OUR CORE VALUES

For over five decades, Georges Houssney has been dedicated to spreading the gospel and equipping believers to stand firm in their faith. At Horizons International, our core values reflect the biblical foundation on which we build our work and ministry. These values shape our mission, guide our outreach, and define our commitment to proclaiming Christ to the nations.

Rooted in God’s truth, they serve as the principles that drive us forward as we continue to expand His Kingdom, staying faithful to the calling that has led us through decades of ministry.

1. BIBLICAL FAITHFULNESS

We are committed to following the biblical blueprint of ministry, and lovingly helping others to do likewise.

Many unbiblical ideas and techniques are being propagated in the world of missions. Horizons is committed to ministering only in biblically faithful ways, and lovingly helping others to do likewise. We do this through various training programs and our website, biblicalmissiology.org. In doing so, we strive to maintain both unity and truth.

2. LOCAL AND GLOBAL

The Great Commission is for every believer, from everywhere to everywhere.

Jesus gave us a mandate to be his witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). In obedience, Horizons exists to proclaim the gospel, disciple the nations, and equip the church locally and globally – simultaneously. Every individual Christian and every local church must think and act globally. 

3. INDIGENOUS CHURCH

We believe in equipping and empowering local churches.

We are committed to supporting, challenging, and equipping churches around the world to become mission sending bases. Our church empowerment program trains and equips each new church community to begin the process of sending missionaries. Church planting is most effective when indigenous churches reproduce themselves and multiply in their regions and beyond.

4. BOLDNESS AND RADICAL FAITH

Christ is worthy of our bold, loving, and courageous witness.

Today, many in the world missions community are gripped by crippling fears. The world needs the kind of fearless witness that we see in the New Testament. We promote open and bold proclamation of the gospel of salvation (Ephesians 6:19-20), and strive to apply this in each unique context, by seeking God's wisdom through His Word, the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and consulting with local believers. The powerful gospel cannot be expressed by secretive and indirect methods. Christ is worthy of our bold, loving, and courageous witness.

5. ORGANISM OVER ORGANIZATION

We strive to operate more like a living organism than an institution.

Today our churches and missions organizations too often operate like businesses or institutions. We strive to be a community, a living organism modeled after the church in the book of Acts. (I Corinthians 12:12) While every organism is highly organized, an organization without the element of organism is lifeless.

6. KINGDOM COLLABORATION

We strive to be Kingdom-minded, resisting a competitive spirit, to support and co-labor with other people of the Kingdom.

Missions is all about the Kingdom of God. We strive to be Kingdom-minded, setting aside a competitive spirit to work alongside other people of the Kingdom – individuals, churches, and organizations – to promote God’s global agenda, which is the gospel.