Our Mission
Our Mission Statement
As a fellowship of churches, we covenant to do together what we cannot do alone in reaching people for Christ in our State.
Our Biblical Mandate
Minnesota and Iowa are our mission field in the Minnesota Iowa Baptist Conference. The Great Commission in Acts 1:8 compels us to not only reach our Jerusalem (our local communities) and the uttermost parts of the earth (foreign missions), but to strategize together how to reach the region of our Judea (Minnesota and Iowa) and peoples within our region who are culturally separated from us (our Samarias).
Our Values Statement
The Minnesota Iowa Baptist Conference is a family of churches with a rich heritage, rooted in a strong evangelical theology. Together we seek to explore a vision for missions in our States which are responsive to God and geared to the times. We seek to be inclusive, cooperative and encouraging in all that we do.
Our Strategy Statement
The mandate of this organization is therefore a missions mandate to the States of Minnesota and Iowa:
- To plant and revitalize our churches with a purpose of making disciples
- To serve our churches to enhance their ministry effectiveness
- To provide a ministry of excellence in camping and retreats in order to evangelize and build-up individuals, families and churches
- To operate as a link for pastors and their families toward greater personal and professional satisfaction and productivity
We Value - Five vital characteristics of our Churches
Christ's Church
Believing Christ's strategy for glorifying God among the nations is a growing movement of vital, reproducing churches - churches that reproduce vital disciples, leaders and congregations.
Movement Leaders
Believing reproducing vital leaders is at the heart of Christ's master plan for reproducing vital churches.
Radical Dependence
Believing Christ builds his church by means of disciples who trust in the power of God's
Word, God's Spirit and God's delight in prevailing prayer.
Loving Interdependence
Believing Christ's glory is desplayed and his cause advanced when disciples, leaders and churches serve him together in loving unity.
Cultural Synergy
Believing that a multi-cultural movement of churches and leaders is essential to fulfilling Christ's desire for his church - a worshipping community redeemed and reconciled from all nations.
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