Publish

Around the year 2000, the decision was made to formulate a written mission statement for the Apostolic Faith work—one that would reflect what God called the organization to in the past, but also serve as a challenge and direction for the future. The leadership determined that it should provide both a corporate and individual challenge, and should be suitable for the headquarters church in Portland as well as for the branch church congregations around the world.

Three unique aspects of this work were identified as being central to the mission of the Apostolic Faith. The first is the emphasis placed on prayer. The second is that the organization continues to uphold the original doctrines taught at the Azusa Revival of 1906. The third is that since the days when Florence Crawford first labored to produce news reports about the revival, the organization has been aware of a clear and definite call to publish the Gospel. These three points formed the basis for the mission statement, which is as follows:

The mission of the Apostolic Faith Church is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We accomplish this as we:

Pray – We make prayer the basis of every ministry and encourage communion with God as the way we grow to spiritual maturity in Him.

Preach – We emphasize the original Pentecostal doctrines of salvation, sanctification, and the baptism of the Holy Spirit, continually striving to develop fully committed disciples of Jesus Christ.

Publish – We publish the Gospel through the printed word, the spoken word, and through our personal lives, daily looking for opportunities to spread the message, “Ye must be born again.”

In summary, prayer is the basis, preach is the message, and publish is the challenge.