Ministry History
In 20 years University of the Nations/Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Battambang has grown from a small handful of young volunteer missionaries into a vibrant and growing ministry that touches thousands of lives everyday in the second largest city in the nation of Cambodia.
CAMBODIAN HISTORY
From 1975-1979, the Khmer Rouge, a Communist Regime committed a mass genocide, killing an estimated 2-3 million innocent people. Civil war continued into the late 1990’s leaving a war-torn nation trying to recover in the 2000’s while most of Asia was developing rapidly. The effects of war are still seen in many ways including: significant poverty, education needs, little infrastructure, lack of healthcare, sanitation and clean drinking water.
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
Just some of the programs that we are currently running include:
Youth Development Center
An Educational Center teaching Languages & Skills to hundreds of students every day.
Gon Preah Kids
Supporting children and families affected by HIV/AIDS.
Discipleship Training School
Trained over 1000 indigenous Christian leaders and currently training over 60 students from different countries per year to influence their own nation.
Cafe Eden
A thriving Cafe/Micro Business providing training and employment for local people living in poverty. Also providing YWAM a platform to engage the community in a relevant manner. ALL profits from the Café go back into the community.
Staff Outreaches
Sent from our ministry to all 24 Provinces in Cambodia and six Surrounding Nations touching lives of 10,000’s of people. Currently going out to help displaced communities.
SALT Academy Soccer Ministry
Supporting 40 youth to stay off the streets and give back to communities.
THE JOURNEY AND EXCITING CHALLENGES AHEAD
The blessing of this success has brought with it corresponding challenges. From 2005-2016, all of our programs and staff/student housing were being run out of 14 rented facilities spread over a 4-mile radius. After prayerful consideration our leadership team all agreed that UofN/YWAM Battambang has matured as a ministry and was ready for new and greater things. Continuing to operate from so many locations was unable to best meet the needs of the city or encourage the development of a vibrant Christian community.
As a result we believed God called us to have a permanent location. From 2009-2011, we have been led to pray for God’s direction and to research options. At the end of 2011, we found the right long term location. We praise God that through generous people like you we have been able to purchase a piece of property debt-free by the end of 2012.
We have moved onto the Campus since December 2016 after completing the Phase 1 of buildings from 2014-2016. We are still trusting God for the finances to complete Phase 2 of the campus buildings.
OUR NEW CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Our 13-acre site is strategically located 5-minutes from the Core of the City and will accommodate the development of a full-blown University of the Nations YWAM Campus and Community Center.
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4 single dorms and 2 couple dorms will be able to house 300 people.
Large cafeteria for UofN family and friends to restore their strength over food and fellowship.
7 family apartment buildings will be able to house 140 people.
As a South-East Training hub, this hosts thousands at a time and is a well-used building year-round.
Will accommodate 550 people, equipping believers from around the world to know God and make Him known.
A full-sized grass soccer field, 3 futsal turf fields and play parks will be a great asset for youth and families.
Cafe and seated auditorium for 400 people. Positioned to the front of the site, focused on surrounding communities.
This functional fitness gym ministry is already engaging the community and helping staff be better missionaries.
Reaching youth by teaching life skills like English, guitar, computer, art, cooking, and more.
God is building hope in my country – 100Fold Studio
God is restoring and building hope in Cambodia.
Campus walk-through in 3D
See what’s planned for us to better serve Cambodia and SE Asia
ONE NATION in ONE GENERATION
Sixty Years Ago South Korea was coming out of a war, one of the poorest nations in the world & highly culturally Buddhist. Today this nation is one of the wealthiest nations, highly Christian and is the second leading nation in sending Christian missionaries. God literally transformed a Nation in One Generation. We find Cambodia in a similar situation to South Korea 60 years ago, the question is will the Body of Christ respond to this opportunity?
Please pray about partnering financially with us to see our Campus built
(All sized tax-deductible donations are needed)
For more information please email us .
Blessings from Battambang, Cambodia,
Garth Gustafson
Founder, UofN/YWAM Battambang, Cambodia