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Philosophy
1. We believe that the Lord has ordained the church to
be the main instrument for ministries which have at their heart the planting,
nourishing, supporting and growing of local evangelism churches.
2. 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.
3. We
also desire to identify indigenous ministries where Americans work
with or under the nationals who lead the ministry.
4. 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 participating in mutual prayer support, assisting
in ministry.
5.
We believe that god wants us to be a "sending" church. We want more than
a simple practice of "sending our money" to support
missions. We want to send our own people as the Lord shows us the need and the resources we have
to be able to meet that need.
6.
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.
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