Guiding Principles
At Smyrna Ministries, we pledge to:
- Focus on the Church in the Islamic World
- Place a major emphasis on prayer
- Seek to relieve the suffering of persecuted Christians
- Give priority to leadership development
- Partner with indigenous evangelical ministries
- Join in where God is working
- Empower the Persecuted Church to:
-Minister to converts from Islam
-Disciple believers and plant churches
-Minister to the impoverished, "especially to ... the household of faith"
- Respond to needs as identified by the Persecuted Church
- Avoid paternalism and dependency-producing practices
- Recognize sensitive security and privacy issues
- Keep faith with our donors' intent
- Maintain financial integrity and accountability
- Hold to an orthodox, evangelical Christianity, as affirmed by our statement of faith
- Remain nondenominational in scope
- Pursue holiness and excellence in our ministry and in our personal lives