What We Believe & Our Mission

GFA’s Mission

Our mission in life is to be devout followers of Christ and to live lives fully pleasing to Him. God has given us a special love for people in need who do not know of Christ's love, and it is our desire to minister to them and help them through ministries like education programs, health initiatives and practical gifts, and through the spiritual transformation that brings about peaceful hearts, restored relationships and mended lives. We do this all in community and in partnership with the global Body of Christ.

What We Believe

We Believe ...

That the Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God, given to us by the Church - “the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15).

The Nicene Creed to be the official Creed of the Holy Church.

In one God, Creator of all things, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and that these three are co-eternal and of equal dignity and power.

In the deity of Jesus Christ; His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit; His virgin birth; His sinless life; His death on a cross; His bodily resurrection; His ascension to the right hand of the Father; and His personal, imminent return.

That man was created by and for God; that by man's disobeying God, every person incurred spiritual death, which meant they were no longer in communion with God, and physical death was the consequence; and that all people are given the option of being redeemed and restored to God.

The Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins and that all who believe in Him are declared righteous because of His victory over death and are, therefore, in right relationship with God.

Salvation means far more than being “saved from sin; we are saved for sonship, to be divinely adopted sons and daughters of God. Forgiveness is the precondition for God’s greater gift, the gift that will last beyond our death: the gift of divine life” (1 Corinthians 15:3-7).

Believers in Christ are destined to share in the life of the Holy Trinity. Sharing in the life of God, as God has shared in our humanity (1 Peter 1:4).

In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit indwelling all believers and thus enabling and empowering the life and ministry of the believer.

In the bodily resurrection of everyone who has lived, the everlasting blessedness of those in right relationship with God, and eternal separation for those who have rejected God's forgiveness in His Son.

The sacrament of marriage to be ordained by God as a holy union between one man and one woman as biologically defined at birth.

GFA Distinctives

Focusing on the “Least of These”

Our focus and goal as a ministry is to serve and minister to children, families and entire communities who are underserved and impoverished across Asia. Each aspect of service is motived by our love for Jesus.

Supporting National Missionaries

National missionaries have few or no cultural barriers to overcome. They can readily integrate and fellowship with those who, unlike their western counterparts, only know their Asian culture. While national workers do face difficult obstacles as they serve, they still have an enormous advantage over their co-workers from North America and other non-Asian lands.