Biblical Christian Worldview Seminars

Are you ever scrolling through your feed and wondering why a certain post makes you feel instantly fired up, anxious, or desperate to buy something? It is not an accident. Every day, algorithms, headlines, and content creators use powerful psychological tools to capture your attention and shape how you see the world.
This seminar is designed for people who want to look behind the curtain, decode how modern media works, and learn how to stay in control of their own choices and headspace.
What We Will Explore Together:

• The Invisible Pull: How algorithms, echo chambers, and recommendation loops are engineered to keep you hooked and trigger strong emotions.
• The Make-up of a Spin: Recognizing psychological tactics used to manipulate opinions and behaviours.
• The move: Moving from a passive consumer to an empowered digital citizen who decides what influences them—not the other way around.

Why Attend?
Stop being told what to think and e manipulated. Get the tools to figure out what is good and pleasing for God. This session is an open, judgment-free space to talk honestly about the digital world we live in every single day. No boring lectures—just real talk, eye-opening examples, and actionable ways to take back your attention and your peace of mind.

Speaker: Markus Reichenbach, University of the Nations, Switzerland

Costs:
Seminar CHF 80.00 

There are additional costs for food and housing:
- Food CHF 21.00 per day
 -Housing CHF 30.00 per night 

Schedule for the lectures:
Thursday and Friday, 9:15am - 12:30pm

Language: English and German

Where: Youth with a Mission, Hauptstrasse 15, 3266 Wiler bei Seedorf, Switzerland

Questions: sbcw(at)jmemwiler.ch

Online Application

Have you ever doubted your faith?
Have you ever found yourself asking questions like: Does God really exist? And if He does, why doesn't He make Himself more obvious? Why doesn't He stop the seemingly pointless suffering and evil we can see around us every single day? Does the Christian way of life provide adequate answers to the ethical issues of our time? And what if your atheist friends are right when they confidently say: God does not exist!
Today, the faith and worldview of many followers of Christ are being shaken to their foundations. Many of us have seen Christian people we love walk away from Christianity, partly because they asked legitimate questions, but never found adequate answers.
This two-day course offers an opportunity to find out whether what we believe can stand up to scrutiny. We will get equipped with cogent arguments, we will learn practical ways to engage with some of the most important objections to the Christian faith and answer the questions raised by sceptics.

Speaker: Lionel Ngimbi,  a former YWAMer and a philosophy teacher in France

Costs:
Seminar CHF 80.00 

There are additional costs for food and housing:
- Food CHF 21.00 per day
 -Housing CHF 30.00 per night 

Schedule for the lectures:
Thursday and Friday, 9:15am - 12:30pm

Language: English and German

Where: Youth with a Mission, Hauptstrasse 15, 3266 Wiler bei Seedorf, Switzerland

Questions: sbcw(at)jmemwiler.ch

Online Application

Ever feel like you can’t trust the headlines anymore? From global power struggles and economic pressure to endless social media noise, it’s easy to feel anxious about where the world is heading.
Join us for an eye-opening seminar where we look behind the curtain of history of the 20th and 21st century and modern geopolitics. We’ll explore how human systems try to control the story and the world—but why God’s hand, his truth, still guiding the story of the world. His hope, peace, and purpose - no world power can take away.
Yet throughout history, God’s people saw His hand in action. By standing with Him, ordinary—and often the most vulnerable—people broke the power games of the mighty and built a Kingdom that outlasts every empire.

What will we unpack together:
• Decoding the Headlines: How past power games (from empires to modern capitalism) shape today’s media noise.
• Finding Real Truth: How to cultivate clarity and critical thinking in an era of digital manipulation.
• Unshakable Hope: Why trusting in a God who is bigger than world systems brings true freedom from fear.

Bring your questions. Bring your doubts. Leave with clarity and real hope.

Speaker: Markus Reichenbach, University of the Nations, Switzerland

Costs:
Seminar CHF 110.00 

There are additional costs for food and housing:
- Food CHF 21.00 per day
 -Housing CHF 30.00 per night 

Schedule for the lectures:
Monday, 10:00am-12:30pm
Tuesday and Wednesday, 9:15am - 12:30pm

Language: English and German

Where: Youth with a Mission, Hauptstrasse 15, 3266 Wiler bei Seedorf, Switzerland

Questions: sbcw(at)jmemwiler.ch

Online Application

A topic viewed from a biblical-christian perspective

For some, AI represents a massive danger; for others, the salvation of the world. Will it take us over—or is that merely fear? The fact is, we can no longer wish AI away. It is here to stay. The question is not whether we will deal with it, but how.

What can it do—and what can it not? AI possesses no spirit like a human being. It is a created structure—nothing more. Humans still hold the upper hand, but we must exercise it. To regulate AI rather than be regulated by it, we must know who we are: children of God—more than just matter and energy—bearers of God’s Spirit.

Join us for this seminar and discover how we, as Christians, can engage with AI confidently, responsibly, and with trust in God.

Speaker: Zakarius, Nigeria/Switzerland 

Costs:
Seminar CHF 80.00 

There are additional costs for food and housing:
- Food CHF 21.00 per day
 -Housing CHF 30.00 per night 

Schedule for the lectures:
Thursday and Friday, 9:15am - 12:30pm

Language: English and German

Where: Youth with a Mission, Hauptstrasse 15, 3266 Wiler bei Seedorf, Switzerland

Questions: sbcw(at)jmemwiler.ch

Online Application

How do we deal with contemporary issues, and what wisdom can we find about them in the Bible?

November 16-18, Contemporary Issues: Sexuality, Gender, LGBTQ

November 19-20, Contemporary Issues: Social Justice, Racism, Abortion, Euthanasia, Critical Race Theory etc.

The seminars can be attended individually or together. A separate registration is required for each seminar.

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These seminars explore and help to understand the deeper causes of the current challenges the West is facing. The West is facing cultural shifts due to these challenges. The seminar helps to deal with current questions about gender issues and change in our culture. Together, we are looking for positive and constructive ways to actively shape our rapidly changing world – firmly rooted in the truth.
This seminar invites participants into a biblically grounded and intellectually rigorous exploration of contemporary cultural debates, especially for Christians seeking to respond faithfully and wisely.
We will examine gender-related issues such as homosexuality, transgenderism, feminism, gender abolitionism, and gender roles, alongside abortion, euthanasia, and Critical Race Theory. Rather than relying on slogans, we will ask how Scripture should shape Christian thinking and practice in these areas. We will consider the relationship between the world and the church, law and gospel, biblical principles and their application, and the ideas underlying these movements.
A central part of the seminar will explore the foundations of morality and the church’s relationship with society. We will study biblical themes such as justice, kindness, and humility toward the world, as expressed in Micah 6:8, and wholehearted love for God, according to Deuteronomy 6:4–5. We will also engage with biblical teaching on enemy-love, unity, humility, sexual purity, human dignity, and the value of every person made in God’s image.
The seminar will further examine how Christians should apply Scripture in a confusing and polarized age. Topics such as capital punishment, submission to governing authorities, abortion, euthanasia, gender, and public justice will help us distinguish timeless principles from cultural forms and interpret difficult texts in context.
Throughout the seminar, we will seek a distinctly Christlike posture: speaking the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15), holding mercy and righteousness together (Psalm 85:10), and offering a defense with gentleness and respect (1 Peter 3:15). The seminar rejects both uncritical conformity to secular ideas and merciless rigidity, inviting thoughtful and pastoral engagement shaped by Scripture, wisdom, and love.

Speaker: Kim Sung Won, South Korea, University of the Nations, Berlin

Costs:
Seminar CHF 110.00 

There are additional costs for food and housing:
- Food CHF 21.00 per day
 -Housing CHF 30.00 per night 

Schedule for the lectures:
Monday, 10:00am-12:30pm
Tuesday and Wednesday, 9:15am - 12:30pm

Language: English and German

Where: Youth with a Mission, Hauptstrasse 15, 3266 Wiler bei Seedorf, Switzerland

Questions: sbcw(at)jmemwiler.ch

Online Application

How do we deal with contemporary issues, and what wisdom can we find about them in the Bible?

November 16-18, Contemporary Issues: Sexuality, Gender, LGBTQ

November 19-20, Contemporary Issues: Social Justice, Racism, Abortion, Euthanasia, Critical Race Theory etc.

The seminars can be attended individually or together. A separate registration is required for each seminar.

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These seminars explore and help to understand the deeper causes of the current challenges the West is facing. The West is facing cultural shifts due to these challenges. The seminar helps to deal with current questions about gender issues and change in our culture. Together, we are looking for positive and constructive ways to actively shape our rapidly changing world – firmly rooted in the truth.
This seminar invites participants into a biblically grounded and intellectually rigorous exploration of contemporary cultural debates, especially for Christians seeking to respond faithfully and wisely.
We will examine gender-related issues such as homosexuality, transgenderism, feminism, gender abolitionism, and gender roles, alongside abortion, euthanasia, and Critical Race Theory. Rather than relying on slogans, we will ask how Scripture should shape Christian thinking and practice in these areas. We will consider the relationship between the world and the church, law and gospel, biblical principles and their application, and the ideas underlying these movements.
A central part of the seminar will explore the foundations of morality and the church’s relationship with society. We will study biblical themes such as justice, kindness, and humility toward the world, as expressed in Micah 6:8, and wholehearted love for God, according to Deuteronomy 6:4–5. We will also engage with biblical teaching on enemy-love, unity, humility, sexual purity, human dignity, and the value of every person made in God’s image.
The seminar will further examine how Christians should apply Scripture in a confusing and polarized age. Topics such as capital punishment, submission to governing authorities, abortion, euthanasia, gender, and public justice will help us distinguish timeless principles from cultural forms and interpret difficult texts in context.
Throughout the seminar, we will seek a distinctly Christlike posture: speaking the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15), holding mercy and righteousness together (Psalm 85:10), and offering a defense with gentleness and respect (1 Peter 3:15). The seminar rejects both uncritical conformity to secular ideas and merciless rigidity, inviting thoughtful and pastoral engagement shaped by Scripture, wisdom, and love.

Speaker: Kim Sung Won, South Korea, University of the Nations, Berlin

Costs:
Seminar CHF 80.00 

There are additional costs for food and housing:
- Food CHF 21.00 per day
 -Housing CHF 30.00 per night 

Schedule for the lectures:
Thursday and Friday, 9:15am - 12:30pm

Language: English and German

Where: Youth with a Mission, Hauptstrasse 15, 3266 Wiler bei Seedorf, Switzerland

Questions: sbcw(at)jmemwiler.ch

Online Application