Salva Ministries: Core Values

Below is our current best expression of our core values. We hope it resonates with you and inspires you.

Identity is our core. We who belong to Christ are always beloved sons and daughters of God. We do nothing for identity. We do everything because of our identity. Everything flows from our relationship with and to Jesus. (Galatians 2:19-21, 2 Corinthians 5:16-17)

Intimacy is everything. We guard our intimacy with God because our relationship with Him comes before everything else. And everything else - all our fruitfulness - flows from abiding intimately with God. (John 15:1-5, John 17:24)

We build upon the foundation of the Word of God. All we do proceeds from our relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and we receive God's written word as our infallible guide to faith and practice. (Deuteronomy 8:3, Matthew 4:4, 2 Timothy 3:16-17)

We walk in the power of the Holy Spirit. Everything we do is naturally supernatural as the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead now lives in us. We are filled with His grace and goodness as we live out His callings in our lives. (1 Corinthians 2:4-5, Acts 1:7-8, Mark 16:14-20)

We are called to multiply disciples. Living in the overflow of His love, we endeavor to fulfill God's command make disciples who grow from babes to adults to spiritual fathers and mothers, continuing the multiplication process. This is what healthy spiritual life looks like. (Matthew 28:18-20, John 17:19-21)

Love defines us, because it defines those who are Christ’s. It is first and last about His great love for us, and from that, it is about our love for our world. Love looks like actions that meet the needs of others, that compassionately labor to make a difference in the lives of individuals. Jesus' love for us and for all individuals is the compelling power behind our efforts. And this is the labor God has called us all to. (John 13:34-35, John 3:16-17)

Trustful risk-taking. Stepping courageously across the chicken line to reach someone with Jesus’ presence, love, and power will always be a marker for our love for our world, for reverent obedience to the Holy Spirit, and for a passion to become all that He wants us to become. We have a passion to be ambassadors of reconciliation to bring lost future sons and daughters home to the Father. (2 Corinthians 5:14-21, Matthew 25:31-40)

Generosity. Love is measured in giving of ourselves, our time, our prayers, our gifts, our resources. We will pour ourselves into the initiatives the Lord Jesus directs us to. The extravagance of our love for Him will be seen in this way. (Acts 20:34-36, 2 Corinthians 8:1-4)

Rest is our natural state in Christ. We relax in the perfection of what He finished in His crucifixion, burial, and resurrection from the dead. We rest in Who He is, in His complete victory over darkness, in His boundless love and grace for us, in His presence within us, and in His love and power flowing through us to others. All we do we do from this place of rest. This is how His Kingdom operates. (Matthew 11:28-30, Hebrews 4:1-11)

Childlikeness. The unfailing love of God invites us to approach Him as young children would approach a loving parent: dependent, joyful, trusting in His love, playful, sincere, humble, authentic. This is how everyone enters into and functions effectively in His Kingdom - through childlikeness. (Matthew 19:14, Matthew 18:1-5, Luke 12:29-32)

Relational depth. We are created to live in community with one another, and we will cultivate environments in which healthy relationships can flourish and multiply. Trust emerges in these gardens of mutual love and respect. From that trust, we help one another grow, follow Christ, become more like Him, and multiply the process of more and more people meeting, following, and becoming like Christ. We cultivate a culture of honor for those inside and outside our community and we work diligently to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (Ephesians 4:1-4, Acts 2:41-42, Galatians 6:1-2)

Freedom is worth contending for. Christ has made us free through His death, burial, and resurrection. A central part of our Kingdom mandate is to propagate that freedom everywhere it will be entered into. Therefore, we oppose bondage, oppression, sickness, disease, and injustice in all its forms. We are determined to have Jesus, the Lamb of God, receive the full reward of His suffering - life, love, joy, peace, freedom, and wholeness in the spirits, souls, and bodies of everyone who will let Jesus love them. (Galatians 5:13-14, Luke 4:17-21, 1 John 3:8)

We must have the Presence of Jesus. He is the Desire of the nations. He upholds everything in existence by His own power. Whenever His presence is experienced, nothing is safe from being impacted and radically changed by His love and power. Everything we do proceeds from the love of the Father to the Son and we magnify Jesus in all we do. Jesus is our ultimate treasure and reward! (Luke 10:38-42, John 1:29, Revelation 1:10-18)