Philosophy:
 We believe that the Lord has ordained the church to be the main instrument for evangelism and discipleship in the world. Therefore, we feel that it is our primary calling to be involved in ministries which have at their heart the planting, nourishing, supporting and growing of local churches.
 
 We feel that it is a priority for us to do what we can to try to reach  unreached people with the gospel, those who have no substantial church in which they can be taught and discipled in the Word of God.
 We also desire to identify indigenous ministries where Americans work with or under the nationals who lead the ministry.
 
 Since we believe that the ministries which receive Faith Promise funds from Sawyer Highlands are an extension of our church's ministries, it is desirous for us to be able to establish long term "sister" relationships with those churches, maintaining contact with them, participation in mutual prayer support, assisting in ministry.
 
 We believe that God wants us to be a "sending" church. We want more than the simple practice of "sending our money" to support missions. We want to send our own people as the Lord shows us the need and resources we have to be able to meet that need.
 
 We will seek to motivate and prepare our church's members for personal participation in local, national and foreign missions service. Part of having a "sister" relationship may be sending our own members to them for short term service.