Mission

We endeavor to bring the message of Christ’s passion to hurting, hungry, hardened and hopeless people in post-crisis nations through sustainable relief and development projects in cooperation with local churches and other local and international organizations.

Values

We are committed to and passionate about:

Jesus Christ

It is important that New Mercies Ministries remain a Christ-centered endeavor.  We will exert intentional effort to keep the gospel at the forefront of our relief and social justice work. New Mercies has more than a Christian motivation or beginning, but endeavors to also bring glory to God through our means and end.  We intend to accomplish this by living and working according to biblical principles and also valuing the following.

Sharing the Gospel and Making Disciples

We aim to share the gospel and make disciples by showing God’s love in word, action and attitude.
We believe that personal and national restoration or renewal ultimately has little to do with meeting physical needs. Therefore, sharing our faith will be an intentional and purposeful element of every project.
We recognize the importance of connecting believers with a local church, where possible.
We endorse and affirm the primary role of national Christians to reach the people of their nation.

Mobilization

We are called to engage those who may not typically feel called to international ministry or service, but who have a valuable area of professional expertise which could meet a specific permanent or short-term need.
We are called to release national Christians to do the work of the ministry in their own nation and beyond.
We are called to create opportunities for the involvement of diverse groups of internationals who live passionate, open and contagious lives of steadfast commitment to Christ.
Recognizing the mutual benefit, we endeavor to mobilize churches and other groups on both a personal and financial level.

Relationships

It is crucial that we and those with whom we work walk in integrity and are upright in relationships.
We are not called to start a project and then hand it over.  Rather, we are called to start projects with our national partners so that both they and the community have ownership of the project throughout its lifecycle.
We recognize the global completeness of the Body of Christ.  Therefore, we do not assume that either nationals or internationals will have all the answers or resources.  Cooperation and partnership is essential to the success of individual projects and the ministry as a whole.

Founders and Directors: Charlie and Karen Oglesby