Vision and Mission
Our Focus
Step Forward's focus is to empower leaders to serve others. We do this by training and mobilizing effective leaders and strong churches to impact their nations for Christ.
Vision and Mission (cont.)
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Our Vision
To train and mobilize effective leaders and strong churches to impact their nations for Christ.
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Our Mission
To empower the persecuted church through Leadership Conferences, Evangelism Courses, Discipleship Training, partnership with national workers, and outreach to refugees.
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Our Focus
To empower leaders to serve others. We do this by training and mobilizing effective leaders and strong churches to impact their nations for Christ.
We Are Committed to These Strategies:
+ Conducting Leadership Seminars
+ Implementing Discipleship Training
+ Providing Evangelism Courses
+ Investing in Churches
+ Raising National Christian Workers to Serve Their Own People
Our Strategies are Implemented By:
+ Providing training and resources through live conferences and by means of technology.
+ Partnering with local churches and with national workers.
+ Assisting with humanitarian causes such as responding to refugee crisis and natural disasters.
We intentionally both share the Gospel and care for the poor and needy by providing food, clothing and other life necessities.
Statistics
Some 215 million Christians worldwide faced persecution for their faith last year. Researchers for the organization estimate 1 in 12 Christians live where their faith is “illegal, forbidden, or punished.” On average 250 Christians were killed every month. Christians are "the most widely targeted religious community, suffering terrible persecution globally" according to a study released this year by University of Notre Dame's Center for Ethics and Culture, the Religious Freedom Institute, and Georgetown University's Religious Freedom Research Project. From the horrific beheadings of Coptic Christians in Libya by the Islamic State, to the mutilation of Indonesian Christians who refused to convert to Islam.
