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There are three types of membership: Personal Membership is open to all those individuals who can demonstrate an involvement in the study, research or teaching of youth ministry. Affiliate Membership is open to all academic institutions. To apply for affiliate membership, click here to send an email to the Administrator: admin@iasym.org, and please include details about your academic institution. The cost of membership is detailed at the bottom of this page. Associate Membership is for those who have a desire to become full personal members, but do not yet qualify according to requirements set out above. Such individuals can obtain all the benefits of full membership as laid out below, except for the right to vote at member's meetings.

Members receive the following benefits:

  • A free copy of the Association Journal of Youth and Theology.
  • Access to the Association website and on-line resources.
  • Access to the members only email discussion forum and on-line archives of discussion topics. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iasym/messages
  • Preferential rates and bookings for the bi-annual Conference on Youth Ministry.
  • Alignment with the only international, professional, academic Youth Ministry body in existence in the world at the moment.

If you have any questions, please check out our Frequently Asked Questions page.

If you are already a member, and just want to pay for 2004, please click here for a payment form. DO NOT fill in this application form.

To join the Association, fill out the form below. Personal and associate members must enter all fields indicated with a red star (*). Affiliate members must fill in all the appropriate fields inclduing (and especially) the contact person's name and email address.





Application Form: IASYM Membership

Fields marked with a red star (*) are required.

PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT USE SINGLE INVERTED COMMAS or APOSTROPHES (').

Type of membership *

Your Title:

Your First Name: *
Your Surname: *
Your Organisation:
Your Position:
Postal Address (Box Number or street): *
Address line 2:
Address line 3: *
Postal Code: *
State/Province:
Country: *
E-mail: *
Please double check your e-mail address and ensure it is correct.
Webpage:
Work Telephone:
Fax (if applicable):
Mobile phone (if applicable):
Are you a student? *
If so, where are you currently studying?
Student number:
PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT USE SINGLE INVERTED COMMAS or APOSTROPHES (').

Qualifications:

Brief CV (summary of work and study experience):

Your current involvement in the study, research or teaching of youth ministry: *

Other professional bodies you belong to:

How did you hear about IASYM (give member's name if from an existing member):



Payment

Being an international Association, we have a number of different fee structures to take into account different currencies and real value of money in different areas of the world. For 2004, the following fee structures have been set for personal and associate members (individuals) (all prices quoted in US Dollars):

  • Zone 1: UK, Eurozone and Europe – $ 40
  • Zone 2: Northern America (USA, Canada) - $ 50
  • Zone 3: Africa & South America - $ 15
  • Zone 4: Russia, Asian subcontinent, Pakistan and Indonesia - $ 15
  • Zone 5: Middle East & Pacific rim, Aus & NZ – $ 35

Students pay only 50% of the above fee. On application, please indicate that you are a student, and provide proof thereof.

Affiliate members pay the following:

  • Zone 1: UK, Eurozone and Europe – $ 75
  • Zone 2: Northern America (USA, Canada) - $ 100
  • Zone 3: Africa & South America - $ 25
  • Zone 4: Russia, Asian subcontinent, Pakistan and Indonesia - $ 25
  • Zone 5: Middle East & Pacific rim, Aus & NZ – $ 60

Click here to open a new window with a universal currency converter to see how much this is at the moment, in your own currency.

Please Note: The fee structure stated above is the minimum fee payable. We request all personal and associate members who are able to pay the full fee of $ 40 and affiliates to pay the full fee of US $ 100 to do so, and those who can pay more than that to consider assisting us to develop our bursary fund.

Which zone do you live in? *

 

Refund policy:  If for any reason you are dissatisfied with your membership, or with any service the Association offers, you will be able to obtain a pro rata refund of your fees.  If any journals or other materials have been sent to you, this will be deducated from your fees, and the remainder refunded in a manner selected by the Association administrator.


After completing this application form, you will need to wait a few days to hear from the membership committee. We evaluate all applicants, ensuring that they meet the minimum requirements of membership. We will contact you by email and let you know the outcome of the process.
If you are successful, your next step will be to make payment for your fees - we will give you details in the email we send. If you can pay by credit card, you can do this via our on-line secure payment system, powered by WorldPay or PayPal Please note that we do not accept credit card payments from Nigeria or Ghana. Otherwise, you will need to make arrangements to deposit funds into one of our three bank accounts (USA, England, or South Africa), or send a check, money order, international draft, Western Union money transfer or other payment form in one of those three currencies (US dollars, UK pounds, or South African rands) - details of our bank account numbers and/or postal addresses is available at http://www.iasym.org/pay.php. For now we need you to indicate your preferred payment method below:

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If you do not get a response from us within 10 days, please contact us to verify that we have received your submission.