Word from the founders
Tentmakers' Ministry puts the foremost emphasis on youth. We believe that God has a special plan for young people in these last days. God chooses the weak things of the world to shame the strong (I Corinthians 1:27). And He will silence the enemy through the praise of the young people (Psalms 8:2). Today's young people are living in the world with an incomparable amount of temptations and pressures. It is because the enemy knows that God has a special plan for them, making every effort to pull them into the world. The Tentmakers' Ministry wants to raise and stand beside the young people so that God could use them mightily. We are not satisfied with young people to be merely saved; But we want to make sure they grow spiritually, so that they could reach the stage of spiritual youth or "young men" as described in I John 2:13,14.
The youth of God's family are strong because the word of God lives in them, and overcomes the evil one (I John 2:13,14). Tentmakers' Ministry's vision is to raise young people into these spiritual youth by training them in the word of God and in His Spirit. We intend to accomplish this through regular worship meetings, discipleship training, leadership conferences, and retreats. The second emphasis for Tentmakers' Ministry is on Christian adults. In God's family, God wants fathers to be as good as youth. Spiritual youth need fathers/mothers who would show God's directions and support through love and prayer. The Bible tells us that the spiritual fathers are those who have known God who is from the beginning (I John 2:13,14).
They are spiritually mature people who have intimate relationships with God. They know who God is and understand His plans and ways. As Paul pointed out in I Corinthians 4:15, we do not have many fathers in the church. However, becoming fathers/mothers is our goal in our spiritual maturity and we should never stop growing. Tentmakers' Ministry encourages and helps Christian adults to grow into spiritual fathers/mothers who can raise spiritual youth. We also intend to do this adult ministry through prayer meetings, Bible studies, conferences, and retreats.
THE WORD OF GOD
Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.1 Corinthians 4:15
