The YWAM Christian Teaching Podcast

This special edition of the YWAM Teaching Podcast is a celebration of Loren Cunningham’s final ministry focus with his final book,  No Boundaries Within God’s Will. Loren Cunningham, founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) went to be with Jesus on October 6, 2023 at the age of 88.

Loren’s ministry focus in his last days was for translating the Bible and message of Jesus into every language on Earth. The new book is an account of Loren Cunningham’s rugged path to all nations includes stories from secret gatherings of believers, desert border crossings and an emergency plane landing in the African jungle. No Boundaries tells Loren’s vivid missions experiences to inspire your own all-or-nothing path. He fuses each story with biblical principles, inviting you to escape boxes of fear, doubt, or confusion. Clear examples and practical steps will help you find and follow God’s vision for your life.

The book was written by Loren Cunningham and Jeff Rogers, and the first chapter of the book has been released for free over at lorencunningham.com, where you can order your own copy of the book in print edition, or as an ebook.

Since the first chapter has been released for free, I thought we could do a live read through of the first chapter for this YWAM Teaching Podcast. It’s a different format from the usual teachings, but I’m hoping it motivates you to pick up and read the full new book.

In this teaching, Loren Cunningham shares with us about when we are told to Go, it Means a Change of Location.

Loren Cunningham is the founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and the co-founder of the University of the Nations (U of N). He is also a leader at the YWAM, U of N Campus in Hawaii, and a member of the YWAM International Eldership.

In this talk Loren is challenging the idea that you need to see your home reached before you can go out into the nations. Using the Bible as a foundation and lots of examples he shows that God calls all of us to go, even young people, into all the world.

If you head over to the YWAM Teaching Podcast web-site, ywampodcast.net/teaching, you can subscribe to future teachings, listen to previous teachings, and find links to Loren’s books. Now, let’s hear from Loren…

Loren Cunningham is the author of a number of books including the book Daring to Live on the Edge: The Adventure of Faith and Finances, which expands upon this teaching about Finances:

Watch the original teaching here:

In this teaching Loren Cunningham shares with us about Relinquishing our Rights.

Loren Cunningham is the founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and the co-founder of the University of the Nations (U of N). He is also a leader at the YWAM, U of N Campus in Hawaii, and a member of the YWAM International Eldership.

In this talk Loren Cunningham shares with us about what it means to relinquish our rights. We are challenged with the question, “Are you willing to give up everything, including your freedom?”.

Mark 8:34 reminds us that Jesus said, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”.

Loren Cunningham is the author of a number of books including the book Daring to Live on the Edge: The Adventure of Faith and Finances, which expands upon this teaching about Finances:

In this teaching Loren Cunningham shares with us about Ruling with Jesus.

Loren Cunningham is the founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and the co-founder of the University of the Nations (U of N). He is also a leader at the YWAM, U of N Campus in Hawaii, and a member of the YWAM International Eldership.

In this inspiring talk, Loren Cunningham talks about what it means to serve God and “inherit the earth”. Through stories of God’s miraculous favour, provision, and grace, he inspires us to humbly serve God in whatever capacity He has placed us.

I have made the earth, the men and the beasts which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to the one who is pleasing in My sight. (Jeremiah 27:5)

We are challenged to involve God in ALL that we do:

Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. (1 Peter 4:11)

Loren Cunningham is the author of a number of books including the book Daring to Live on the Edge: The Adventure of Faith and Finances, which expands upon this teaching about Finances:

Late last year Lynn Green sat down to discuss Leadership and Eldership in Youth With A Mission, and to answer some questions that people around the world had about the changes and development of it in YWAM. Lynn Green spoke with Lynn Yee for three different sessions, which we’ve put together into this podcast so that you can hear it all in a single session.

Some of the questions that they address in this podcast are:

Lynn Green and his wife Marti first came to England and began the work of Youth With A Mission there in 1971. From 2004-2011 Lynn was YWAM’s International Chairman. He continues to convene YWAM’s global leadership meetings, and focuses much of his energy on international leadership development. Lynn Green also blogs at lynngreen.net, where you can find more of his thoughts and teachings.

If you head over to the YWAM Teaching Podcast web-site, ywampodcast.net/teaching, you can subscribe to future teachings, find a link to Lynn’s blog, and share this podcast with others.

In this episode of the Youth With A Mission Teaching Podcast Loren Cunningham shares with us a teaching about The Cross.

Loren Cunningham is the founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and the co-founder of the University of the Nations (U of N). He is also a leader at the YWAM, U of N Campus in Hawaii, and a member of the YWAM International Eldership.

In this teaching Loren invites us to stop at the cross and consider God’s love for us. He shares that though we don’t have to understand all the technicalities of atonement to experience salvation, it is good to understand and appreciate it more fully.

Loren describes how through the Cross, God meets the conditions of both justice and mercy. We see the horror of sin and the reformation of the sinner. We see the law upheld and the welfare of the community considered. In the cross we see the evidence of God’s incredible love for us.

More Than Conquerors

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? (Romans 8, 31-32)

If you head over to the YWAM Teaching Podcast web-site, ywampodcast.net/teaching, you can subscribe to future teachings, find links to Loren’s books, and share this podcast with others.

Loren Cunningham is the author of a number of books including:

You can read more about Loren Cunningham on his personal web-site.

In this episode of the Youth With A Mission Teaching Podcast Loren Cunningham shares with us a teaching about being The Spiritual Leader.

Loren Cunningham is the founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and the co-founder of the University of the Nations (U of N). He is also a leader at the YWAM, U of N Campus in Hawaii, and a member of the YWAM International Eldership.

Loren speaks on this teaching about leadership and draws a parallel to the shepherd:

“Know well the condition of your flock and pay attention to your herds” (Prov 27: 23).

He emphasises the great responsibility of leadership and discusses the different roles that a leader must carry. He speaks of the leader’s responsibility to obey God in action, and submit to God and others, in heart.

If you head over to the YWAM Teaching Podcast web-site, ywampodcast.net/teaching, you can subscribe to future teachings, find links to Loren’s books, and share this podcast with others.

Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock? “You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock. “Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them. “They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered. “My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek for them.”’ (Ezekiel 34:1-7)

Loren Cunningham is the author of a number of books including:

You can read more about Loren Cunningham on his personal web-site.

Tom Bloomer shares with us about his conversion testimony and also about how we should pray for the salvation of people we care about on this episode of the YWAM Teaching Podcast at ywampodcast.net/teaching.

Tom Bloomer studied archaeology at the University of Illinois (B.A. 1972), and worked as a house painter, French translator, and ladies’ shoe salesman before marrying Cynthia. In 1983 they responded to a call from Loren Cunningham and Howard Malmstadt to help develop the University of the Nations (UofN).

A Master’s degree in Intercultural Studies from Wheaton in 1987 and years of experience in cross-cultural education proved invaluable as Tom helped coordinate, refine, and improve the different courses developing through the UofN. Tom completed a Ph.D. in Education Science at Trinity International University in 1999.

Tom Bloomer has served as the International Provost of the University of the Nations since 2001. Tom lives at one of the UofN’s mini-campuses in French-speaking Switzerland, and is committed to teaching and mentoring students and staff.

When I was in Switzerland I had the privilege of hearing Tom Bloomer speak on my communications school and he also guided our school on a tour of Geneva. Tom is an inspiring teacher, with an exciting testimony and some great stories of God’s Faithfulness.

Lots of us pray for our loved ones, often without success. Often we pray wrong without thinking seriously about it. Tom Bloomer shares with us in this podcast about some Biblical strategies of effective prayer …

You can find lots more teaching from Youth With A Mission staff and leaders on our web-site, ywampodcast.net/teaching.

In this episode of the Youth With A Mission Teaching Podcast Loren Cunningham shares with us a teaching about The Great Commission.

Loren Cunningham is the founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and the co-founder of the University of the Nations (U of N). He is also a leader at the YWAM, U of N Campus in Hawaii, and a member of the YWAM International Eldership.

Loren shares with us some exciting stories from the early years of Youth With A Mission. You will get to hear about when some of YWAM’s leaders joined the mission and how many of Loren’s views about leadership developed.

The teaching was recorded in the early 1990’s while Loren Cunningham was writing his book Why Not Women, so we get to hear some of his thinking about Women in Leadership, and stories about some of the women who have been released into ministry in Youth With A Mission.

Thanks goes out to Ian Matchett from YWAM Seamill in Scotland as this is another teaching generously provided to us for remastering and distribution on the YWAM Teaching Podcast.

If you head over to the YWAM Teaching Podcast web-site, ywampodcast.net/teaching, you can subscribe to future teachings, find links to the books that Loren talks about, and share this podcast with others.

Loren Cunningham is the author of a number of books including:

You can read more about Loren Cunningham on his personal web-site.

Loren Cunningham challenges us with a teaching about Finding our Ministry on this episode of the Youth With A Mission Teaching Podcast.

Loren Cunningham is the founder of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and the co-founder of the University of the Nations (U of N). He is also a leader at the YWAM, U of N Campus in Hawaii, and a member of the YWAM International Eldership.

In this teaching Loren asks us the question, “Is it that God has never called us, or have we never heard His call?”. 

John 1:6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.

Loren Cunningham challenges us to replace John with our own name.

“You are either a missionary, or a missions field. You are either a part of God’s problem, or a part of  His answer.”

“It’s not that you have never been called, it’s that you have never heard the call …”

Loren Cunningham is the author of a number of books including the book Daring to Live on the Edge: The Adventure of Faith and Finances, which expands upon this teaching about Finances: