…a hub to the nations…
Why YWAM uses Categories
As we would seek to develop an international policy that is equitable, in a world where international finances are very inequitable, it is of utmost necessity to review applicable Biblical principles & practices.
First of all, let us understand the terms “just” and “fair”.
Fairness has to do with giving or requiring from each the same.
Justice has to do with giving to or requiring from each his/her due.
Consider a family which as two teenage boys – twins, both of whom play football. It would be fair for each of them to receive an equal portion of food when they return from football practice. It would also be just.
However, if another family served the same amount of food to their two-year-old girl and to their 16-year-old boy, though it would be fair, it would not be just.
Fairness requires that each receive the same; justice that each receive his/her due.
So it would be just for the 16-year-old to eat more than his two-year-old sister even though it would not be fair.
God is fair whenever fairness can be justly executed. But whenever fairness and justice diverge, God is unquestionably just. God’s justice is revealed again and again in the principles of the scriptures.
God’s requirements in the area of sacrifices followed the principle of justice. God did not ignore the economic differences that existed among His people; rather, He took them into consideration in His dealings with them.
In each of the Old Testament examples, we saw that the same thing was obtained –forgiveness of sin, personal cleansing or bringing gladness to God– even though people gave varyingly according to their circumstances. We saw this as an expression of God’s justice.
We see the same thing in the New Testament. God wishes to give good gifts to all, but we see this not only as an expression of His justice but also of His lovingkindness.
See Matthew 20:1-16, Mark 12:41-44, Luke 21:1-4
In neither the Old nor New Testament do we see God giving free handouts that undermined individual responsibility and personal cost. Yet in His justice He did not put the same demands on all people.
He did not require the same amount, but the same principle from the poor as from the rich.
So it is in YWAM that if we require the same amount of money for a particular training course such as a DTS, from every individual without due consideration of their financial capabilities, we run the risk of being unjust.
The tuition fees for a school should present a financial challenge to a prospective student which would be one of the things to serve to weed out the casually interested and to exercise the faith of the seriously committed.
There should be, a it were, a mountain to be scaled or moved by faith. However, we must tailor our mountains to our students, so that they would not be so low as to fail to necessitate the exercise of their faith, nor so high that the prospective student would give up in discouragement before faith even has an opportunity to rise.
It is therefore on this basis that we categorise countries as A, B or C.
Do you know which category your country is in?
Copied from “Biblical Basis for Adopting an International Financial Scale”
Written by David Joel Hamilton
Printed in the UofN Reference Guide, 1999
Andorra
Antigua & Barbuda
Aruba
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belgium
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Brunei
Canada
Cayman Islands
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Equatorial Guinea
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Guam
Guernsey
Hong Kong
Iceland
Ireland (Northern & Republic)
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Macau
Malta
Monaco
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Norway
Oman
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Saint Kitts & Nevis
San Marino
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Algeria
American Samoa
Anguilla
Argentina
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Estonia
Fiji
Gabon
Grenada
Hungary
Iran
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Libya
Lithuania
Macedonia
Malaysia
Mauritius
Mexico
Northern Mariana Isla.
Palau
Panama
Poland
Romania
Russia
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent & Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Slovakia
South Africa
Suriname
Thailand
Trinidad/Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turks & Caicos Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela
Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Armenia
Bangladesh
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde Islands
Central Africa Republic
Chad
China
Comoros Islands
Congo
Cook Islands
Cote de Ivoire
Djibouti
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Ethiopia
French Polynesia
Gambia, The
Gaza Strip (Inc. West Bank)
Georgia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mayotte
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Saint Pierre & Miquellon
Samoa
São Tome & Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Togo
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Wallis and Futuna
West Bank
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Our Payment Policy
YWAM is called to practice a life of dependence upon God for financial provision. For individuals and YWAM corporately this comes primarily through His people. As God has been generous toward us, so we desire to be generous.
YWAMers give themselves, their time and talents to God through the Mission with no expectation of remuneration.
To facilitate the smooth running of the Base and its activities, we work with a payment policy.
– Every staff member is required to pay staff fees each and every month in the amount of 80,000 TSH for local staff and 120USD for non-African staff. We encourage this to be done at the beginning of every month, rather than at the end.
– We do not want to keep people in debt, so if you can’t pay your fees the previous month this will not be carried forward. This does not apply to staff with regular monthly income.
– Any staff with a monthly income of less than 85,000 TSH is required to give 70% of their monthly income towards their staff fees. We encourage our staff to prioritize their obligations and be generous to one another. Staff off base pay 40,000 TSH (locals) per month and 50 USD (foreigners) per month
– We do not mean to limit anyone who would want to give more than the above figures. These are lowest figures we expect from any staff with regular income.
Staff children above the age of 5 years and under the age of 12 years will pay 40,000 TSH and from 12 years to 18 years will pay 60,000 TSH. A house helper will pay 60,000 TSH. Per month. Non staff kids will pay 50,000 TSH.
– Volunteer workers staying on base less than 4 weeks will be charged $12 USD / day.
– Volunteer workers staying on base for a month and above will be charged $160 USD / month,
– Teams staying at the base for ministry will be charged $12 USD per day. All transport will be charged on mileage basis at 1000Tsh per kilometer. From the airport will be $60, per vehicle.
– YWAM Arusha staff, ministries and schools will pay 1000 TSH per kilometer for the use of YWAM Arusha vehicles.
This policy defers from each UofN centers. However, the principle of categorizing is constant.
A student is encouraged to pay their fees just after their acceptance or upon arrival. You must come with ALL your fees on the opening day and in case you are unable to; please make earlier arrangement with the office before you come to avoid any embarrassing situation. YWAM Arusha shall be kind enough to consider realities of each circumstance (e.g. death and sickness emergences). The following refund order to be used:-
- 1st week re-fund 95%
- 2nd week 85%
- 3rd week 70%
- 4th week 60%
- 5th week 50%
- After that 0%
NB: The registration fees are nonrefundable. Money transfer or deposit details (Bank information) shall be provided with admission package. We don’t receive money in cash at our office.
Since YWAM is a generous community, it is good also where possible to have some pocket money for your personal needs so that you can occasionally bless other people, treat yourself and buy your other necessities.
Donation Info
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN CREDIT UNION (ECCU)
Name of account: YOUTH WITH A MISSION (TANZANIA)
Account Type: MINISTRY CHECKING
Account Number: 109 4110
Bank Address: ECCU
955 West Imperial Highway
P.O. Box 2400
Brea, CA 92822 – 2400
USA
Tel. 800.634.3228 or 714.671.5700
NB: When sending funds direct to our account at ECCU remember to factor in 10USD or 1.5% (whichever is higher) bank charges accrued. Address your checks to Youth With A mission Tanzania or Ywam Arusha, Tanzania
If you wish to get a tax receipt for your donation please send a check to Ywam Tyler Texas at the address below they will issue you with a receipt and forward your donation to our ECCU account.
Mail check to:
Missions Accounting Office
Ywam Tyler
P.O Box 3000
Garden valley, TX 75771 – 3000
USA
Tel: (903) 882 5591
Email patrobinson@ywamtyler.org
After sending your donation please email: to indicate how much you sent and to whom/what project its designated for. (Admn: James Kairu ywamarusha@gmail.com)
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