BMDF MISSION STATEMENT
“Enhancing and changing lives
through fellowship and healthcare missions
throughout the world.”
STATEMENT OF FAITH
WE BELIEVE:
- In the divine inspiration, integrity, and complete authority of the Bible as the Word of God.
- In the unique Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ who was and is fully God and fully man.
- In the substitutionary sacrificial death of Jesus Christ as the necessary atonement for sins.
- In the presence and power of the Holy Spirit in the work of regeneration.
- In the resurrection of the just and unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting judgment on the lost.
- In the commandment of Jesus to His followers, “to make disciples of all nations,” to establish New Testament churches, and cooperate with all believers in fulfilling His Great Commission.
BMDF OBJECTIVES:
- Strive as individuals and an organization to be instruments in God’s hands to bring persons to faith in Jesus Christ and to physical and spiritual wellness.
- Lead members to demonstrate the Lordship of Jesus Christ in their individual lives, homes, local churches, in their practices, and in the world.
- Recruit new members who share a sense of call to the mission of BMDF with special attention to reaching students, ethnics, and female healthcare professionals.
- Provide medical missions counsel and support to individuals, churches, associations, state conventions, denominational entities, and other Christian organizations, consistent with BMDF’s mission and objectives.
- Create linkages and partnerships with the worldwide Baptist community and with other Great Commission Christians to carry out the mission of BMDF.
- Communicate completely and passionately the mission of BMDF by the most effective means available to the widest possible audience.
- Describe, endorse, promote and evaluate effective, ethical healthcare mission projects both nationally and internationally.
- Inspire formation of new Christian healthcare fellowships in other countries while amplifying community with and assistance to existing fellowships.
- Provide counseling to healthcare students and foster among them a desire to develop a lifestyle of personal involvement in Christian missions.
- Expand international healthcare missions support by increasing the response to requests from the field for spiritual, emotional and physical assistance.
- Share the good news of Jesus Christ in North America by providing quality healthcare to those with limited access without regard to their culture, religion, ethnicity, or financial status.
- Be intentional in being disciple makers among health professionals and others through local ministries, evangelistic mission projects, and church planting where appropriate.