MISSION & VISION
To help churches fulfill their unique global vision by offering a broad range of essential services that help them send well.
To see every local church engaged in global missions.
CORE VALUES
OUR BELIEFS
We believe the bible to be the inspired and only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God
1 Tim 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21
The Virgin Birth.
Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:25-35
Jesus’ Sinless Life.
Hebrews 4:15; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 John 3:5
His Miracles.
Matthew 8:1-27; Mark 2:5-12; Acts 2:22-24
His Vicarious and atoning death.
Mark 10:45; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 2:9; 1 Peter 3:18
His Resurrection.
John 2:18-22; Acts 1:3-9; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Matthew 24:1-7
His Ascension to the right hand of the Father.
Mark 16:19; Ephesians 1:19-21; Hebrews 12:2
His personal, future return to the earth in power and glory.
Matthew 24:29-30; Matthew 26:64; Acts 1:9-11; Revelation 22:12
In the depravity of man. That man in his essential being is sinful and incapable of meriting God’s favor. We believe that salvation is by grace, through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross.
In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto everlasting life, and the unsaved unto everlasting damnation.
John 5:24-29; 1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15
In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
John 17:2-21; 1 Corinthians 12:12-14; Galatians 3:26-28
In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a Godly life.
Romans 8:15-16; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Galatians 5:16-25; 2 Peter 1:2-4
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nick has served in medical missions in more than thirty countries. He graduated with high honors from UCSD’s School of Medicine, earned a master’s degree in public health from Loma Linda University, and did his graduate studies at Azusa Pacific University, where he also now serves on the University’s board of trustees.
Jim is a CPA and founder of his own CPA practice. He has served on the boards of various non-profit organizations, in addition to his board role with Shepherd’s Staff as its Treasurer. He is a graduate of Azusa Pacific University and attended Fuller Theological Seminary.
Scott is currently the Missions Minister at Brentwood Baptist Church in Brentwood, Tennessee. A native of San Jose, California, Scott has served in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong as a student minister and pastor with the International Mission Board (IMB). More recently, Scott served as a IMB trustee.
Jon, along with his family, served as missionaries to Romania. He currently oversees HealthBridge Global, the Christian medical missions ministry that he founded upon his return home. Jon serves on the board of Shepherd’s Staff as its Secretary.
John is currently the Missions Pastor at Maranatha Chapel in San Diego, California. He is a former practicing attorney and pharmaceutical company executive with extensive experience in developing and supporting start-up companies.
Dr. Lisa Hoff has worked extensively within the Chinese community for more than twenty-five years as an educator, intercultural trainer and business entrepreneur. Lisa is currently an Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies at Gateway Seminary in Ontario, California.
OVER 230 MISSIONARIES
SENT
NOW SERVING IN OVER 60
COUNTRIES
FROM OVER 130
CHURCHES
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
