1. We commit to "closure" in world evangelization in this generation, focused on unreached peoples.  We will work toward this end by focusing global Christian resources on these peoples.

2.  We recognize the value and validity of every culture because culture itself has been ordained by God and proceeds out of the creative nature of men and women, themselves created in the image of God.

3.  While recognizing the presence of both good and evil in every culture, we value culture as a vehicle through which God has chosen to reveal Himself to men and women.

4.  We value God's desire to reveal Himself within every culture so that men and women may respond to Him within their particular context and thereafter take responsibility for the transformation of their culture.

5.  We value God's desire to build His Church within every culture, resulting in great diversity of expression and recognize that the Body of Christ is incomplete without participation of people from every culture.

6.  We recognize the strategic importance of mission emerging from within every culture in order to complete the task of world evangelization.

7.  We as YWAM Frontier Missions affirm our inter-dependent partnership with all of YWAM International and all of its diverse ministries, this in order to accomplish the task of evangelizing and discipling all peoples.

8.  The task of evangelizing and discipling the unreached peoples requires that we foster interdependent partnering relationships with the International Body of Christ characterized by cooperation, vulnerability, and accountability.

9.  The Church is a community committed to obey the commands of Christ.  We accept the responsibility for planting self-reproducing, self-supporting, and self-governing culturally relevant missionary sending churches among unreached peoples.

10. We affirm the need for these churches to emphasize the Word of God and the working of the Holy Spirit toward self-edification and the manifestation of the priesthood and ministry of every believer.

11. We commit to love and serve people both in word and deed.  Accordingly we will by God's grace proclaim the good news and perform acts of mercy in order to express the love of God.

12. Candidates and members have unique value, gifting, and callings.  Therefore we are committed to provide appropriate, on-going, Biblically-based, cross-cultural training to equip them for effective ministry.

13. Member care is our Biblical responsibility and a vital means to enhance the resiliency and effectiveness of our Frontier Missions workers.  While recognizing our ultimate dependence on God and call to a sacrificial lifestyle, we also acknowledge the need for member care structures and services which will encourage personal growth for all personnel.

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