Articles on Loren Cunningham

Joel Rogers Joel Rogers

The 6 million mile man

On May 27th 2013, Youth With A Mission (YWAM) founder Loren Cunningham passed the 3 million miles mark with United Airlines the same way he travelled the vast majority of those miles… sitting in an economy seat.

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Generations Devoted to Missions

“YWAM is what it is today because of God’s great faithfulness,” Darlene Cunningham says, “not because of any brilliance on our part.”

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The Day Loren Cunningham Almost Died

YWAM founder Loren Cunningham recounted this life threatening story that none of us had ever heard before about when he was 6 years old out in a town near San Diego… He and his older sister and parents were out preaching in the center of town. All the sidewalks in that part of town were covered by brick porticos because of the heat. People would walk under the porticos from shop to shop around the downtown. Suddenly Loren’s mom, Jewell Cunningham said, “Dad – we have to go now. God said we have to go now!”

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Loren Cunningham: A Man with a Mission

It all started when Loren was a 20-year-old Bible college student. He was in the Bahamas on a singing tour. As Loren spent time in prayer, he was leaning back in his bed when he got a “mental movie.” He “saw” waves on a map. These waves then turned into young people going into every continent and sharing the Gospel.

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Kona Celebration of Life

On the weekend of November 4th, 2023 our YWAM community gathered to celebrate our Founder Loren Cunningham’s life + legacy...

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Legacy Word: The 7 Spheres of Society

Hear about the 7 spheres or "classrooms" to disciple nations in education, arts/entertainment, communication, commerce, governance, family and religion...

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Legacy Word: Ending Bible Poverty Now

Join the global movement to provide God's word in every language and land! We often don't grasp what we have till it's gone. So if you've always had a Bible available, it's hard to fully fathom its worth. What would you do without the word...

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YWAM Together 2024 Manila - report

YWAM Together 2024 was the largest and most diverse gathering in our history. It marked our first meeting since the Covid-19 pandemic and since our founder, Loren Cunningham’s graduation to heaven.

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