The
above quote I found on a Facebook friend's page that was speaking
about Mormon missionaries. I quickly knew that it also related to
YWAM. People who go into YWAM are volunteers to PAY to WORK there.
After a DTS, students are told (Made to feel guilty.) that they do not need to go
home & go to university or learn a skill. YWAM knows that those
who leave will most likely never return.
Even
though those in YWAM are “volunteers”, they are ordered around as
if they are paid employees!
There
are a very few in YWAM that actually make good money whilst in YWAM
if they are good speakers or/and write books. These people often go
on the worldwide YWAM speaking circuit, have their airfare & accommodation provided as well as an honorarium. Since they are often
well liked in the public eye (regardless of who they are behind their
talks & books), they often get more people to donate to them on a
monthly basis as well. I do not fault them for this if they have a
gift.
Most
people in YWAM scrape by to pay their staff or schooling fees,
especially if they are not from the first world. If they are in YWAM
for years, rarely can they save for retirement or financial disasters.
If they have served YWAM for decades & retire, how can they
provide for their basic needs? Of course YWAM preaches that God will
provide. I believe he will & does provide, but God also gave us
a brain he expects us to use. I was in YWAM for 12 years & will
never be able to replace the financial, spiritual or emotional harm
that was done to me & so many others. Most who leave YWAM after
years of service have no marketable skills to make a decent living
when they leave.
