The Family Mission: Serving Together.

We believe families make the most significant impact when they serve together. YWAM Rancho Abierto dedicates itself to equipping married couples and their children so they can step out, serve communities, and actively share God's love.

We operate as part of Youth With A Mission (YWAM), a global Christian movement since 1960. While YWAM is worldwide, we are an independent, local expression. The YWAM movement functions as a decentralized family—meaning we manage our own ministries, finances, and vision. This autonomy gives us a sharp focus: we design our training programs and outreaches specifically to meet the unique needs and callings of married couples and families.

Our Mission - To know god and make him known

To “Know God and Make Him Known” in all the world, through the proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ in all creative forms and methods, and to make disciples, teaching them all Christ commanded in all spheres of life, according to the teachings of the Holy Bible and to show mercy to the poor in education, food, water, shelter, health care, and clothing. This will be achieved through the mobilization of youth, families, businesses, and any willing volunteers who would choose to partner with us to achieve any of the above objectives.

YWAM’s Three-fold Emphasis

EVANGELISM: Presenting the good news of Jesus Christ in a wide variety of creative ways, as well as Bible engagement and fellowship.

MERCY MINISTRY: Being the “hands and feet” of making God known in the nations. This ministry includes many diverse activities, including providing food, water, shelter, healthcare, education, and clothing for those in need.

TRAINING AND DISCIPLESHIP: The emphasis is on equipping and developing people. YWAM and the University of the Nations (UofN) combine classes with relationship-centered discipleship along with practical service. The UofN builds faith, character, knowledge, and skills into each student (2 Peter 1:5). The Discipleship Training School (DTS) is the prerequisite for all UofN degree programs (www.uofn.edu), as well as service in YWAM as deputized missionary. The DTS consists of an 11-week classroom phase followed by a 8 week outreach and a week-long debriefing.

Our Core Beliefs

Worship: We are called to praise and worship God alone.
Holiness: We are called to lead holy and righteous lives that exemplify the nature and character of God.
Witness: We are called to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with those who do not know Him.
Prayer: We are called to engage in intercessory prayer for the people and causes on God’s heart, including standing against evil in every form.
Fellowship: We are called to commit to the Church in both its local nurturing expression and its mobile multiplying expression.
Service: We are called to contribute toward God’s Kingdom purposes in every sphere of life.

Marriage: As taught in God’s Holy Scriptures, we believe that marriage unites one biologically-born male and one biologically-born female in a convenantal commitment to each other for life. (Gen. 2:23-24; Mat. 19:4-6). The covenant of marriage provides for intimate companionship, pure sexual expression and procreation, and reflects the relationship of Christ Jesus and the church. (Eph. 5:31-33).
Sexual Purity: We believe that God commands us to be sexually pure and that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between one biologically-born male and one biologically-born female.

Gender: We believe God created two unique genders; male and female, and to alter or change those created identities misses the mark of God’s intent and goes against the teachings of the Holy Scriptures. (Gen. 1:27; Ps. 139:13-15).