Loren Cunningham

Loren Duane Cunningham (born June 30, 1935, Taft, California) is a founder of the international Christian missionary movement Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and the University of the Nations. Cunningham founded YWAM in the United States in 1960 with his wife, Darlene Cunningham, at the age of 24. They reside in Kona, Hawaii and are members of the YWAM Global Leadership Team (GLT).