3.2 Billion people have never heard the Good News about Jesus, but we believe God is calling young people to change that. Trailblazers DTS empowers you to know God & make Him known, from Niagara Falls to the nations.
Begin with Trailblazers DTS starting October 02 2025
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What’s a DTS!?
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The 6-month Trailblazers DTS experience is split into two unique terms; Lecture Term and Outreach Term.
During Lecture Term passionate and insightful lecturers will bring Biblically-based teaching on who God is, who you are, and how to live your calling. We’ll also engage in worship and prayer, 1-on-1 mentorship, group processing, exploration, and outreach across Niagara Falls. Our emphasis is on personal transformation, not just head knowledge.
Outreach Term focuses on answering the call of the Great Commission, activating the knowledge you gained and the gifts you discovered in a cross-cultural context. You and your outreach team will lead various projects that bring the Gospel to people in a way they understand, providing care and justice to the isolated and forgotten.
Lecture Term takes place in a large house near the world-famous Niagara Falls. Outreach Term locations are yet to be announced, and could be anywhere!
From Niagara Falls to the nations, DTS is a challenging and powerful experience of seeing people encounter Christ.
OCT 02 2025 – MAR 14 2026
Begin with 11 week in-class Lecture Term and local outreach, immediately followed by 10 week Outreach Term in cross-cultural locations, and conclude with 1 final debrief week back in Niagara Falls.
Includes tuition, course materials, all meals, accommodations, travel, ministry expenses, and some adventure activities.
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Trailblazers DTS includes a Track experience to further develop your passion or skill and discover how to use it for missions, during Lecture Term.
Read the entire New Testament over coffee or the great outdoors and learn how to study it inductively, grow your skills & learn to use your passion to reach people with the love of Jesus. Discover your Track and then select it in your DTS Application
DRINK GREAT COFFEE (+$50 CAD)
Grow your barista skills & learn to use your passion to reach people with the love of Jesus.
CLIMB NEW HEIGHTS (+$200 CAD)
Grow in your bouldering skills & learn to use your passion to reach people with the love of Jesus.
In Trailblazers DTS, everything centres around Jesus’ call to know God and make Him known. This is why we always pair in-class biblical training with in-the-field mission experience. Trailblazers DTS aligns with global standards and curriculum regulated by YWAM’s University of the Nations (UofN). You will grow alongside your team of passionate Jesus followers and discover who God is, who you are in Him, and how to live your calling.
Our modular approach to education focuses on personal application over head knowledge. Students benefit from the deep investment of guest lecturers who come for one or more weeks to teach in their area of expertise.
Live your God-given calling and discover the world of possibilities beyond DTS. DTS is the prerequisite for all further work and study with YWAM and our University of the Nations (UofN). Join the mission full-time anywhere in the world or find a course to further empower your missional calling.
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