Micah Challenge core values and operating principles
1. Core Values
The Good News:
We affirm that the good news of Jesus demonstrates concern for the spiritual, physical, mental, social, economic and emotional well being of people.
Committed to Jesus:
We seek to serve Jesus Christ in all we think, we say, we do and we are.
Committed to the Bible:
The Bible, God’s word, is foundational to our relationship with God and all that we do. We seek to be obedient to biblical teaching, evaluating our work and attitudes in its light.
Committed to working with those living in poverty:
We affirm the worth of each individual, especially those men and women, girls and boys who live in poverty, whatever their gender, ethnicity, race, religion or social status.
Committed to Justice:
We recognise that God requires his people to live in a way that reflects his standards of justice, which include speaking and acting with and on behalf of poor women and men, boys and girls.
Committed to Prayer:
Prayer underlies everything we do. We are committed to deepening our knowledge of God and his will and to bringing before him the needs of the world.
Committed to Relationships:
We are committed to partnership based on good relationships with others, affirming the equal worth of each individual made in God’s image, female and male, showing compassion and integrity in our dealings with others.
Committed to learning and sharing:
We are committed to learning from others, sharing with them and making appropriate changes.
Committed to efficiency and accountability:
We are accountable to God, to our supporters, partners and to poor men and women, girls and boys. We are committed to being honest and transparent in all we do. We are committed to making what we do consistent with what we say.
2. Operating Principles
The Operating Principles describe how we aspire to carry out our work. They show what our beliefs look like when expressed as practical service with poor people.
Good News:
We shall support Micah Challenge and the Micah Call.
We shall work towards holistic change in our communities and churches, seeking to reach the spiritual, physical, mental, social, economic and emotional well being of people.
We shall work towards greater justice and less poverty. Our vision for mobilisation of Christians goes beyond the Millennium Development Goals, but we see them as a useful and promising agenda. We will work towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and seek to contribute towards a major impact with poor women and men, boys and girls.
Committed to Jesus:
We shall serve and support others, be generous in spirit, donating and sharing information and resources for the common goal.
Committed to the Bible and to prayer:
We shall develop our work in line with the Word of God and through guidance in prayer.
Committed to working with those living in poverty:
We shall respect, listen, learn from, serve and empower poor people to meet their basic needs, to overcome injustice and to fulfil their God-given potential.
Committed to justice:
We shall support justice through advocacy with and on behalf of poor men and women, girls and boys.
Committed to relationships:
We shall seek to support local Christian churches, as agents of transformation, with their communities. We shall not seek the promotion of one church or group or interest above that of others.
We shall be participatory, working collaboratively together with other Christians and secular society, with openness, humility and respect. We shall seek to be consensual.
We shall be non partisan in political spheres.
Committed to learning and sharing:
We shall be committed to local and global linkages. We shall work towards the Millennium Development Goals, sharing with and learning from others, respecting gender, ethnicity, race, religion and social status.
Committed to efficiency and accountability:
We shall work towards establishing effective management structures and the efficient use of resources
We shall aim to be transparent, share and disseminate information and lessons learnt.