A letter from Loren Cuningham to you

Dear Prospective Student,

Despite the constant barrage of bad news, after fifty years of observing the nations I am convinced that Jesus is powerfully at work. This is an untold story in the media today. One strong example of unreported good news is the growth of the University of the Nations. The University is directly involved in God's work of transforming nations.

First Timothy 4:4-5 says, "Everything created by God is good, if it is received with gratitude, and can be sanctified (transformed) by the Word of God and through prayer". The University celebrates God's creation, including the beauty of the continents, and the diversity of cultures, languages and peoples. All are the Lord's handiwork.

We celebrate His diversity in the University of the Nations. Here you will learn through formal, informal, and non-formal education in a cross-cultural environment. In a single year some of our campuses will have staff and students from fifty countries studying, serving, and worshiping the Lord together. They are preparing for God to use them to see lives transformed, hearts healed, the needy served, and the lost brought into the family of God.

People throughout the world are able to attend University of the Nations (U of N) courses in registered locations. We now run more than 900 courses and seminars each year, some of which are offered in 60 languages, at approximately 400 locations across more than 140 nations. For the past 30 years we have grown at an average of 12% per year in our student body worldwide. We have had citizens of 211 nations and dependent countries participating in the University of the Nations. Our goal is to live out a biblical, Christian worldview in a "live-learn" environment, including international staff and leaders living alongside the students in a tit-knit community.

We are not victims of world problems that cannot be solved.We believe in an all powerful God working through us to change the world. We are following Jesus who said, "My sheep know My voice and they follow Me."

That is what we offer our students—the opportunity to walk with Him and make this world a better place to live. We pray the prayer He gave us, "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven."

Loren Cunningham.

Founder, YWAM
President, U of N

Source: U of N Catalaogue 2008-2010