Our Core Values - A New Testament Model

1. LOCAL AND GLOBAL

Jesus gave us a mandate to be his witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). In obedience, Horizons exists to proclaim the gospel, disciple the nations, and equip the church locally and globally – simultaneously. Every individual Christian and every local church must think and act globally. 

2. INDIGENOUS CHURCH

We are committed to supporting, challenging, and equipping churches around the world to become mission sending bases. Our church empowerment program trains and equips each new church community to begin the process of sending missionaries. Church planting is most effective when indigenous churches reproduce themselves and multiply in their regions and beyond.

3. BOLDNESS AND RADICAL FAITH

Today, many in the world missions community are gripped by crippling fears. The world needs the kind of fearless witness that we see in the New Testament. We promote open and bold proclamation of the gospel of salvation (Ephesians 6:19-20), and strive to apply this in each unique context, by seeking God's wisdom through His Word, the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and consulting with local believers. The powerful gospel cannot be expressed by secretive and indirect methods. Christ is worthy of our bold, loving, and courageous witness.

 4. ORGANISM OVER ORGANIZATION

Today our churches and missions organizations too often operate like businesses or institutions. We strive to be a community, a living organism modeled after the church in the book of Acts. (I Corinthians 12:12) While every organism is highly organized, an organization without the element of organism is lifeless.

5. BIBLICAL FAITHFULNESS

Many unbiblical ideas and techniques are being propagated in the world of missions. Horizons is committed to ministering only in biblically faithful ways, and lovingly helping others to do likewise. We do this through various training programs and our website, biblicalmissiology.org. In doing so, we strive to maintain both unity and truth.

6. KINGDOM COLLABORATION

Missions is all about the Kingdom of God. We strive to be Kingdom-minded, setting aside a competitive spirit to work alongside other people of the Kingdom – individuals, churches, and organizations – to promote God’s global agenda, which is the gospel.