Bridge the gap
Heal the land
A vision for the Great Commission from Armenia
A frontier of faith in a dry and weary land
A witness of mercy in the presence of our enemies
An island of Christianity in a sea of Islam
They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.
Isa 61:4
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
1 Pet 3:9
Connect through mobilization, prayer, and giving.
Mobilize
Build the bridge through reconciliation and restoration
pray
Build the altar through intercession and worship
give
Partner with us to support the work of training, sending, and building.
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Vision
To bless the nations through effective partnerships among the global body of Christ.Mission
The aim of ARC is to serve as a bridge between frontline indigenous mission workers and those who desire to partner with such mission initiatives.ARC seeks to provide a context for laborers among proximate people groups (*PPG) to establish relationships with likeminded people for the sake of personal connection, prayer support, financial partnership, and the sharing of other kinds of creative resource.We hope that as these bonds are formed, you will experience the mutual edification and joy of laboring together as a global body as we each take up our stations and operate in our strengths.
*A proximate people group (PPG) is defined as a people group in close proximity to your home country that shares similarities in culture, worldview, language, or a combination of the like. The advantages of mobilizing laborers to work among PPGs are many, such as a greater ease in assimilation, lower financial costs, and common ground which forms natural bonds.
Statement of Faith
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“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen.”
Ephesians 3:21
Welcome to ARC giving
Thank you for partnering to build the bridge to mobilize Armenian laborers to proximate people groups. You are a vital part of the team! Your re-occurring or one-time donation will enable us to continue to serve the indigenous church to train and send laborers to the unreached.
GIVE BY CHECK:
You can write a check to "ARC International" and mail it to:PO Box 1880
Oakhurst, CA 93644
Please note all donations are processed in US dollars. All donations are tax-deductible in the United States. ARC International (EIN: 84-5127151) is a Non-Profit Corporation organized in accordance with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Donors who donate more than $249.99 in any given year will be sent tax receipts via mail by January 31.No goods or services are provided in return for contributions. These contributions are made with the understanding that ARC International has complete control and administration over the use of the donated funds.If you selected a recurring giving option, your account will be charged the amount specified according to the frequency specified. This agreement will remain in effect until the donor provides written notice of cancellation or modification of this pledge.To make updates to your recurring gifts or for questions, login to your user account at aplos.com or email us at [email protected]
Mobilize
There are two ways you can engage to build the bridge.SEND: Mobilize Others
ARC seeks to provide the infrastructure to connect you with those on the front lines. There is a movement of called, equipped, and willing laborers right on the doorstep of the unreached. And we can be a part of the supply chain to mobilize them!We are here to provide the opportunity for you and/or your church to adopt an indigenous missionary or missions team. Go here to give towards their training, sending, and on-going support. You may also contact us to partner with a missionary and have a one-on-one connection! Please write to [email protected].**GO: Mobilize Yourself **
Interested in getting involved hands-on? The Great Commission is for everyone! We offer a variety of different programs, trainings, and short-terms trips.We would love to explore what opportunities we have for you. E-mail us at [email protected].
Pray
"Then Noah built an altar to the Lord..."
Armenia was the first place in Scripture where an altar of worship and intercession was built to the Lord. It was here in the land of Ararat where the fragrance of this offering reached God and moved His heart to release mercy on the earth (Gen 8:20-21).Armenia's destiny is still today to be a place of priestly devotion. A place from where the incense of prayer arises as a pleasing aroma to God. It is called to be a conduit of the mercy of the Lord through intercession, touching the harvest fields of the nations through multiplication and fruitfulness (Gen 8:17).
Join us in prayer for Armenia to walk in the fullness of her destiny!
1. Laborers to Reap a Plentiful Harvest"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest field." Matthew 9:37-38Lord of the harvest, we acknowledge the harvest is plentiful and we ask you to raise up and send out laborers into your harvest field.2. Open Doors for Proclamation"Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should." Colossians 4:2-4Lord who opens what no man can shut, we pray that you would strengthen these workers to maintain a life of personal prayer, and we ask for open doors for clear public proclamation.3. Removal of Obstacles for Swift Advancement"Pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you, and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith." 2 Thessalonians 3:2-3Lord, you who have been given all authority in heaven and on earth, we pray that your word would run swiftly through our labors, unhindered by the schemes of the enemy, in Jesus’ Name.
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statement of faith
We believe that only the sixty-six books of the Bible are the inspired and, therefore, inerrant Word of God. The Bible is the final authority for all we believe and for how we are to live. (Mt. 5:18; Jn.10:35, 17:17; 2 Tim. 3:16–17; 2 Pet. 1:20–21)We believe that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, fully God and fully man; that He was conceived and born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, and offered Himself as a penal, substitutionary sacrifice for sinners. By His blood shed at the cross, He obtained for us eternal redemption, the forgiveness of sins and life everlasting. He was raised bodily on the third day and ascended to the right hand of the Father, there to make intercession for the saints forever. (Mt. 1:18–25; Jn. 1:1–18; Rom. 8:34; 1 Cor. 15:1–28; 2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 3:10–14; Eph. 1:7; Phil. 2:6–11; Col. 1:15–23; Heb. 7:25, 9:13–15, 10:19; 1 Pet. 2:21–25; 1 Jn. 2:1–2)We believe that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. No ordinance, ritual, work or any other activity on the part of man is required or accepted in order to be saved. This saving grace of God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, also sanctifies us by enabling us to do what is pleasing in God’s sight in order that we might be progressively conformed to the image of Christ. (Jn. 1:12–13, 6:37–44, 10:25–30; Acts 16:30–31; Rom. 3:1–4:23, 8:1–17, 31–39, 10:8–10; Eph. 2:8–10; Phil. 2:12–13; Titus 3:3–7; 1 Jn. 1:7, 9)We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ baptizes believers in the Holy Spirit, in whom we are also sealed for the day of redemption. The Holy Spirit regenerates, forever indwells, and graciously equips the Christian for godly living and for service. Subsequent to our conversion, the Spirit desires to fill, empower, and anoint believers for ministry and witness. We also believe that signs and wonders, as well as all the gifts of the Spirit described in the New Testament, are operative today and are designed to testify to the presence of the kingdom and to empower and edify the Church to fulfill its calling and mission. (Mt. 3:11; Jn. 1:12–13, 3:1–15; Acts 4:29–30; Rom. 8:9, 12:3–8; 1 Cor. 12:12–13; 2 Cor. 1:21–22; Gal. 3:1–5; Eph. 1:13–14, 5:18)We believe that the one true God exists eternally in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—and that these, being one God, are equal in deity, power, and glory. We believe that God not only created the world but also now upholds, sustains, governs, and providentially directs all that exists and that He will bring all things to their proper consummation in Christ Jesus to the glory of His name. (Ps. 104:1–35, 139:1–24; Mt. 10:29–31, 28:19; Acts 17:24–28; 2 Cor. 13:14; Eph. 1:9–12, 4:4–6; Col. 1:16–17; Heb. 1:1–3; Rev. 1:4–6)We believe that when Christians die, they pass immediately into the blessed presence of Christ, there to enjoy conscious fellowship with the Savior until the day of the resurrection and the glorious transformation of their bodies. The saved will then forever dwell in blissful fellowship with their great triune God. We also believe that when unbelievers die, they are consigned to hell, there to await the Day of Judgment when they shall be punished in the lake of fire with eternal, conscious, and sorrowful separation from the presence of God. (Mt. 25:46; Lk. 16:19–31; Jn. 5:25–29; 1 Cor. 15:35–58; 2 Cor. 5:1–10; Phil. 1:19–26, 3:20–21; 2 Thes. 1:5–10; Rev. 20:11–15, 21:1–22:15)We believe that water baptism and the Lord’s Supper are the two ordinances of the Church to be observed until the time of Christ’s return. They are not a means of salvation, but are channels of God’s sanctifying grace and blessing to the faithful in Christ Jesus. (Mt. 26:26–29, 28:19; Rom. 6:3–11; 1 Cor. 11:23–34; 1 Pet. 3:21)We believe in the literal second coming of Christ at the end of the age when He will return to earth personally and visibly to consummate His kingdom. We believe that the Church will go through the Great Tribulation in great power and victory. We believe the Church will be raptured at the end of the Great Tribulation. We also believe in and are praying for a great end–time harvest of souls and the emergence of a victorious Church that will experience an unprecedented unity, purity, and power in the Holy Spirit. (Ps. 2:7–9, 22:27–28; Jn. 14:12, 17:20–26; Rom. 11:25–32; 1 Cor. 15:20–28, 50–58; Eph. 4:11–16; Phil. 3:20–21; 1 Thes. 4:13–5:11; 2 Thes. 1:3–12; Rev. 7:9–14)We believe that Adam was originally created in the image of God, righteous and without sin. As a consequence of his disobedience, Adam’s posterity is born subject to both imputed and inherent sin, and all humans are therefore, by nature and choice, the children of wrath, justly condemned in the sight of God, wholly unable to save themselves or to contribute in any way to their acceptance by God. (Gen. 1:1–3:22; Ps. 51:5; Isa. 53:5; Rom. 3:9–18, 5:12–21; Eph. 2:1–3)We believe that the Church is God’s primary instrument, through which He is fulfilling His redemptive purposes in the earth. To equip the saints for the work of ministry, God has given the Church apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. We also affirm the priesthood of all believers and the importance of every Christian being joined with and actively involved in a local community of the saints. We believe that women, no less than men, are called and gifted to proclaim the gospel and do all the works of the kingdom. (Mt. 16:17–19; Acts 2:17–18, 42; Eph. 3:14–21, 4:11–16; 1 Tim. 2:11–15; Heb. 10:23–25; 1 Pet. 2:4–5, 9–10)We believe that God has called the Church to preach the gospel to all nations, to especially remember the poor, and to minister to their needs through sacrificial giving and practical service. This ministry is an expression of the heart of the Lord Jesus Christ and is an essential part of the kingdom of God. (Isa. 58:6–12, 61:1; Mt. 5:1–7:28; 28:18–20; Lk. 4:18, 21:1–4; Gal. 2:10; 1 Tim. 6:8)We believe that Satan, originally the great and good angel Lucifer, rebelled against God, taking a multitude of angels with him. He was cast out of God’s presence and is at work with his demonic hosts to establish his counter-kingdom of darkness, evil, and unrest on earth. Satan was judged and defeated at the cross of Christ and will be cast forever into the lake of fire which has been prepared for him and his angels. (Isa. 14:10–17; Ezek. 28:11–19; Mt. 12:25–29, 25:41; Jn. 12:31, 16:11; Eph. 6:10–20; Col. 2:15; 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6; Rev. 12:7–9, 20:10)