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CORE VALUES 對我们最重要的事

 

1.  Lost people matter to God. He wants them found.   

神愛失喪的人,一定要救他們

愛不認識耶穌的人

Luke路加19:10

 

In the formative years of our movement, the Holy Spirit instilled within A. B. Simpson a passion to reach people with no knowledge of Jesus Christ in his “Jerusalem” and around the world. That passion still lives in The Alliance today and is our first core value: Lost people matter to God. He wants them found.

 

2.  Prayer is the primary work of God’s people.  

禱告是我們最重要的工作

禱告先於工作

Philippians腓立比4:6-7

 

We believe that nothing of lasting value can be done unless it is bathed in prayer. So passionate in his belief that prayer is the undergirder of all ministry, Alliance founder A. B. Simpson was compelled to create a prayer league that would focus on the world’s evangelization. He believed that the Prayer Alliance would “prove to be the mightiest force in the spread of missions.” That force still drives The Alliance today. Prayer is the primary work of God’s people.

 

3.  Everything we have belongs to God. We are His stewards.

我們所有的都來自神, 我們只是管家

管理神的財產

1 Chronicles 歷上29:14

 

Everything we have belongs to God. We are His stewards. This core value is intrinsic to the nature and structure of The Alliance. As Scripture encourages us to remember, it’s not the amount of money we have or how much we give—it’s recognizing that everything we have comes from God (Luke 21:1–4). We teach and practice the blessing and effectiveness of the faith principle of giving. The issue is not how much to give but how much to keep.

 

4.  Knowing and obeying God’s Word is fundamental to all true success. 

真正的成功建立在明白和順服神的話語

順服才是成功

Joshua約書亞1:8

 

If The Alliance had a “life application” verse, it would be Matthew 28:19: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”—The Great Commission! But the next verse is equally important: “and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Knowing and obeying God’s Word is fundamental to all true success.

 

 

 

 

5.  Completing the Great Commission will require the mobilization of every fully devoted disciple.

動員每一個門徒才能完成主耶穌的大使命.

完成大使命

Matthew 馬太28:19

 

Completing the Great Commission will require the mobilization of every fully devoted disciple. In The Christian and Missionary Alliance the first priority of every minister, congregation, and believer is to work for the evangelization of the world. Healthy churches producing healthy disciples who are devoted to reaching lost people will hasten the completion of the Great Commission and the return of Jesus Christ.

 

6.  Without the Holy Spirit’s empowerment, we can accomplish nothing.

沒有聖靈的能力, 我們什麼也不能做

靠聖靈做事

1 Corinthians 2:4-5

 

The Apostle Paul said, “My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power” (1 Corinthians 2:4–5). Without the Holy Spirit’s empowerment, we can accomplish nothing. This is not only the fiber of our being as believers but also the sixth of our Alliance core values.

 

7.  Achieving God’s purposes means taking faith-filled risks. This always involves change.

用信心為主冒險才能完成主的計劃,改變是必須的

捨己改變才能完成主旨

Hebrews希伯来11:6

 

For more than a century, Alliance workers have braved harsh and dangerous territory, at great personal risk, to take the good news of Jesus to a lost world. These workers experienced our seventh Core Value—Achieving God’s purposes means taking faith-filled risks. This always involves change.. This always involves change. Because of the selfless dedication of Alliance workers who were willing to lay down their lives for the gospel, entire people groups now know Jesus.