YWAM Borgen’s Story
The Borgen property was consecrated as a mission center by the “Norwegian and Sami Bible Mission” in 1968. Ten years later, a team of young people took over the site and brought Borgen with them into Youth With A Mission in 1987.
The same year the first DTS was hosted at Borgen, the first DTS ever in the Arctic as well. At the 30/40/50 anniversary in 2018, we celebrated 40 completed DTSs and other University of the Nation's (UofN) courses at the center.
YWAM Borgen has run mission projects and sent missionaries to Northern Russia, the Balkans, Alaska, Greenland and North Africa. The Arctic peoples, cities and nations have been our main focus since the first team arrived in 1978.
Youth, teenagers and families have been primary target groups since the beginning — through camp, events and conference at Borgen as well as the many mission trips abroad. Pioneer work, indigenous peoples, church planting and construction in new and unreached areas is a trademark of YWAM Borgen.
Do as Jesus said, "Go out and be my witnesses ... even to the ends of the earth!
YWAM’S Vision
Loren Cunningham was 20 years old when, during a time of prayer, he received a vision from the Lord. In this “mental movie” he saw a map of the world with waves crashing on to the shores. But, as he watched, the waves became young people and covered all the continents of the world. These young people were everywhere; out on the streets, proclaiming the good news of Jesus, bringing light in to the darkness, reaching out to the hopeless and giving them a living hope, everywhere, caring for people. Even today, the waves are still flooding the nations…
