Statement of Faith

There is not enough space to put the creeds of the early church, the statements of the reformation, the messages of the major revivals, the things learned from vast missionary work over the centuries or the quotes of the many who led them, had a part and have influenced all of us. Though you will find them smattered throughout the website pages. For those that go directly to pages like this we hope this collection speaks clearly to what our faith is and what it isn’t and help you form your opinions accurately. Our tenets will give you a good glimpse into the way we are choosing to live and work together in the mission of the Larger Gospel. You’ll better understand who we are and why we do what we do. The spirit of these tenants we have borrowed from our friends and allies at Ransomed Heart who have borrowed from others as well. While there are many in the world who hold to them they may help you as they define us a bit more and invite you to see what we hold most true.

Clarity of Mission

There is so much to be done. It’s a given that we can’t do it all. (This will, no doubt, disappoint some who expect more from us.) But we know what our part, our role/mission is, and upon that we focus our resources and plans (Because of our clarity and focus, we refuse to be or do that which is someone else’s mission in the Body).We are a Counseling and Discipleship centered ministry. That message we teach is about the restoration of the heart, walking with God, understanding and experiencing the larger Gospel (life, freedom, restoration) and offering who you are to the world and others rather than going to the world and others to find who you are.

Irreversible Change

Our events, resources, and ministry decisions have the goal of Irreversible change. It’s not only information and education, though that certainly happens, it’s not inspiration though that may be a result; it’s not encouragement though we hope it happens. It’s irreversible change, transformation of hearts and lives.

Walk with God

Early Celtic believers referred to the Holy Spirit as the “Wild Goose”, a name rightly describing the unfettered, free, and wild nature of God [John 3:8]. We submit our decisions to God and listen for His affirmation or counter-intuitive direction.

Staying Small With a Big Message

As a ministry/organization we resist growing. We don’t want to be big, manage regional offices, and have a legion of employees, a large building, multiple departments, and an overhead that we’re enslaved to. We would rather see others catch the vision and carry it into their world as they walk with God. We will grow as God forces us to grow. A popular leadership book entitled From Barbarians to Bureaucrats captures a bit of our fear. There are plenty of bureaucrats! We want our focus to be our mission, not the organization. We plan to remain small, mobile, flexible, and intimate: tribal.

Crawl, Walk, Run

We view our development as an organization in stages: crawl, walk, and run.This assumes a progression over time that requires patience, anticipation, and dreaming/planning/hoping. We are not, now, all that we will be.

Shared Leadership

Zoweh Ministries is led by a community of leaders sharing their gifts, perspectives, and the weight of their lives in a unified voice and direction.We live and work with the deep belief that our hearts are good We are a New Covenant ministry that believes God’s promise to “take away our heart of stone” and to “give us a new heart” has been accomplished by the work of Jesus Christ. We have good hearts. We appeal to the deepest and truest parts of one’s being, believing that as a Christian our deepest and truest desires are for that which is true, honorable, holy, pure, and beautiful. (For more on this we suggest you read John Eldgrede’s book Waking the Dead especially chapters 4 & 5.)

Care for our own heart (not sacrifice our own heart for the ministry)

We will care for our hearts and those of our family. We may say “No” to a genuine opportunity, believing it is necessary for our own intimate relationship with Christ, for those we love most, and for real life to flow from us. We want to give from abundance in Christ, not out of our desperation. We aspire to live and work using the wisdom we’ve gained and listening to God, who at times may guide us in counter-intuitive directions. “Choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom.” (Acts 6:3)“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.” (Ephesians 1:17)

Humility, Love, and Forgiveness

All we have has been given to us as a gift from God: we remember this and pray that all our dealings with people, whether they be for us or against us, would be marked by genuine humility, love, and forgiveness.