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OF
TIMELINE
LAST TEN
THE
Project
10 years
in Europe!
TITUS
YEARS
SONYA
ALUMNI
YAKOVENKO'S
JOURNEY AND
PASSION
STORIES
TITUS IMPACTS
FOR LIFE
W E A R E D E D I C A T E D T O E Q U I P P I N G C H U R C H L E A D E R S T H R O U G H O U T T H E
W O R L D I N T H E W O R D O F G O D . T O A C C O M P L I S H T H I S , W E D E V E L O P S C H O O L O F
Statement Mission
I B L I C A L S T U D I E S G R A D U A T E S I N T E A C H I N G A N D P R E A C H I N G , A N D M O B I L I Z E
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H E M I N T O A R E A S W H E R E B I B L E T R A I N I N G I S G R E A T L Y N E E D E D .
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We
value people
as the object of God’s love and favor,
and therefore of the highest concern.
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We value an environment that
enables the personal growth
of each individual and promotes
team unity.
OUR CORE
VALUES
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We
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as
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We
05
We
value the Bible
as the inspired Word of God, and as
such, containing the foundational
truths necessary for Christian belief
and lifestyle.
We value the Inductive Method.
an excellent way to study the
Bible and achieve the goal of
knowing God and rightly applying
His Word.
value learning.
believing that as Christians we are
called to grow into maturity in the
knowledge of God and our daily walk
with Him.
value excellence in
communication.
to effectively convey the truth of
God’s Word.
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We value bringing Biblical
training to church leaders.
believing that church leaders are
our most effective target; and
that as they are trained up, they
will in turn train their people.
We value prayer.
as important in all that we do, and
foundational for all decision making.
We value personal discipline
and development.
believing we are called to be
stewards of all that God has given
us.
We value the School of Biblical
Studies.
as a course that provides a
foundation in equipping people to
understand and study the Bible.
and Angela Doerksen
Ben
of Titus Project in Europe
Founders
had such a life-transforming experience when we
We
studied the Bible using the inductive method in
first
Malaysia. During that course we heard
Pengang,
a ministry with YWAM called Titus Project that
about
inductive Bible teaching to churches. It
brought
with our hearts and our giftings, so we
resonated
and asked the Lord how Titus Project might fit
prayed
our calling.
into
few years later we found ourselves working
A
Titus Project in Taiwan. Amy Stevens
with
of Titus Project) and a group of others
(founder
praying about multiplying Titus Project. At
were
point (2008) there were only 4 Titus Project
that
in the world: Montana, Taiwan, India
locations
South Africa. The goal was set to see Titus
and
planted on every continent, which meant
Project
needed to see one started in South America,
we
and Australia.
Europe
began to pray together and found ourselves
We
to Europe. We moved to Kyiv, Ukraine with
drawn
intention of running Titus Project in as many
the
European YWAM locations as possible. God
SBS
opened up the doors (as you can see from
really
timeline above). God provided us with a
the
- Joshua Walker - right from the start
coworker
told us he would work with us for 5 years
who
to establish Titus Project in Europe. What
helping
amazing pioneer coworker! Smart, gifted and
an
he helped us push the vision
passionate,
forward.
staff joined our team over the years, and
Other
our family grew with 3 children, we knew we
as
need pass on leadership. Sonya
would
stepped up to the challenge and we
Yakovenko
be more thankful. She is an amazing
couldn't
and teacher. We continue to serve with
leader
in as many Titus programs as possible and
her
continually inspired by her dedication to the
are
What brought about
the first Titus Project
in Europe?
We prayed and asked the Lord how
Titus Project might fit into our calling...
Word and the Church of Jesus.
the Titus Project training in Kiev I returned to Paraguay where God opened many opportunities to
After
in different places. I taught both in Mennonite churches (in German) and also in Latin churches (in
teach
In 2015 until 2019 I worked as a teacher in a school where I had the opportunity to teach the Bible
Spanish).
children and teenagers (In Paraguay, the schools are open for Bible teaching). The peculiarity about this
to
is that there are children with many different cultural and religious backgrounds, such as Chinese,
school
Indians, Koreans, Arabs, Paraguayans and many others. Thanks to the SBS preparation and Titus'
Brazilians,
I was able to bring the biblical teachings to a very challenging context. I also worked with a
training
called AMO, it teaches biblical worldview to teachers and children and is a perfect fit for
program
that is developed in Titus Project, for example teaching the bible overview and applying the
everything
from a biblical perspective for children in a very practical way. Besides this school I taught in
principles
Titus Kyiv 2014
Jsenia
S T I L L T E A C H I N G - P A R A G U A Y
various churches and in the DTS programs at the YWAM base.
Seraina
After finishing Titus Project, I taught
an overview of the Bible in my home
church just as I'd been doing on
outreach. I was wondering how my
(western, conservative) church would
respond to such an interactive,
creative, yet in some ways basic
teaching. The reaction was amazing!
Many people finally understood the
big picture of the different stories in
the Bible. It was super helpful! A few
months after, the pastor told me that
my teaching still gets mentioned
sometimes!
I've been teaching in many YWAM
training courses since completing
Titus Project. I have had the privilege
to introduce the inductive method a
number of times. I still enjoy it so
much! I love to see the students
working hard and and slowly getting
a hang of the inductive method! God
has worked in many student's hearts
through the inductive Bible study
method and I'm honored to have
been equipped by Titus Project about
how to teach that.
My personal highlight was
definitely meeting my husband in
Titus Project!
Netherlands
Titus
Germany 2012
The
Rottiers
Canada
T I T U S G E R M A N Y 2 0 1 2
Our (I say our because I was lucky enough to
be a part of Titus Project along with my
family) experience with Titus Project was
really a dream come true. Being able to be
trained in teaching about the Bible and then
go out and teach through the Titus Project
was something my wife and I had been
dreaming about for years. And then Titus
Project came to us! At the time we were a
part of YWAM Hurlach in Germany and were
trying to figure out how we would go
wherever Titus Project training was available
and how we would do that with our young
family (our daughters were 2 years and 3
months old at the time). But then, the Titus
Europe team came to run their training
phase at the campus in Hurlach and we were
able, with the help of wonderful babysitters,
to complete the training and head out to
Ukraine for outreach
I always think of is the time that we led
an outreach to work with refugees in
Athens, Greece. We taught for 6-weeks
that included Bible Overview and deep
dives into how to study the Bible through
the book of John. It was incredible to see
how our small team, through many
difficult challenges, were able to be a
blessing there. Our family was also deeply
blessed by the volunteer staff at the
church where we lived and served for
those six weeks. The way they loved our
children and became a part of our family
for that time will never be forgotten.
We are now serving in Turner Valley
Canada with YWAM, still teaching to
many young people how to study
inductively.
Would you
recommend to
others to
participate in
Titus Project?
Sarah Titus Sweden 2010
Absolutely!
For me, the TItus project was very
important in growing as a teacher
and a leader. I knew I wanted to
preach and teach and the Titus
Project gave me tools and an overall
understanding of the heart of
teaching. I still now, 10 years later,
use tools and ideas from Titus Project
in my teaching and preaching today.
You really learn something once you
teach someone else how to do it, and
Titus project is all about equipping
others and passing on what you have
been given! In SBS you are given a
most precious gift of studying the
Word, it would be a waste not to pass
it on.
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