Youth World Annual Meetings -
This past week held four days of meeting together as a mission. Each of the five ministry areas had the opportunity to share what went on in the past year as well as plans for the future. It was a good time of reflection and renewal. Tim Barnes, former vice-president of International Teams (IT) was with us sharing from Matthew 5-7 and among other things covered the core values of IT. I have posted those below, great reminders.
So all in all it was a good week though kind of long for those of us used to being physically active every day. I had also forgotten what it was like to get stuck in traffic on a daily commute, it takes about an hour to get into our office in Quito, half that with no traffic.
IT Core Values
We identify with the lostness of the world. We ourselves are utterly lost apart from the grace of Jesus.
Faith is more than a decision. Christ’s call of “follow me” means transformed people building transforming communities.
We want to build deep and long term. We want to be there before and long after the big campaign rolls through town.
We are relational and strategic, living among those we serve.
God values one person. We value one person. Without limit. We will go to extraordinary measures to bring the present and future hope of God’s kingdom to each one.
We believe the church is God’s agent to reach the world. Really. Therefore, we are profoundly committed to the local church in its mission.
We are an interdenominational Christian, evangelical ministry, living out worship and service to God from our wide range of backgrounds and styles.
Expressive worship of the living God is humanity’s highest calling and ultimate end. We do it with joy, as often as we can.
God is both dangerous and good. Following him is a risk-taking adventure, dependent on a miraculous God.
Missions belongs to the whole world. We believe in people coming from everywhere, going to everywhere.
Fail Forward. We all fail. Our success is not based on avoiding failure, but on facing our mistakes and learning from them.
