Philosophy of ministry

Mission

Mission to the university, missionaries to the world:

1. Empower students to thoughtful, creative, genuine and evangelistic mission to the University of Tasmania.
2. Identify and cultivate Christian leaders, especially missionaries, church planters and pastors.

Vision

1. We will be a large, diverse, long term and flexible ministry.
2. We will have a global network of missionaries, pastors, church planters and graduates committed to our ministry.

Values

1. Spiritual interest in academic endeavours.
2. Social understanding of human life in general and Christian life in particular.
3. A principled and practical devotion to God's word and its central message of the Cross of Christ.
4. Dilligent and bold prayer.
5. Joyful pursuit of excellence in all of life and Christian ministry.
6. Unwavering focus on long-term, honest and up-close mentoring.
7. Desire to invest in both the local church and global mission.
8. Good organisation: identifying next actions, planning in the light of purpose, capturing everything relevant to us, throwing things out that are not relevant to us.