A Faith Challenge

Dear friends,

The Bible is filled with powerful stories and timeless life lessons, but some books make us work a little harder to uncover them. Judges is one of those books. So, what went wrong in the time of the Judges? It’s hard to point to just one issue. The failures were many, and the lessons just as numerous. But one theme stands out clearly: multi-generational movements are hard to sustain. Obedience across generations doesn’t happen automatically. In fact, the natural tendency is to drift. As Peter Greer puts it in MissionDrift, “Without careful attention, faith-based organizations will inevitably drift from their founding mission. It’s that simple. It will happen” (p.15).

What was God’s preventive measure for drift at the start ofJudges? A faith challenge. The perspective of nations that remained in the land shifts from a problem to an opportunity for the next generation to rise in faith and learn to trust and obey God (Judges 2:21-22).

YWAM Lausanne is a multigenerational story. So, to remain mission-true, we should anticipate faith challenges. They will keep us at the edge of our faith, learning to obey God and trust him for the breakthrough, just like those who pioneered our mission.

In 2025, we are facing a significant challenge. A couple of our key and iconic buildings, the Annex and Cloz Melez,  require significant renovation work have not been renovated since YWAM Lausanne purchased the property 56 years ago. Our main Building, the Chalet, also requires significant renovation. These buildings are central to our ministry and play a key role in our fruitfulness.For these facilities to serve us long into the future, we are trusting God for the release of 1 million Francs in 2025 to begin the necessary renovations by the end of the year.

This is a challenge, an opportunity, and a God given test to strengthen our faith and trust in him. Thus, in February of this year, we started a faith campaign to trust God for the release of the funds we needed.We started by taking an offering in our community during our prayer day, where30,000 Swiss Francs were pledged. This is a great encouragement to us, a first fruit from within our ministry of what is to come.  You can read more about our project here.To participate in this campaign, see the invitation to join below.

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Forging the Future

Quarter 3 2025

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Blind Eyes Can See

Outreach Testimony

For several years, our outreach teams—along with many others from YWAM bases around the world—have been serving in North Africa through our long-term community development project, the R3 Centre. This centre is located in the heart of a Sudanese refugee neighbourhood and has become a place of hope and transformation.

Just a few weeks ago, our DTS team partnered with a medical outreach team from another location to host clinics in both of our centres over a 1-week period. Each evening, around 50 people came through the doors. Men, women, and children, all seeking help and hope. What they encountered went far beyond medical care. They were welcomed with worship, prayer, compassion, and practical support. Many received medication and physical healing, but even more encountered the living presence of Jesus.

One unforgettable moment came when a woman who arrived blind received prayer and walked out seeing. The team witnessed several more miraculous healings throughout the week, as well as lives transformed through salvation. It was a powerful reminder that Jesus is still moving, healing, restoring, and making Himself known among the nations.