About Us

About Teen Mission Namibia

We believe that young people are valuable to God and that they don’t need to wait until they grow up to be involved in His mission. God has uniquely created them, and they have something important to contribute today! We want to see a generation of Namibia’s young people impassioned for missions, and influencing their local churches to be involved in missions as well. 

Therefore, Teen Mission Namibia exists to inspire and equip young people to be involved in God’s mission in Namibia and the world. Our strategy is three-fold:

• Train young people in a biblical understanding of God’s mission
• Teach them ministry skills applicable in a cross-cultural context, and
• Give them practical opportunities to serve others and share God’s good news.

Core Values (our guiding principles)

Bible-based

We believe that the Bible is God’s final revelation and authority for our lives. All our teaching and training is grounded in the Bible. (2 Tim 3:16-17)

Disciple Making

We are committed to inviting people into relationship with God through Christ alone. Furthermore, we will disciple young people as followers of Jesus. Our multi-teared approach is designed to train up young people in Christian leadership and spiritual maturity. (Matt 28:18-10; 2 Tim 2:2)

Interdenominational

We are not a ministry tied to any denomination or church. We believe that, while there are some doctrines fundamental to Christianity (please see SIM’s Statement of Faith below), there is also a variety of opinions on other non-core doctrines which expresses the diversity of the Body of Christ. Therefore, our leaders and participants come from a variety of evangelical Christian churches and denominations. (Ps 133:1)

Youth-focused

Our target group is young people, specifically those age 15-25. This age group is still deciding what they will live for. They are excited, energetic, and want to be involved in something bigger than themselves. Therefore, we want to influence them to live for God and His mission, and use that passion to influence others.

Teen Mission Namibia is a ministry of SIM Namibia, a non-profit organization seeking to make disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ in communities where He is least known. For more information on SIM Namibia, see below.

Who is SIM Namibia

SIM Namibia is a local entity of SIM International, an evangelical, interdenominational, non-profit mission organisation seeking to make disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ in communities where He is least known.

SIM International is present in over 70 countries with over four thousand workers from 60+ nationalities. As a general mission organisation, we have several initiatives, and our mission workers serve in a wide variety of career fields. Our local entity in Namibia focuses on four strategic priorities: 1) discipleship; 2) children & youth; 3) networking, and 4) mobilizing for mission.

For more information on SIM, visit our website at www.sim.org

Statement of Faith

As an interdenominational organization, we affirm the following traditional evangelical doctrines:

1. God: There is one God who exists eternally in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God is the almighty Creator, Saviour, and Judge who governs all things according to His sovereign will and is accomplishing His purposes in creation and in the Church to His glory.

2. The Father: God the Father is the source of all that is good. He initiates creation and redemption, which He accomplishes through His Son and the Holy Spirit.

3. The Son: Jesus Christ, both fully God and fully man, entered history as Saviour of the world. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, and lived an exemplary, sinless life in perfect submission to the Father and in loving relationships with others. He died on a cross, rose bodily and ascended to heaven where He is advocate for His people and is exalted as Lord of all.

4. The Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit makes the work of Christ effective to sinners, giving spiritual life and placing them into the Church. He indwells all believers, empowers them to love, serve, witness and obey God, equips them with gifts and transforms them to be increasingly like Christ.

5. God’s Written Word: The Bible, consisting of the Old and New Testaments, is God’s written Word, revealing for all peoples His character and purposes. It is the final authority in all matters relating to belief and behaviour. The Holy Spirit moved the human authors of the Bible so that what they wrote is inspired, fully reliable, and without error in all it affirms.

6. Salvation: Christ’s sacrificial death, in which He bore the punishment due to sinners, is the only and all-sufficient basis of God’s provision of salvation for all people of every culture and age, expressing His love and satisfying His justice. By God’s grace the repentant sinner, through trusting alone in the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour, is put right with God, adopted by the Father into His family and receives eternal life.

7. The Human Race: Humanity is the climax of God’s earthly creation, bearing His image, designed for relationship with Him, and being the object of His redeeming love. All people have sinned. This results in guilt, death, and alienation from God as well as the defacing of every aspect of human nature. People are unable to save themselves from sin’s penalty and power and from Satan’s dominion.

8. The Church: The universal Church is made up of all who have been born of the Spirit. It finds local expression in communities of believers called by God to worship, fellowship, proclaim the Gospel, and make disciples among all peoples, reflect God’s character, engage in works of compassion, contend for truth and justice and celebrate baptism and communion.

9. The Spirit World: The holy angels are personal spirit beings who glorify God, serve Him, and minister to His people. Satan is a spiritual being who was created by God but fell through sin. He, along with other evil spirits, is the enemy of God and humanity, has been defeated by the work of Christ, is subject to God’s authority and faces eternal condemnation.

10. The Future: The Lord Jesus Christ will visibly return to the earth in glory and accomplish the final triumph over evil. God will make everything new. The dead will be raised and judged. Unbelievers will suffer eternal punishment in separation from God; believers will enter into a life of eternal joy in fellowship with God, glorifying Him forever.