At All-Nations, we have identified three pairs of complementary core values. As we hold these values in tension, they provide boundaries and define a clear path for us. They keep us on track.
Our first core value pair is Tradition and Innovation: embracing our Anabaptist heritage, acknowledging its values and strengths, while stepping forward boldly to take new territory in Jesus’ name.
We Embrace Tradition
Our identity is anchored in the conservative Anabaptist community we serve, according to the Scriptures, and in line with the historic pilgrim church.
We seek to be faithful and thorough, resisting novel approaches that overrate speed and acceptability in translation. We partner with churches committed to the same principles in church planting.
We Encourage Innovation
We seek to be current with the latest technology and resources as long as they support faithfulness and thoroughness in translation.
But this value applies to more than Bible translation.
As conservative Anabaptist churches pursue faithfulness to God’s will, every congregation must consider its place in making disciples among the nations. For some, this includes the unfamiliar work of sending members to people groups without the Bible in their language. We walk beside churches in this work of faith.
Is today like the day of Joshua? The LORD told Joshua when His people were tempted to settle down in their inheritance: “There is yet much land to be possessed!”