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Faith Statement

Motivated by God's love for all people

We are committed to follow in the way of Jesus in our development model

Motivated by God’s love for all people, and specifically by his special concern for the poor and vulnerable, Agros International empowers families and communities to build a life and a future established in opportunity and hope.

Agros’ mission is inspired and animated by the life of Jesus Christ. Agros’ work is an expression of Jesus’ Kingdom mission in the world: a mission of healing and reconciliation of persons, peoples, and systems (Is. 65:17 – 25). Jesus spent his time with the brokenhearted, the disenfranchised, and the marginalized. He elevated the status of women and modeled an alternative worldview that challenges injustice. We are inspired by the conviction that we too are invited into his Way of living and that we have opportunity to participate with him in his healing work in the world.

Core to Agros’ mission is to invite others to join with us. We are fully invested in authentic, life-giving relationships. At the heart of Agros’ work is the formation of a broad community of engaged and compassionate people dedicated to partnership in this healing mission.

Our Roots and Commitment

Our Values

The Agros board and staff are committed to follow Jesus and to live in response to his most important command: to love God and love our neighbor. Our faith is rooted in the belief that this love transforms everything. In light of these convictions, we commit as a team to the following values:

  • We strive to reflect God’s grace to one another and those whom we serve. Our primary motivation is to answer Jesus’ call to serve the poor.
  • We carry out our work in humility, partnership, and participation with those whom we serve. We recognize that love is the supreme value, that relationship is an open invitation, and that our actions speak eloquently of our faith. In the course of our work, and in respect to persons and context, we speak honestly and openly of our faith without being prescriptive or coercive.
  • We serve the poor without requiring or prohibiting religious participation or denominational affiliation.
  • We strive to be intentional in personal and corporate spiritual practices—prayer, engaging Scripture, and becoming a community of support and accountability as means of growing in our personal faith.

New Heavens and a New Earth

Isaiah 65: 17-25

17 “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.
19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more.

20 “Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child; the one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

21 They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

 

 

22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them.
24 Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.
25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the Lord.

We are committed to follow in the Way of Jesus in our development model: love of God and neighbor lived out in faith and authentic relationships, expressing generosity in the service of justice and dignity.