YWAM Borgen is the world´s northernmost Youth With A Mission/YWAM centre. We are strategically placed in the middle of the region we are called to serve, close to Russia, Sweden and Finland and one hour´s drive away from Tromsø, the ”capital” of northern Norway.

Our centre have a lot of experience in leadership training and pioneer work. We are committed to train leaders that dare to do new things in new ways.

YWAM Borgen is a place with many experienced leaders that have an international vision and we see ourselves as a part of a new wave of God´s Spirit washing over the northern region of the world.

Some of our main focus at the moment is urban youth work in Tromsø (often called "The Paris of the North"), pioneer work in Northern Russia and mercy ministry in Northern Africa.

In addition to this we have an extensive preaching ministry, prayer work, university work in Tromsø, youth camps, Mission Adventures and much more.

YWAM Borgen enter 1978

The Foundational Values of Youth With A Mission are the expression of our basic beliefs coupled with specific directives given by God since YWAM's beginning in 1960. They are recorded here in order to pass on to successive generations that which God has emphasized to us. These shared beliefs and values are the guiding principles for both the past and future growth of our mission. Some are common to all Christians everywhere; others are distinctive to Youth With A Mission. The combination of these beliefs and values make up the unique family characteristics of YWAM - our "DNA." They are values we hold in high regard which determine who we are, how we live and how we make decisions.   

1. KNOW GOD   
2. MAKE GOD KNOWN   
3. HEAR GOD'S VOICE   
4. PRACTICE WORSHIP AND INTERCESSORY PRAYER   
5.  BE VISIONARY   
6. CHAMPION YOUNG PEOPLE   
7. BE BROAD-STRUCTURED AND DECENTRALIZED   
8. BE INTERNATIONAL AND INTERDENOMINATIONAL   
9. HAVE A BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW   
10. FUNCTION IN TEAMS   
11. EXHIBIT SERVANT LEADERSHIP   
12. DO FIRST, THEN TEACH   
13. BE RELATIONSHIP-ORIENTED   
14. VALUE THE INDIVIDUAL   
15. VALUE FAMILIES   
16. RELY ON RELATIONSHIP-BASED SUPPORT   
17. PRACTICE HOSPITALITY

Borgen is in an area called Storfjord kommune. Our base is situated in beautiful surroundings next to a fjord, 500km drive north of the Arctic Circle and is surrounded by mountains up to 1500 meters high. 40 minutes drive from Tromso.