Statement of Faith

World Impact Now Statement of Faith

1.        We believe that God is one God in three persons:  The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all one God united in three persons, all being co-equal.  Each is God and each was involved in the creation of all that has been created.  As such, the Lord Jesus was eternally begotten of the Father and not made.

2.        We believe in Jesus Christ as the central figure in history.   Trust in His death on the cross and resurrection from the dead is the only way to salvation.  He is God who became the incarnate Son of Man through the miracle of the Virgin Birth.

3.       We believe in the crucifixion of Jesus on the cross and His bodily resurrection from the dead as the key events in all of human history.  Jesus is alive and active in the world today and will be so until He returns to the earth at the end of history.

4.       We believe in the Holy Spirit as the person who indwells followers of Christ with power to be witnesses who seek to make Jesus Christ famous.  The key manifestations of those filled with the Holy Spirit are boldness for Christ and the demonstration of the fruits of the Spirit as outlined in Scripture.

5.       We believe the 66 books of the Old and New Testament Scriptures to be divinely inspired and authoritative for the belief and practice of professing Christians.

6.       We believe in the ongoing mission and work of Christ through the Holy Spirit until the return of Jesus.  This means that the Church, empowered by the Holy Spirit, is the agency through which God’s work on earth is done.  

7.       We believe in the Church as the body and bride of Christ.  She has been charged with accomplishing God’s work on earth and Her mission will be successful as is outlined in the book of Revelation which tells us that people from every nation, tribe, language, and people will be saved.

8.       We believe in an aggressive approach to world missions in light of the promise of salvation reaching the ends of the earth as outlined above and due to the fact that this spreading of the gospel to all nations is one of the key markers we are given to indicate when the Lord will return.

9.       We believe in the literal, bodily return of the Lord Jesus Christ.  He is coming again and when He does the new heavens and new earth will be established. 

10.   We believe all ministry of the Church should follow from the heart of God as described in Scripture.  As a result, we are committed to:  serving the poor and needy, loving widows and orphans, reaching the lost of this world with the gospel, providing healing for the sick, and encouraging the discouraged.  All service we do should be dominated by grace and mercy to all people.

The Fuga Island and Northern Philippines Trip

Join us for a Trip to the Northern Philippines and Fuga Island April 12-23

Evangelism, Medical Distribution, Church Planting, Prayer Ministry, Etc.

This trip is for anyone called to go and we could use some medical personnel and medicines.

Cost is $2000.  More details below.  More info email tapreach@yahoo.com or call 540-353-6370.

Passport Required, Visa Not Required

Application:  Please fill out and submit a short application for this trip and send to us.  I will send it to you via email.

THE VISION

This will be my 5th time to Fuga Island, pursuing a vision begun in 2003 for seeing this tiny island used for God's kingdom purposes--sorta like the isle of Iona in Scotland in the 6th century.  There is one church on the island, recently rebuilt by Church of the Holy Spirit, Orchard Hills in Roanoke, VA.  Our plan is to build one more church on the other side of the island.

To get to the island one must ride a boat 3 hours from a place called Taggat in Claveria.  At this launch point we have also begun a new church led by Filipino pastors.  We hope to build them a building in the near future.

APRIL 12-23, 2010 TRIP

Our team will depart the US on April 12 and land in Manila just after midnight on the 14th of April.  We will spend the night in a place called the Shalom Center and then fly to Laoag City, Philippines on April 14.

We will spend a day in Laoag and then take a 3 hour bus ride to Taggat, Claveria.  Depending on the size of the team we will leave some folks here to do ministry-- prayer ministry, services evangelistic in nature, medical if we have the personnel.

 Please begin praying for all facets of this trip, including logistics, ministry, empowerment for ministry, and the coming of the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ onto the island and Taggat, Claveria.

From Taggat it is a 3 hour boat ride to Fuga Island. Those not wanting to ride the boat will stay in Taggat and do ministry! We will be on the island approximately 5 days and will travel around to different villages by foot or by boat. 

On Fuga we will conduct medical ministry and do evangelistic ministry.  We do need medicines and we do need persons on the trip that can give out basic anti-biotics, vitamins, etc. to the people.  This is the most primitive and poor area in all of thee Philippines with no facilities, no doctors, no electricity other than generators.  The Island has @2500 or so residents and 7 different villages.

OTHER INFORMATION
The cost of this trip is $2000 and no special shots are required.  This will cover all travel, food, lodging, etc.  Tickets will be purchased after Feb 15 so please plan to send in funds around this time.  Checks should be made payable to World Impact Now and sent to PO Box 20852, Roanoke, VA 24018.

DEPARTURE
We will depart Laoag City for Manila on April 22 and spend the night again at the Shalom Center.  The next morning we will fly home to the United States.

MORE PICTURES

Browsing the pictures at the links below will give you a better feel for the environment of this trip.  If you want to see more extensive pictures you can click on any of the links below.  The last one is amateur video!


Sea Travel to Fuga

Worship and Ministry on Fuga Island

Land Travel Between Villages on Fuga

Food and Cooking on Fuga

Claveria, Taggat (The Launch Village to Fuga)

Amateur Video

If you would like to go on this trip or make donations (medical or financial) toward this trip please contact us at tapreach@yahoo.com.  You can also make donations via credit card with Paypal on this blog site.

Play The 2010 World Impact Challenge

We Christians in the Western World have the means to change the world.  God has given you and I the responsibility--by going and giving.  Let's all volunteer and serve by giving away our time and more than 10% of our money this year to churches, the poor, the needy,  and other kingdom projects.  Time is running out for you and I to make an impact.

1.  Would you support a poor pastor at $25 per month?  If so, you can help spread the gospel.  We are seeking 60 people to do this.

2.  Would you help support a gospel radio station in the Philippines at $100 a month?  This runs the whole radio ministry for the proclamation of the gospel in  the Northern Philippines each Sunday.

3.  Would you provide a one year scholarship for a Bible student in the Philippines for $100?  $100 will provide for all expenses for one year to a future minister of the gospel.

4.  Would you help us support a homeless ministry in Roanoke, VA called the Samaritan Inn this year?  We want to give a mere $100 a month to this long-time standing ministry.  They can always use volunteers.

5.  Would you help send Christians into the prisons through Kairos Prison ministry?  We want to give $100 a month to this ministry.  Are perhaps God is calling you to get involved in prison ministry?

6.  Are you interested in taking part in kingdom work overseas?  Go with us to Uganda, India, or Fuga Island this year with us.  If you can't go we can use help in paying for trip expenses and airfares. It will change lives, including yours.  See dates on this blog site.

7.  Would you like to help build a church for primitive Fuga Island in the northernmost part of the Philippines.  One Church can be built for $8500.  We want to build two.

8.  Would you like to go with us for a spiritual renewal conference in Scotland (isle of Iona) in July.  See dates at this blog site.

9.  We are boldly asking God for 3X more donations than we took in last year, but a mere $119,000.  And without shame we are asking you to take part.

10.  Buy Jewelry and Support Missions. January Special:  Buy one at regular price and take two at half-price (take the most expensive at half-price)
      a.    see catalogs by clicking on Jewels For Missions
      b.    host a show in your home and earn free jewels
      c.     shipping is $3.80 UPS shipping for any size order
      d.    Jewelry has a life-time guarantee

Please contact us for any futher information on our ministry, trips, retreats, or projects.  We are not the "only game in town" and God may be calling you to work and give through others.  We are happy for that.  Our responsibility is to let you know what we are doing and seeking to do.  All we know is that together we have the means to change the world.  Sadly, individual Christians world-wide give less than 2% of their income to God's work.  Many churches teach a tithe but I say that the promises and blessings of the gospel are much better than those of the law-- so why are we limiting ourselves by a 10% rule?  Should we not be giving beyond this amount?  Those who have been forgiven much love much.

Want to help?  There are two ways to do so.

1.  Through Paypal (Credit Card) on this site.
2.  Send a check to World Impact Now, PO Box 20852, Roanoke, VA 24018 

I encourage you:  Forget the past (the good and the bad) and reach forward to what lies ahead in 2010 and beyond.  In Christ, TA (President, World Impact Now)