On January 1, 1984, a small group of YWAMers relocated to the Midlands after putting £1 down as a promise to purchase the property and building. With a mandate to influence the centre of England and become a centre for further YWAM missions equipping, The King’s Lodge was established.

Our historic building has been used to influence the lives of young people since its founding in 1886.  Today YWAM uses it as a means to transform lives through knowing God and impact nations through serving.

Robert S. Lea designed Lindley Lodge to feel like a home for the boys in his boarding school and educated many young men here.  The boarding school was closed in 1938 and the building was briefly used to house the wild animals from a bankrupt circus – lions included!

During World War II (1939-45) the building was used by the Army’s Scottish Regiments, the Royal Marines and then the ATS.  During the post-war years, the Lindley Lodge was left empty.  During 1950-68 it was used by the National Coal Board as a social club and institute.

In 1968-82 the building was owned by the Lindley Educational Trust; clergy and industrialists used the building for developing young people through education and character-building.   During this time much prayer and intercession for young people went up from this property by those who ran the Trust.

Since becoming part of YWAM in 1984, the ministry of The King’s Lodge has influenced thousands of lives.  Life-transforming DTS’s, studying the Bible inductively through the SBS and BCC, training in Primary Health Care through IPHC, and equipping workers with the next generations through PCYM – all to see transformation take place both in us and in the nations.

From the Heart of England to the Heart of the Nations – The King’s Lodge.