Campus Phase

Our DTS starts with a three-month Campus Phase where students discover more about who God is while surrounded by God's beauty in beautiful Baja California, Mexico, just south of San Diego.  The core of the DTS is to become equipped in knowing God and making him known. This comes through classes, personal devotions, times of prayer and worship, serving in our local communities, and being part of the YWAM community on campus. DTS tracks are designed to give you training in the passions that God has given you in addition to the core of the Disicpleship Training School. When you choose the Media DTS track, you will grow in your skills to use media and storytelling to communicate God’s story, advocate on behalf of others, and use social media as a tool for His kingdom!

The Media DTS track is for anyone with a passion or interest in photography and media, no matter your existing skill level. We can help provide the equipment you need to impact others with the love of Jesus through visual storytelling. Students live in a close-knit community with one another and encourage one another to grow in their walk with the Lord.  There is also time to meet in small groups, and the opportunity to be personally mentored, encouraged, and discipled by our YWAM staff.

Media DTS topics may include:

• The Father Heart of God

• Godly Relationships

• Missions

• Hearing God’s Voice

• Evangelism

• Worship, Intercession, and Spiritual Warfare

• Identity and Calling

• The Gospel

• The Power of the Bible 

• God’s Nature & Character: Who God is and What He is Like

• God’s Intention for Individuals, People, and Creation: Seeing Life From God’s Perspective

• God’s Redemption: Sin & The Cross: Seeing Jesus as Lord

• God’s Family: His Children & His Church: Becoming More Like Jesus

• God’s World: His Call & His Commission: Doing the Works of Jesus

• Our Response to God: Knowing God, Making Him Known

• Track specific: Storytelling, basic photography, video, and graphics training, using photography and media as an evangelism tool, dignifying people through photography and media

Outreach Phase

Once the Campus Phase is complete, take what you learned in the DTS classroom into immediate real-world practice in the Outreach Phase. 

During this 8-week mission trip, you’ll travel to a cross-cultural destination to apply the concepts you learned during the Campus Phase and use missions photography and media to communicate God’s love and serve communities unreached by his story. 

Outreach activities vary but may include: evangelism, serving the poor, ministering to orphans, praying over cities, preaching and encouraging local churches, and more. As you dive deeper into a vibrant relationship with God, you’ll find that missions photography and media is a powerful evangelism tool to impact people in every sphere of society!

Possible outreach locations include Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. 

Want to learn more about our Media track DTS or our other elective offerings? Check out our DTS FAQ for the inside scoop on all things DTS.

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questions about DTS? 

• Call us @ 619 227 9473

• Email our registrar@ywamsdb.org

• Have us contact you? fill out our inquiry form

Cost of Photo Story DTS

The cost of YWAM San Diego/Baja’s Campus Phase is $3,495, which includes tuition, food, housing, and learning materials. We do offer partial scholarships for students from Latin America.

The cost of the Outreach Phase can vary depending on the destination and the airfare, but lodging, food, and transportation for the 2-month trip typically costs between $2,500-$4,500.

Apply for the media track DTS Today!

Join YWAM San Diego/Baja’s incredible discipleship training school experience today in three easy steps.

1. Create an account

2. Fill out our online application and submit references.

3. Submit your application deposit of $45 U.S.

Once we receive and review your completed application, a member of our registrar team will reach out and walk you through the rest of the application process. In the meantime, get answers to all of your DTS questions from our DTS FAQ.

How does media fit into discipleship?

Genesis 1:26-27 says that we are all created in God’s image. When you capture communities and individuals through photography and media, you’re creating a visual story of God’s incredible love for his people and making it a tangible piece of His Story that can be shared with others. It’s calling out beauty from even the hardest and darkest places - exactly what Jesus did for us when he died on the cross! Connect with the Gospel as you use your passion for photography to know God more and make him known!