Spirit & Truth Fellowship International is a worldwide community of Christians who desire to make known the written Word of God so as to proclaim the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ. As a legal entity, we are a non-profit, tax-exempt United States (Indiana) corporation.
The fellowship and community arm of the ministry, including our events and the infrastructure (support services and finances) operates under the banner of Spirit & Truth Fellowship International. At the same time, Christian Educational Services is the publication and production arm of our ministry. Thus, the organization, like a human body, has two arms with which to reach out.
Our Mission Statement is: "To provide sound, biblically-based teaching and build a spiritually-empowered fellowship community so that all people may have the opportunity to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth, enter into a transforming relationship with Jesus Christ, and become established in faithful and fruitful Christian living."
Our Vision Statement is: "Building a global community of committed Christians living the truth in love."
Spirit & Truth Fellowship International is accomplishing its overall mission by way of live speakers, audio and videotapes, books, and literature, as well as many different kinds of camps and conferences for all ages. Our biblically based teachings point people towards having the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord of their lives. The materials produced by Spirit & Truth Fellowship International are designed to assist individual spiritual growth as well as to support local fellowships and churches in the Fellowship Community. We encourage Christians to apply these teachings in their local areas in community with other likeminded believers.
Spirit & Truth Fellowship is composed of an International Headquarters and an international network of independent local groups of Christians.
This "Fellowship Community" is made up of believers who freely affiliate themselves with us because they are in agreement with our Statement of Beliefs and Code of Conduct, and have seen the quality of their lives improve by their association with us and what we have to offer. Our goal is to be a "full service" ministry where people can come and find wholeness for themselves, as well as an arena in which to exercise their own unique callings in the Body of Christ.
Our name is partially derived from Jesus' statement in John 4:23 that God is seeking people to worship Him "in spirit and in truth." As that is the only thing stated in Scripture that God seeks, we believe it is imperative that our ministry is oriented to that way of honoring our God. We are a community of worshipers, knit together by the love of God and a common belief of His Word ("the truth"). We seek to empower each believer involved in our ministry to exercise his own unique giftings in accordance with his personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ
The basis for all our efforts is the Bible, which we believe to be the Word of God, perfect in its original writing. So-called errors, contradictions, or discrepancies are the result of man's subsequent interference in the transmission of the text, mistranslations, or failure to understand what is written. Spirit & Truth Fellowship International draws from all relevant sources that shed light on the integrity of Scripture, whether in the field of geography, customs, language, history, or principles governing Bible interpretation. Our goal is to seek the truth without respect to tradition or "orthodoxy."
Jesus said that knowing the truth would set one free, and our teachings are oriented to improving one's quality of life. Our goal is to provide healthy biblical teaching that helps people enjoy the fruits of salvation and authentic Christ-like living. When accurately understood, the Word of God brings great deliverance from fear, doubt, and worry, and leads the individual Christian to genuine freedom, confidence, and joy in living. Beyond such practical blessings, however, our goal is to enable each believer to study the Bible for himself so that he is able to develop his own convictions, separate truth from error, become an effective communicator of God's Word, and successfully live in community with other committed Christians.
