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Persian World
Outreach |
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Statement of Vision
We dream of being a place where all
experience the Life-Giving Ministry of the
Holy Spirit. We dream of celebrating the
fullness of joy found in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
We Share the Values of . . .
| 01 | Encouragement | We want whatever we do to be “life giving” in its impact. “...for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life...” | II Corinthians 3:6. |
| 02 | Hospitality | We remind people of their value at every opportunity. “Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.” | Galatians 6:10. |
| 03 | Relationships | We emphasize relationships as a healthy starting point for all ministries. “...Commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others.” | II Timothy 2:24 |
| 04 | Pioneering | We are open to change and new ways of doing God’s work. “But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” | Luke 5:38. |
| 05 | Integrity | We pursue truth in all aspects of our lives; even when it hurts. “Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts...” | Psalm 51:6. |
| 06 | Unity | We promote our oneness through our words, attitudes, and actions. “...endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” | Ephesians 4:3 |
| 07 | Guidance | We listen for God’s directions in big and small things alike. “In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths”. | Proverbs 3:6. |
| 08 | Servant hood | We follow Jesus’ example in serving one another. “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” | Mark 10:45. |
| 09 | Humility | We want to keep “His Mind” in us at all times. “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.…” | Philippians 2:5. |
| 10 | Forgiveness | We extend a lot of forgiveness because we’re all imperfect people. “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.” | Ephesians 4:32. |
| 11 | Quality | We encourage excellence as an expression of our enthusiasm for God. “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.…” | Colossians 3:23. |
The Persian world Outreach’s teaching and living is based upon the following foundational truths:
| 01 | The Bible is the Word of God. It is God-breathed and without error. It is the final authority for our faith and living. |
Psalm 19:7-8; Matthew 5:18, II Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12, II Peter 1:20-21 |
| 02 | God exists eternally as three persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. |
Matthew 29:19; I Corinthians 12:4-6; II Corinthians 13:14; Hebrews 9:14 |
| 03 | The Heavenly Father, the first person of the triune Godhead, in His great love for the world, sent His beloved, only begotten Son into the world as the Savior of mankind to provide everlasting life for each believer. | John 3:16; Romans 8:14; I John 4:14 |
| 04 | Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. He was manifested in the flesh by virgin birth; was crucified as the only acceptable sacrifice for our sins; arose bodily from the grave; is preparing a place for us; and will return for us. |
Luke 1:35; John 1:1,14; John 14:1-6; Acts 1:9-11; I Corinthians 15:3-19; I Peter 2:24; I Peter 1:18-21 |
| 05 | The Holy Spirit persuades us to confess Jesus as our Savior from our sins and Lord of our lives; indwells us to explain the Bible; and empowers us to live godly lives. |
John 16:7-14; Acts 5:3-4; Romans 8:9; I Corinthians 12:13; Ephesiansesians 5:17-21 |
| 06 | Every person is a sinner and is separated from God until he repents of his sins and receives God’s gift of eternal life by trusting in Jesus Christ alone as Savior and Lord. |
Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23; Ephesiansesians 2:8-9; I Peter 1:18-21 |
| 07 | Believers are eternally safe and secure in Jesus and give evidence of genuine faith by a life of good works. |
John 3:16; John 10:27-29; Romans 8:38-39; James 2:14-17 |
| 08 | The church is the living body of Jesus Christ on earth comprised of all believers in Jesus Christ. It is manifested through assemblies which are devoted to worshipping God, maturing believers, and reaching unbelievers with the Gospel. |
Matthew 16:18; Matthew 28:19-20; I Corinthians 12:27; Ephesiansesians 1:22-23; Ephesiansesians 4:11-13; Hebrews 10:25 |
| 09 | The future life of believers is a blessed eternity with God in heaven. Unbelievers face eternal suffering apart from God. |
Matthew 25:46; John 3:16; II Corinthians 5:8; Revelation 20:11-15; I Thessalonians 4:13-18 |
| 01 | God | We believe that there is one God who has eternally manifested Himself in three persons: The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. |
John 10:30,36; Galatians 4:6; Genesis 1:26;
Genesis 3:22; Genesis 11:7; Isaiah 6:8; Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 28:19; John 14:6; II Corinthians 13:13; Deuteronomy 4:35; Deuteronomy 6:4; John 17:5; Romans 1:20 |
| 20 | Jesus Christ | We believe that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and received a human body and a sinless human nature; yet, he retained his absolute deity, being at the same time truly God the Creator and truly man. |
John 1:1-14; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9;
Matthew 1:16-25; Luke 1:30-35; Luke 2:7,11; Galatians 4:4; Hebrews 2:14;
Hebrews 1:8; Titus 2:13; John 10:30,38; John 5:17-23; Revelation 22:13; Hebrews 1:1-3; John 17:5; I Timothy 3:16; Colossians 1:16-19; John 14:9 |
| 03 | Holy Spirit | We believe in the deity and personality of the Holy Spirit. |
John 15:26; Romans 8:26-27; Ephesians 4:30; Acts
13:2; John 16:13-15; I Corinthians 12:13; I John 2:27; Acts 5:3-4 |
| 04 | Scripture | We believe that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God. By this we understand that holy men of God “were moved by the Holy Spirit” to write the very words of Scripture. We believe that this divine inspiration extends equally and fully to all parts of its writings whether historical, poetical, doctrinal, or prophetically, as they appear in the original manuscripts. |
II Peter 1:21; Exodus 20:1; II Timothy 3:16; I Thessalonians 2:13; I Corinthians 2:11-14; I Corinthians 14:37; II Samuel 23:2; Deuteronomy 4:35 |
| 05 | Man | We believe that God created man in his image; that man later sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature. |
John 3:3-8; Ephesians 2:1-3; John 1:12,13;
Isaiah 53:6; Psalms 53:1-3; Isaiah 64:6; I John 5:19; Romans 3:23; Galatians 3:22; Jeremiah 13:23; Mark 7:20-23; Psalms 51:5; Jeremiah 17:9 |
| 06 | Salvation | We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scripture as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who repent and believe in Him are justified on the basis of His shed blood, and thus have salvation. |
Isaiah 53; II Corinthians 5:21; John 1:29;
Hebrews 9:28; John 14:6; Romans 4:4-5; Acts 4:12; I Peter 3:18; Colossians 2:14; I Corinthians 15:1-3; Romans 5:6-8; Galatians 3:13; Romans 3:23-25; Colossians 1:13,14,20,21; Colossians 2:10; Acts 13:38,39; I Corinthians 6:9-11; Titus 3:5 |
| 07 | Resurrection & Ascension | We believe in the bodily resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ and His present intercession in heaven for His saints (true believers). | |
| 08 | Baptism |
We believe that baptism should take
place after salvation is realized and it is done to fulfill the command of
Jesus Christ and to identify with His death and resurrection. |
Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; Acts 8:35-39; Acts 22:16; Romans 6:3-4; Colossians 2:12; I Peter 3:18-21 |
| 09 | Church | We believe that the Church, the body of Christ, is composed of all those who personally receive Jesus Christ by faith alone as their Savior and Lord and thus are born again and the results of their repentance and faith is apparent in their lives. |
Ephesians 1:22,23; John 3:1-8; Ephesians 2:8-9;
John 1:12; John 5:24; John 6:47; Romans 5:1; John 17:21-23; Ephesians
2:19-22; Colossians 2:10; I John 4:4; I Peter 2:9-10; Romans 12:4-5; I Corinthians 12:12-27 |
| 10 | Spirit Filled Life | We believe every believer receives the Holy Spirit at the time of his conversion. He must then continuously be filled (controlled) by the Holy Spirit. |
Romans 8:9, John 20:22, Acts 1:4-8, I Corinthians 12:4-11, Galatians 5:16-23, Ephesians 5:18-19, I Corinthians 6:19; I Corinthians 3:16; I Corinthians 2:10-14 |
| 11 | Second Coming | We believe in “That Blessed Hope,” the personal and imminent second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. |
Philippians 3:20-21; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:11;
I Thessalonians 4:16-18; I Thessalonians 1:10; Hebrews 9:28; I John 2:28; Titus 2:13; Matthew 24:36-51; Luke 17:26-30; Luke 18:8; Revelation 1:7-8; Revelation 22:12 |
| 12 | Final Judgment | We believe in bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust; the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost. We believe Satan is defeated on the Cross and will be thrown into the lake of fire at the final judgment. |
I Thessalonians 4:13-14; I Corinthians
15:35-57; Colossians 3:4; II Thessalonians 1:8-9; Matthew 25:41,46; Mark 9:42-48; Luke 16:26, Revelation 20:10; Hebrews 9:27 |
| 13 | Christian Life | We believe that upon salvation, we are divinely reckoned to be related to this world as strangers and pilgrims, ambassadors and witnesses, and that our purpose in life is to make Christ known to the whole world. |
Matthew 28:18-19; Mark 16:15; John 17:18; II Corinthians 5:17-20; I Peter 1:17; I Peter 2:11; I John 5:18; I Corinthians 10:13; Galatians 2:20; I Peter 1:15-16; Philippians 3:20 |
| 14 | Prayer | We believe in the power of prayer for salvation, healing, spiritual freedom, filling of the believers by the Holy Spirit, and the furtherance of God’s Kingdom. |
Luke 11:1-4; Luke 22:32; James 5:14-16; I Thessalonians 5:17; Ephesians 5:18; I Corinthians 14:15; Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 18:1 |