Our Core Values
We are a Missional Family that Exists to Pray, Preach, Sing and Send
Until Every Village in Alaska Hears, Sees, and Sings of the worth of Jesus
Pray and Worship
Jesus said, "My house will be a house of prayer for all nations" (Mark 11:17).
The early church was “devoted to prayer” (Acts 2:42). Therefore, we want to be a community that is devoted to prayer.
Prayer is the starting line and the finish line when it comes to reaching the villages of Alaska. We not only want to be a people that prays for the villages, but raises up Houses of Prayer in the villages, to fulfill what was spoken by the Prophet Malachi, that “from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts” (Malachi 1:11).
If we look back throughout history, we will see evidence that prayer is directly linked to the effective and fruitful proclamation of the gospel to the unreached (Acts 4:31, 13:1-3; Eph. 6:19; col. 4:3; 1 Thess. 5:17; 2 Thess. 3:1; Phil. 6).
The Lord has made it clear that our assignment is to establish a House of Prayer for the villages of Alaska that will gather DAILY for prayer. Prayer will start this movement and prayer will sustain this movement. We believe that prayer and worship must be the daily and continual posture of effective missionaries.
Our aim as a community is to be Devoted to Prayer and Worship!
Train and Disciple
Discipleship Training is an essential part of the missionary task. We are committed to making disciples, that mature and grow, and go on to make disciples. Our missionary task is not done when someone simply makes a profession of faith. The scriptures are clear that we are to “grow up into salvation,” (1 Peter 2:2) “go on to maturity,” (Hebrew 6:1) and “strain forward toward the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13). The goal is that every member of our team, and every person that we encounter, will fall madly in love with Jesus, where the evidence of faith is that “in all things Jesus might be preeminent” (Colossians 1:18). That we can say with confidence that “Christ is our life” (Colossians 3:4). Paul reveals to us that evangelism and discipleship are inseparable, when he says, “Him we proclaim,warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me” (Colossians 1:28-29). Paul was not content to simply proclaim Christ, warn people, and teach them the gospel, he toiled and struggled, with all the energy and power of God to bring people from faith to maturity. We desire to be a community that is continuously learning and growing. Calling one another to “live in a manner worthy of the gospel” (Philippians 1:27). We believe that this is best accomplished through immersion in a disciple making culture, with a safe place to put into the practice the things that we are learning, with the time necessary to make progress. Paul says to his young disciple Timothy, “Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress” (1 Timothy 4:15). Our aim as a community is to Train Disciple Making Disciples!
Send and Plant
Often times most of the emphasis is placed upon the "going." Our conviction is that healthy sending centers are equally as important as the going. Paul says, "How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? How are they to preach unless they are sent?" (Romans 10:14-15).
We want to provide a greenhouse environment, that focusses on sending healthy missionaries into the field. Every member of the community playing their part. As with any healthy greenhouse, we want to plant, cultivate, nurture, mature, protect, prepare, and send out so that those being sent can help plant and cultivate new greenhouses in the villages of Alaska.
Not only do we desire to send missionaries into the villages, but we desire to raise up indigenous leaders who we can effectively disciple to reach their own village and the surrounding villages. (For a biblical framework of this vision see 2 Corinthians 10:12-18)
Mobilize and Preach
God’s choice to take on flesh and lay His life down for the salvation of the world is the blueprint for not only the missions movement but for everyday life. Taking up our cross, denying ourselves and following Him is an active choice and an intricate part of our value system in which we fellowship with Him in His sufferings. We live “wartime lifestyles” with the advancement of the gospel as the strategic focus of our lives. We give the best of our time, resources, energy, and focus to bring about the completion of the Great Commission. The centrality of the good news of Jesus’ conquering and redeeming work on the cross and its dissemination to the ends of the earth is our passion, and we give our lives to see it accomplished. We do this by recruiting, training, and mobilizing soldiers for Christ onto the battle field. Our greatest passion and joy is to walk in obedience to Jesus’ Great Commission. That is to “Make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that He has commanded us” (Matthew 28:19-20). Whatever matters most to Jesus, should matter most to us. There is a mission and a promise to take hold of. As Jesus was sent to reconcile the world back to the Father, so too have we been sent to partner with Him in reconciling the world back to the Father (John 20:21; 2 Corinthians 5:14-21). We joyfully respond to Jesus’ invitation to join Him on His mission, knowing that in doing so, we get to be with Him always until the end of the age (Matthew 28:20). Our aim as a community is to mobilize our generation to preach the gospel to the ends of the earth!
Building Healthy Family
God is the God of a Family (Romans 8:14-17)! He has adopted us into His family (Galatians 4:4-7)! He is our Father (Luke 11:2). Our brother is Jesus (Hebrews 2:11) and He said that His brothers and sisters are those who do the will of the Father (Matthew 12:50). We make it a priority to be a healthy family on mission. We eat, pray, play, bless, rest, and proclaim together (Acts 2:42-47). We fight for healthy rhythms, with healthy spaces to learn and grow, without the unhealthy pressure of striving to perform. Our conviction is that we are all too often so “business oriented” that we neglect the healthy rhythms of being the family of God. The result is a lot of workers, who lack the intimacy of a family, which is the breeding ground for burn-out. We are more than co-workers, co-laborers, and partners in the gospel; We are Co-Heirs with Christ! WE ARE FAMILY! We believe that the most effective means of discipleship is accomplished through the intimacy of a family. This conviction comes from the reality that the word “Disciple” does not appear a single time after Acts 21:16. The language and expression of discipleship throughout the New Testament Epistles is that of Fathers and Mothers and Brothers and Sisters (1 Corinthians 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12; Romans 8:30). We desire to foster healthy marriages, healthy parents, and healthy families on mission. We support and encourage husbands and wives and children to be on the mission field together. There is an all-out assault being waged on the family nucleus, and we want to display the gospel through healthy families being sent out together. We are commanded to honor marriage (Ephesians 5:21-33; Hebrews 13:4), train up our children in the Lord (Proverbs 22:6; Ephesians 6:4), and honor our parents (Ephesians 6:1-3). Our aim as a community is to be a Healthy Family!