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"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, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:19-20

Those working with ISM will be growing in their understanding and commitment to the following Values:

God Focussed Values

  • The exaltation and worship of God in all His glory and majesty.

  • The passion to know, love and become like the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • The leading and empowering of the Holy Spirit.

  • The truth, authority and sufficiency of the Scriptures for the whole of life.

  • Expectant faith and persevering prayer based upon the Promises of God.

  • The transforming power of the Gospel.

Ministry Focussed Values

  • The dignity and value of every person.

  • Spiritual generations of labourers.

  • Relationships characterised by love, humility and servanthood.

  • Colabouring in community.

  • Relating interdependently within the Body of Christ to advance the Gospel.

  • The spiritual disciplines by which we follow the Lord Jesus Christ.

ISM of New Zealand holds several core beliefs that form the foundation of our ministry. Those who work with ISM of NZ hold to the following Doctrinal Beliefs:

We Believe:

  • That the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are inspired by God and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life.

  • In one God, the Creator, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

  • That Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary and that He was and remains true God and true man.

  • That God created Adam and Eve in the divine image; that they sinned, and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God; and that, as a result of Adam's sin, all human beings are now born with a sinful nature and stand guilty before God.

  • That the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood.

  • In the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven, and in His present life there for us, as High Priest and Advocate.

  • In the blessed hope of the personal and imminent return of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

  • That all who by faith receive the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God.

  • That the Holy Spirit indwells and gives spiritual life to all believers, enables them to understand biblical truth, empowers them for godly living and equips them for service and witness.

  • In the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of the lost.