I wrote this extended Mission Statement back when FH was first created. A lot of unrealized dreams here, but not all. I love the last line, and it still holds true: We take Paul’s admonishment seriously: the only thing that really matters is “faith expressing itself through love” (Galatians 5:6). Our paramount goal is to imitate Christ’s unconditional love toward others and show that actions speak louder than words ever could.
FRONTIER HORIZON MISSIONS STATEMENT
Frontier Horizon is an interfaith organization established to meet the immediate and long-term needs of orphans and destitute people worldwide. We endeavor to accomplish this task in the following ways:
A) Supply food, shelter, medicine, and other basic assistance to orphans, homeless children, the neglected elderly, and impoverished families throughout the world. The organization will actively seek out needs caused by economic instability, political crisis, war, or natural disaster and meet them to the best of its ability. From poor children in the mountains of West Virginia to the massive orphanages in Odesa, Ukraine, to the homeless child or elderly woman on the streets of Managua, Nicaragua, wherever privation exists, we will be.
B) Establish and cultivate working relationships with local third-world government officials to enact long-term improvements in the lives of the poor. This would include easing adoption laws, rebuilding or renovating orphanages and elderly housing, providing proper medical attention, monitoring school attendance, enhancing social activities, and developing relationships with individuals locally and abroad who care about the needy.
C) Forge a vital network with American adoption agencies, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and third-world government adoption agencies to expand opportunities for American families seeking to adopt. Our role would be to connect interested American agencies and families with orphanages worldwide and provide contact information for the proper foreign authorities in each country.
D) Organize mission conferences at churches, synagogues, or community centers across the nation. A major aspect of these events would focus on developing mission trips to third-world countries to provide a firsthand look at the problems these countries face and to encourage adoption possibilities.
E) Although Frontier Horizon is founded on basic Judeo-Christian tenets, we will never base our criteria for assistance on religious beliefs. Our willingness to offer assistance is based solely on the plight of the needy, not their religious affiliation. Likewise, there are no religious demands placed upon potential adoptive families; all we can hope for is a loving, accepting environment in which the child can grow. We take the apostle Paul’s admonishment seriously: the only thing that really matters is “faith expressing itself through love” (Galatians 5:6). Our paramount goal is to imitate Christ’s unconditional love toward others and show that actions speak louder than words ever could.