University Campus Ministries

Khon Kaen

University MinistryYWAM Khon Kaen is a ministry of Youth With A Mission in Thailand. Our main focus of ministry is evangelism and discipleship on University campuses. We are also actively involved in assisting the local churches through visiting outreach teams, preaching, and seminars.

Khon Kaen is located in the heart of Isaan region in the northeast of Thailand, near the border of Laos. In the future we hope to also minister to the northeastern part of Thailand which has some very spiritual and physically needy areas.

Currently, YWAM Khon Kaen is ministering in key areas - Khonkaen, Mahasarakham, Khorat and Galasin and has 35 full time staff. This includes 19 Thai nationals, 13 Koreans, 1 New Zealander, 1 Canadian/Korean and 2 Indian. Nam Hyun Kim is the leader of YWAM Khon Kaen. Some of our ministries include:

Khon Kaen Campus Ministry

Campus MinistryOur Khon Kaen Campus Ministry focuses on 6 campuses in Khon Kaen province. Our main focus is on evangelism of university students. Our main vehicle that we do this through is our "YWAM Club" which is a registered student extra curriculum activity. The clubs have their own meeting room which is open daily. The YWAM Clubs also host visiting outreach teams and help to organize campus outreach activities, including Korean and English Camps. Our Khon Kaen Campus Ministry also provides hostel accommodation and currently has 5 students staying with us from the different campuses.

International Cultural Centre

The International Cultural Center is another new ministry initiative which began last year. Our desire is to have an impact amongst the university students both as an outreach and training center. We are strategically located on a busy road close to four main university campuses.

International Cultural Center
International Cultural Center

Coffee House

Inside the Coffee House

This three story building features a Coffee House on the ground floor, with English and Korean language classrooms along with a music training room on the upper levels.

Youth Ministry

Campus Youth CenterYouth Ministry is another area that YWAM Khonkaen is very active in. Currently we have access to 6 schools on a regular basis. The programs at these schools involve Bible teaching and Korean classes as well as a 10 day Youth Discipleship Training Course (YDTC) which we run twice a year. Future plans also include working in two other schools nearby but due to a lack of staff, we have not been able to start in these. Another part of the Youth Ministry is providing hostel accommodation for high school students and every Wednesday evening we also have a worship time.

Some of our other minstries outside of Khon Kaen are:

Galasin Campus Ministry

YWAM Kalasin One of staff from the Mahasarakham Campus Ministry recently pioneered the campus ministry in Galasin. Together with another new staff person, they have been spending lots of time on the university campus getting to know the students, building relationships and praying for God to open new doorways of opportunity. The Galasin Campus Ministry will also provide hostel accommodation for university students and will have their own Worship Meetings very soon.

Khorat Campus Ministry

The focus of the Khorat Campus Ministry in again on evangelism and discipelship and is currently working on 4 campuses. We have a "YWAM Club" operating on one of these campuses but hope to have a club on each of the campuses as well. Right now, we host oureach teams and organise different activities such as Korean and English camps. We also provide hostel accommodation for university students.

For more info on the Khorat Campus Ministries, contact us:
Khorat Campus Ministries

Udon Thani Campus Ministry

YoungJoo Kim from South Korea after working with campus ministry and UDTS for almost six years in Khon Kaen has recently pioneered our campus ministry in Udon Thani. She is now joined by two students from the university, one Thai brother and one Vietnamese sister. Both of the students are Christian. Like the other campus ministry base Campus Ministry Udon Thani will also have their own Worship Meeting and provide hostel accomodation for the university students very soon.

For more info on the Udon Thani Campus Ministries, contact us:
Udon Thani Campus Ministries

Discipleship Training Schools (DTS/UDTS)

Khon Kaen is also involved in training up young Thais to be leaders in the nation of Thailand.

Visit the Khon Kaen DTS/UDTS page



Prayer Walking in University
For more info:


YWAM Khon Kaen
P.O. Box 82
Thepharak, Khon Kaen
40001 Thailand

Email: ywamkk@hanmail.net

For more information on the
Khon Kaen website in Korean


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