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Our Values
Introduction: We are a values driven organisation placing high
importance in personnel functioning with these distinctive core values
as guiding principles. The values of World Outreach are used as an
ongoing guide to assist personnel and partnership selection, and for
leaders to give help, direction and where necessary correction, in
terms of decisions and ministry operation. All personnel are expected
to be familiar with these values which are based on core principles as
follows:
a. Faith and Initiative
We believe that God has called us to serve Him responsibly with faith,
vision and initiative. We therefore value the specific callings and
ministry vision that He has given to our personnel. Len Jones our
Founder proved that great things could be accomplished through faith
and prayer.
b. Teamwork and Relationships
We recognize that Christian ministry is always accomplished in
relationship with others and spiritual gifts are given to different
members of the Body. We therefore value every effort to work together
harmoniously and to maintain the unity of the Holy Spirit. We also
value team ministry and working partnerships with other mission
agencies and various expressions of Christ’s Body for God-honouring
outcomes.
c. The Body of Christ
Jesus Christ is building His Church from people out of every nation,
tribe, people and language. We therefore value the Body of Christ and
seek to do all that we can to encourage, strengthen, equip, and
challenge believers from every nation to fulfill Christ’s Great
Commission. We seek to intentionally foster transformational church
planting movements among least reached peoples.
d. Leadership and Accountability
We believe that God has made Jesus Christ the Head of all. He has also
placed leaders in World Outreach to model His lifestyle and to give
oversight, supervision and point of accountability to the ministry. We
therefore value those whom God has called to leadership in our teams,
fields, regions and international oversight.
e. Flexibility and Innovation.
We recognise that Biblical principles are inviolate but in an
ever-changing world ministry methods must change in order to meet felt
needs and cultural distinctives. We therefore value willingness to
change methods and practices when necessary to accomplish God’s vision
and purpose.
f. Integrity and Stewardship.
We are deeply conscious that all we have and are has been given to us
by God and that one day we will give an account to Him of the way that
we have managed this trust. We therefore value the personnel and
resources that He has entrusted to us. We believe that Jesus has called
us to serve Him with honesty and sincerity always seeking to bring
honour and glory to His Name. We therefore value an exemplary lifestyle
and every effort to maintain integrity in word and deed.
g. Spirituality and Character Development.
We believe it is crucial that every believer maintains a vibrant
personal relationship with Jesus Christ. We therefore value the
importance of prayer and fasting, studying the Word of God and regular
worship. We also value the gifts of the Holy Spirit functioning in our
ministries and expect God to work miraculously on our behalf as we
continually seek the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
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