DTS is not just a program; it is a season of transformation where Jesus shapes your heart, deepens your identity, strengthens your faith, and equips you to go wherever He leads. It is a space where ordinary believers are trained to live extraordinary lives of courage, obedience, and love.
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Discover God’s Heart in the City. The Journey of a Discipleship Training School (DTS) in San Francisco
Read moreGod's heart in the Marketplace
Discover how to use your entrepreneurial gifts to advance the Kingdom of God in every sphere of society.
Read moreUrban DTS
The next DTS (Discipleship Training School) in San Francisco will equip you to embrace urban ministry. This program is crafted to be a transformative journey. Where faith becomes practical. Relationships are deepened, and God's passion for the nations becomes your own.
Read moreThe Great Commission
Business can be more than profit. It can bring hope, justice, and lasting transformation. This school will help you align your business calling with God’s mission. Let us complete the Great Commandment of Jesus!
Read moreThe next DTS
DTS is more than just a school; it's a call to transformation. If you're ready to step out in faith, grow closer to God, and engage in His mission, this DTS is for you. Apply today and embrace the urban ministry.
Read moreSchool of Transformational Business (SOTB)
Transforming communities and nations through business. Join us as we pioneer businesses that bring hope, dignity, and transformation to communities and nations!
Read moreA Safe Haven in the Heart of the Tenderloin. Life in the Ellis Room!
It’s also a place where God’s love is expressed in simple ways every day. A shared laugh over a puzzle. A word of encouragement during a game of chess. A prayer is offered quietly in the corner for someone who asks.
Read moreA Life Changing journey for the next generation!
San Francisco is one of the most diverse, challenging, and spiritually hungry cities in the world. It's a place where faith meets reality.
Read moreIs God Calling You Deeper?
The Discipleship Training School at YWAM San Francisco offers a unique opportunity for spiritual growth and self-discovery.
Read moreGreat Commission
The Great Commission is a call for every believer. We, Business with a Mission, organize, train, and equip people to network and take the Gospel to the less-reached places through business.
Read moreBusiness With A Mission
Business With A Mission is a great opportunity to reach out to this generation. The job we do, the people we meet, and our quality of life are influenced by business.
Read moreStart up a Business
The School of Transformational Business (SOTB) teaches people to start and run a godly, profitable business. We aim to bring God’s kingdom to earth through every business.
Read moreLove Your Neighbor(hood): Tech In The Tenderloin
Let’s all be bridge-builders where we are. Whether you’re here in San Francisco, or somewhere else. As Jesus was Immanuel, God with us, let us who know him be with those in our communities and cities.
Read moreLove Your Neighbor(hood): The Youth of the Tenderloin
These kids know and embrace that their neighborhood is not always the cleanest, rough around edges or even unsafe at times; and yet they talk about how they know it won’t be like that forever, because they are going to grow up and make a difference in it. And that is why it’s an honor to walk side by side with these visionaries.
Read moreLove Your Neighbor(hood): History of the Tenderloin
These days the Tenderloin is still a welcoming beacon for all. YWAM is able through God’s provision to provide a place for those in need, giving a place to drop-in, showers, restrooms, food pantry. A place where Jesus is lifted up and shared into the community.
Read moreReflections on Easter during this crisis
The resurrection of Jesus is my favorite message–story–event ever. Resurrection Day is a day for me that marks the beginning of my year, it reminds me why I breathe, why I do what I do and why I am who I am. It is on this day that I remember that it is Christ who gives me great hope…
Read moreLove Your Neighbor(hood): Restaurants of the TL
Each day we have opportunities to connect; we get to look people in the eye, to learn their names and to know them. We often subconsciously ignore or choose hurry instead of human in these moments. This was me, this is me. It takes work to change our habits and it doesn’t happen in a day.
Read moreLove Your Neighbor(hood): Arts and Murals
Living in the Tenderloin has taught me a lot about seeking out God’s beauty amidst the chaos of daily life. The Tenderloin has always been an eclectic neighborhood filled with diversity and creativity. When walking through it’s easy to take the Tenderloin at face value; trash littering the gutters, abandoned items, but really there’s so much more.
Read moreLove Your Neighbor(hood): Every Tribe, Every Tongue, Every Nation
As I sat on the top level of a tall San Francisco building, I gazed in awe of the beauty. Every flickering light - a person made in God’s image loved and known. As I continued to stare across the city towards the light-sprinkled hills, a Bible verse came to mind. It was in Revelation 7, with this scene of people from every tribe, every tongue, every nation. This settled in my heart:
San Francisco was similar.
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