Courses

This page lists our online courses, see ywam-fmi.org/events for more onsite and online courses the UofN offers with regard to family.

Starts April 2023

Foundations for Family Studies Online

Next school: April 2023

Are you considering to or starting to work with families, couples and/or children? Have you done a YWAM DTS and want to equip families in your church, ministry or base? This foundational school will get you started with a Biblical understanding of family and tools to strengthen families and marriages. The program is suited for both single and married people with a heart for transforming families and seeking basic tools to get started.

The school starts in April and runs for just over a year, finishing the lecture/online phase by the end of May the next year.


TOPICS

  1. Worldview & Biblical view of family
  2. Introduction to the Family of Origin model & Genograms
  3. Marriage relationships
  4. Parenting
  5. Basic seminar skills
  6. Christian family in today’s world
  7. Basic skills for coaching
  8. Families in ministry

Starts Sept 2023

Advanced Family Studies Online

    Several language groups available.

Are you ministering to families regularly? Have you done prior training* and want to deepen your knowledge & skills to work effectively with Families, yet you can’t leave your ministry for 3-5 months to do a University of the Nations school?

* If you have completed a YWAM DTS and a Foundations in Family Studies course or an FMS, then you qualify. If you have only completed a YWAM DTS and now have experience working with families and couples, you may also qualify to join. Please ask.
If you have not studied Family Systems or Genograms, you will be able to take two short courses as a prerequisite before starting the program.


TOPICS

In the Online Advanced Family Studies (AFS) you will take your skills to the next level :

  • Genograms & Family Systems
  • Motivational interviewing coaching skills
  • Parenting
  • Sexuality & Gender
  • Contemporary Family & Marriage issues
  • Theology of marriage
  • Dysfunction, stress and trauma in families
  • Developing culturally appropriate courses
  • …and you will do this mostly from your home! All you need is a computer and a good internet connection!