Who We Are
True North Mission is a reformed, confessional, and evangelical ministry dedicated to forming disciples rooted in the Scriptures, shaped by the gospel, and committed to the local church. We exist to help believers live as faithful sojourners in a changing world—grounded, equipped, and sent.
Our Vision
To see every believer strengthened in the faith, every household living on mission, and every church multiplying communities of disciples who shine the light of Christ.
Our Identity as Sojourners
Scripture teaches that God’s people are pilgrims—citizens of a heavenly kingdom, walking through this world as ambassadors of Christ. This identity shapes everything we do: discipleship, community, mission, and church (re)planting & revitalization.
Our Foundations
- The authority and sufficiency of Scripture
- Gospel-centered discipleship
- Confessional reformed theology (1689 LBCF)
- The centrality of the local church
- A lifestyle of hospitality, mission, and multiplication
Our Mission Statement
To equip believers in the fundamentals of the faith, cultivate Christian convictions within the local church, and mobilize disciples to live as sojourners sent on mission through community fellowships, training, and church-planting pathways.
Our Strategy
- Ground Believers in Truth
Teaching core doctrine, biblical theology, and gospel identity. - Grow Convictions in Community
Helping Christians develop deep roots through their local church. - Gather in Mission-Focused Fellowships
Starting and strengthening Mission Community Fellowships. - Go With the Gospel
Encouraging and supporting church plant, replant, and revitalization efforts.
Ministry Objectives
1. Strengthen Foundations in the Historic Christian Faith
- Provide clear, accessible teaching on the fundamentals of the faith rooted in Scripture and historic confessional orthodoxy.
- Develop resources that help believers understand core doctrines, cultivate discernment, and grow in confidence in the gospel.
- Promote habits of grace—Scripture, prayer, worship, fellowship—that anchor believers in Christ as they navigate life as sojourners.
2. Cultivate Mature Christian Convictions in Local Church Life
- Encourage believers to deepen their commitment to a healthy, biblical, local church as the primary context for worship, discipleship, and mission.
- Partner with churches to offer training that forms Christlike character, strengthens doctrinal convictions, and fosters unity in the body.
- Equip members to live out their faith in everyday callings, demonstrating the gospel through word and deed.
3. Equip Believers for Faithful Mission and Practice
- Provide training pathways that form disciples who can teach others, serve effectively, and lead mission initiatives.
- Resource believers with discipleship materials, leadership tools, and mentoring structures designed to multiply faithful workers.
- Encourage each Christian to embrace their identity as sent sojourners—citizens of heaven living as ambassadors of Christ.
4. Develop and Multiply Mission Community Fellowships
- Start, strengthen, and support missional fellowships aimed at discipleship, service, and evangelistic outreach.
- Equip lay leaders to shepherd small communities with theological clarity, relational warmth, and mission alignment.
- Foster networks of mission communities that partner with local churches to extend their reach and deepen communal discipleship.
5. Encourage and Support Church Planting, Replanting, and Revitalization
- Inspire believers to engage in the work of church multiplication, whether by joining, supporting, or initiating new gospel works.
- Provide training, coaching, and resources for leaders pursuing church planting, replanting, or revitalization efforts.
- Partner with churches and associations to identify strategic locations and opportunities for gospel presence among the spiritually underserved.
6. Create Discipleship Training Materials to Form Faithful Sojourners
- Produce biblically grounded, theologically rich, and practically helpful discipleship materials tailored for individuals, groups, and churches.
- Integrate the biblical theology of sojourning—exiles, pilgrims, ambassadors—into curricula that form a missionary identity.
- Develop guided studies, catechetical tools, and training modules that equip believers to live sent in every sphere of life.
7. Foster a Gospel-Centered Sojourner Mindset for Mission
- Teach believers to see themselves as a pilgrim people—rooted in Christ, walking through this world with purpose, hope, and holiness.
- Encourage a missionary lifestyle that reflects humility, hospitality, sacrifice, and trust in God’s kingdom purposes.
- Mobilize believers to proclaim Christ boldly while living distinctly as citizens of a better country (Heb. 11:13–16).
Distinctives
Biblically Rooted
Every program and resource flows from the authority of Scripture.
Local-Church Committed
MCFs and all True North initiatives exist to complement—not replace—the local church.
Doctrinally Grounded
Anchored in the historic reformed faith and guided by the 1689 Baptist Confession.
Mission-Oriented
We equip believers to live missionally where they live, work, and gather.
Multiplication Focused
Disciples → Leaders → Fellowships → Churches.
THE SOJOURNERS’ CONFESSION OF FAITH
1. Holy Scripture — Our True North
We confess that the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired, inerrant, and sufficient Word of God, the sure compass for all pilgrims in this world. As sojourners and exiles, we submit to Scripture alone for doctrine, life, and mission.
Prooftexts: 2 Tim. 3:16–17; Ps. 119:105; 2 Pet. 1:19–21; Heb. 4:12.
2. God and the Trinity — The Eternal Home of His People
We believe in the one, true, and living God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—who is sovereign over all things and guiding His people toward the better country prepared for them.
Prooftexts: Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; John 4:24; Heb. 11:13–16.
3. Creation and Providence — God Governs Our Pilgrimage
We confess that God created all things very good and upholds and governs all creatures and events according to His wise providence. Our earthly pilgrimage unfolds under His sovereign care, for His glory and our good.
Prooftexts: Gen. 1:1, 31; Ps. 103:19; Col. 1:16–17; Rom. 8:28.
4. Man, the Fall, and Sin — The Exile of Humanity
We believe humanity was created in God’s image but fell through Adam’s sin, bringing guilt, corruption, and exile from God’s presence. All people are born sinners, wandering far from their Maker, unable to return apart from divine grace.
Prooftexts: Gen. 1:26–27; Gen. 3:23–24; Rom. 3:23; Eph. 2:1–3; Rom. 5:12–19.
5. Christ the Mediator — The Way for Wandering Exiles
We confess that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, took on flesh, lived without sin, died as a substitutionary sacrifice, rose bodily, and ascended to the Father. He is the only mediator who reconciles sojourners to God and leads His people through this world and into glory.
Prooftexts: John 1:1,14; 1 Tim. 2:5–6; 1 Pet. 2:24; Heb. 2:14–17; John 14:6.
6. Salvation by Grace — God Calls Wanderers Home
We believe salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. God effectually calls His people out of darkness, grants them repentance and faith, justifies them, adopts them, sanctifies them, and preserves them as pilgrims until they reach their eternal inheritance.
Prooftexts: Eph. 2:4–10; Rom. 3:24–26; 8:14–17, 29–30; 1 Pet. 1:3–5.
7. The Church — The Pilgrim People of God
We confess that the universal Church consists of all who are united to Christ by faith. Local churches are visible gatherings of covenant believers who worship, grow, and walk together as a pilgrim people awaiting the kingdom to come. Christ has given His Church pastors, deacons, discipline, ordinances, and mission to make disciples of all nations.
Prooftexts: Matt. 28:18–20; Acts 2:42–47; 1 Tim. 3; Heb. 10:24–25; 1 Pet. 2:9–12.
8. The Ordinances — Signs for the Journey
We believe that Christ has given two ordinances to His Church:
Baptism, a sign of union with Christ and entrance into the pilgrim people of God; and
The Lord’s Supper, a sign of ongoing fellowship and nourishment as we journey toward the kingdom.
Prooftexts: Matt. 28:19; Rom. 6:3–5; 1 Cor. 11:23–29.
9. Sanctification — Walking as Sojourners and Exiles
We confess that all believers are progressively sanctified by the Spirit through the means of grace as they renounce worldly passions, pursue holiness, and live distinct yet engaged lives in this world as ambassadors of the world to come.
Prooftexts: John 17:14–19; Rom. 8:13–14; Gal. 5:16–25; 1 Pet. 1:13–17; 2:11–12.
10. Mission — Living Sent as Pilgrim Witnesses
We believe every Christian is sent into the world as a witness to Christ. As sojourners, we proclaim the gospel, serve our neighbors, and seek the planting, strengthening, and renewing of Christ’s Church in every place until all nations hear.
Prooftexts: John 20:21; Acts 1:8; 2 Cor. 5:17–21; Rom. 10:14–17; Matt. 24:14.
11. Last Things — The End of Our Pilgrimage
We confess that Christ will return personally and visibly to judge the living and the dead, raise all humanity, renew creation, and bring His redeemed people into the New Heavens and New Earth—our everlasting home.
Prooftexts: Acts 1:11; 1 Thess. 4:13–18; Rev. 21:1–5; 2 Pet. 3:10–13.
12. The Sojourner Hope — Citizens of a Better Country
We affirm that believers, though living in this world, belong to another. Our identity, hope, and allegiance are anchored in the kingdom of Christ. We walk as pilgrims—strangers and exiles—seeking the city that is to come, resting in God’s promises until faith becomes sight.
Prooftexts: Phil. 3:20–21; Heb. 11:13–16; 1 Pet. 1:1; 2:11; Rev. 21:1–4.