Wholistic Development Center

WDC Class of 2019

The Wholistic Development Center (WDC) is preparing for graduation! Spring commencement is an exciting time for time for high school and university students around the world. But for the students of WDC, graduation is extra-special. In the country where WDC [...]

By |2019-07-16T10:33:52-05:00May 20th, 2019|Categories: Stories, Wholistic Development Center, Story Library|

WDC: Breaking Lies

Beliefs can be powerful. They impact the way that we live, interact with others and see the future. For the students at the Wholistic Development Center (WDC), one of the most common and oppressive misbeliefs is that they have no [...]

Joe and Susie

Glimpses of God are everywhere – in the small actions of churches loving neighbors, speaking out against violence, loving the differently abled. They appear in amazing acts of culture change when one lesson changes the way that a community looks [...]

By |2019-05-23T15:35:45-05:00February 15th, 2016|Categories: Stories, Wholistic Development Center, Story Library|Tags: |

The Wholistic Development Center – A Ministry Model I Can Get Behind!

I remember when I first walked into the doors of the Wholistic Development Center (WDC). It was filled with energy and joy. The students were working on a project and while doing so were smiling, laughing and rapidly talking back and [...]

By |2015-08-13T05:30:50-05:00August 13th, 2015|Categories: Wholistic Development Center|

WDC Graduate Stories

Our Wholistic Development Center (WDC) is welcoming a new group of incoming students this month. Every two years, WDC selects twenty-eight young adults to live together on campus, study a vocation and commit to an intensive truth-centered discipleship course. These [...]

By |2019-05-23T15:37:30-05:00August 10th, 2015|Categories: Stories, Wholistic Development Center, Story Library|

Wholistic Development Center Update

Sitting down with the directors of the Wholistic Development Center (WDC) I could quickly see the passion they have for discipling the staff and students they work with. In the past six months they have seen a lot of growth [...]

By |2014-10-20T05:30:59-05:00October 20th, 2014|Categories: Stories, Wholistic Development Center|Tags: |

An Inspiring Example of Cross-Cultural Relationships

Six ethnic groups. Four countries. The Wholistic Development Center (WDC) is full of diversity. Any day on campus you can hear conversations in a variety of languages. All of this diversity leads to amazing opportunities for cross-cultural evangelism while also [...]

By |2014-08-14T05:30:06-05:00August 14th, 2014|Categories: Wholistic Development Center, Learn and Apply|Tags: |

A Vulnerable Teen Finds New Life

As we focus on the topic of vulnerable children this month, my thoughts turn to the ministry of the Wholistic Development Center (WDC). Students at WDC come from a variety of backgrounds, with many of the same struggles faced by [...]

By |2019-05-23T15:49:21-05:00May 7th, 2014|Categories: Stories, Wholistic Development Center, Learn and Apply, Story Library|Tags: |

Four Students’ Journey with Christ

This year, we accepted four students at the school who are from the same ethnic minority area where there are no known Christians. This area is a stronghold of animism and is resistant to the Gospel and even to development [...]

By |2019-05-23T15:51:21-05:00September 17th, 2013|Categories: Stories, Wholistic Development Center, Story Library|
Reconciled World