Mission, Vision and Values

We would like to share with everyone the official mission, vision, and values of Ministerio Juvenil Amor y Esperanza:

Mission:  Fearlessly reaching the forgotten youth of El Salvador with Christ’s love, restoring hope to their lives, and discipling them to become mature and responsible adults, leaders of healthy families, and authentic followers of Christ.

Vision:  To see Salvadoran youth healed through Christ’s love and leading changed, productive, abandoned lives for His glory.     

Our core values are as follows:

1.  Authentic followers of Christ – We believe that following Christ is not a religion, or set of rules that we are to follow, but rather a completely abandoned devotion and submission to our Lord.  We believe that this is not comfortable and requires us to die to ourselves on a daily basis. 

2.  Family – We believe that most of the problems that plague the Salvadoran society are the direct result of the breakdown of the family.  We believe that God created the family and it is the God-ordered responsibility of parents to train up their children in the ways of the Lord.  Although the church plays an important role in the spiritual formation of children and youth, the primary responsibility lies with the family.  It is the place where precious lives are taught the ways of God both by word and especially by example. The cornerstone of a strong society is a strong family unit. As the family begins to fail, so does the surrounding society.  We believe the family should be the second priority (God being the first) to every believer. 

3.  Education – We believe that education can provide youth with hope and an opportunity for a better future.   Education also empowers youth to meet their obligations as parents and citizens. 

4.  Hard Work – We believe that God created us to be productive hard-workers and that all work should be done for His glory.  We believe that youth are particularly called to work hard (Proverbs 10:5) and that poverty is often the result of laziness or poor stewardship. 

5.  Community Service – Jesus said that others will know that we are Christians by our love for one another (John 13:35) and that love is often expressed through deeds (James 2:14-17).  We believe that we are called to reach out to the youth of El Salvador first through action then through words (1 John 3:18).