The Sports DTS is all about discipling, training and equipping people into missions, using sports as a key medium to connect, influence, and disciple individuals.
Are you an athlete? Do you love to play sports? Do you want to know God and make Him known? Sports are a universal language, an international love, and a way to open up doors. God has gifted much of the world in the realm of athleticism, and the Sports DTS desires to enable you to use your gifts for God. It's a combination of getting to know the heart of God and taking His heart to reach those who don't yet know Him through the avenue of sports.
We run the Sports DTS twice a year, in July and October. check out our website http://www.ywamperth.org.au/julsports to find out more about the July Sports DTS.
DTS is a time to reaffirm our love for the Lord where our eyes become even more open to His majesty and splendour. The lecture phase consists of 12 weeks of teaching and personal application of topics such as Nature and Character of God, Repentance and Forgiveness, Lordship, Relationships, Hearing the Voice of God, and more. It will have all the same elements of a normal DTS with the added bonus of sports — both playing sports and learning various ones. Following is a 12 week outreach where we will apply what we learned in lecture phase, and use sports to teach the love of God to those in other nations.
We run two Sports DTSs every year- one in July and one in October. Jason Webb leads the July school, and Luke Jones leads the one in October.