• Understand the human, social, and economic dynamics of urban culture.

• Learn how to love well in an urban setting.

• Integrate rhythms of longevity and growth to mature in your life and calling while serving in San Francisco’s most challenging neighborhoods.  

• Learn from the Bay Area’s urban experts.

"You cannot minister to that which you do not love. You cannot love that which you do not know. And, you cannot know that which you do not take time to understand."

Rev. Dr. Tim Svoboda on Urban Ministry.

Live and learn in the center of beautiful San Francisco.

WHERE:  

The Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco

WHEN: 

January 2023 through September 2023

WHAT: 

Learn effective urban ministry skills by picking a track:

• Restoration Initiatives. Build relationships and pathways to wholistic integration with people experiencing homelessness in our city.

• Because Justice Matters: Create a healing community and better pathways for vulnerable women, youth, and families in our neighborhood.

HOW: 

A 9-month "live-learn laboratory" in the Tenderloin.

• Live and learn in the community with YWAM trainees, students, and staff.

• Ministry service in your area of choice with veteran YWAM staff mentors.

• Weekly intensive teaching with Bay Area experts.

• 3 months of personal interest exploration and engagement in one area of your choice.

Come and Join us!

Contact us at 415-885-6543 or by email at soul@ywamsanfrancisco.org.

Meet your speakers!

Here is a glance at the speakers that will be teaching during the School of Urban Leadership! There are many more speakers you will learn from, as well as many experienced ministry staff.