O.W.N.

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature."

Orphans Widows Neighbors. O.W.N. is a ministry focused on God's glory, the proclamation of the Gospel, and serving the community. Our hope is that lost souls will find our website and be challenged by the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and that people would awaken to repentance and faith in Jesus Christ!  Also, we hope that our ministry will encourage the church with events and reports of God's working in our community. 

What We Believe

We believe it is important to declare what we believe; the authority of God's Word is our foundation. Having said that, we want to make it clear that how we believe is not nearly as important as Who we believe in or the authority of His Word. Sometimes we're wrong, sometimes we fail, sometimes we drop the ball and misunderstand truth in our application. In such cases we need to repent and confess our sins to Christ and go back to His Word. The best creed won't give a man salvation.

For that reason, we want it to be clear that first and foremost we believe in Jesus, for He is the Christ! By God's Spirit we understand God's Word, which is 100% true. Unfortunately, we are not. We are still sinners, but His Word and Spirit will battle our flesh until Christ brings us home! In other words, we believe we must trust Jesus, in God's Word, much more than any one of our doctrines or creeds. 

God is much bigger than our best and biggest boxes. We stand on His Word, His promises, His power; only because we have been given the gift of life, by Jesus Christ choosing to call us friends. Jesus is our Savior! 

So please keep in mind, as you check out our official statement of what we believe below, that this is merely a human attempt to completely describe the One in whom we believe; the One who is completely indescribable! 

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative, and inerrant Word of God (II Timothy 3:15-17, II Peter 1:21).

We believe there is one God, eternally existing in three persons: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1, Deuteronomy 6:4, Matthew 28:19, John 10:30).

We believe in the deity of Christ (John 10:33); His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:34-35); His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15, 7:26); His miracles (John 2:11); His vicarious and atoning death (I Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9); His resurrection (John 11:25, I Corinthians 15:4); His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19); His personal return to earth in power and glory (Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11-16).

We believe in the absolute necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit for salvation because of the exceeding sinfulness of the human nature, and that all are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ, and that only by God's grace through faith alone are we saved (John 3:16-19; 5:24, Romans 3:23; 5:8-9, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 3:5).

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; those who are saved unto the resurrection of life, and those who are not unto the resurrection of damnation (John 5:28-29).

We believe in the spiritual unity of the believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 8:9, I Corinthians 12:12-13, Galatians 3:26-28).

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life (Romans 8:13-14, I Corinthians 3:16, 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30; 5:18).

We believe that we as Christians are examples of the love of God in this world. It is this (agape) love that we desire to possess and without which we have no right to call ourselves Christians (I John 4:16-17).

We believe it is the mandate of the whole Church to go into the whole world and to preach the Gospel to every living creature. (Mark 16:15, Matthew 28:19-20)