Biblical mandate

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of God's throne (Psalm 89:14) There are about 2,000 verses in the Bible speaking to us about God's heart for the poor and oppressed, the widow and the orphan and commanding us to care and share in order for justice to prevail.

James 1:27 says "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." This Scripture also speaks of justice and righteousness.

We cannot look at missions as an arm of the Church, as a passion or calling of a selected group of people in the church. Righteousness and justice are the mission of God, made possible by the sacrifice of Christ on the cross, and we are called, all of us, to join God in His mission of righteousness and justice on the earth.