International Teams

Summary

International Teams ("IT") is an evangelical missionary organization with short-term and career teams in Western, Eastern and Central Europe. IT helps churches reach out to a needy world through ministries that emphasize evangelism, show compassion, and develop people. To achieve this purpose, IT organizes teams, provides team members with training and personalized care, and encourages innovation in ministry. It was founded in 1960 by Kevin G. Dyer.

This organization is a nonprofit. Contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. It is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

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Purpose [ Back to top ]

International Teams ("IT") is an evangelical missionary organization with short-term and career teams in Western, Eastern and Central Europe. IT helps churches reach out to a needy world through ministries that emphasize evangelism, show compassion, and develop people. To achieve this purpose, IT organizes teams, provides team members with training and personalized care, and encourages innovation in ministry. It was founded in 1960 by Kevin G. Dyer.

This organization is a nonprofit. Contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. It is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

Mission Statement [ Back to top ]

International Teams' Mission Statement is:

Driven by its purpose to make Jesus Christ known and see lives transformed by the power of God. The following eight objectives are what IT strive to accomplish both externally in the world and internally as the community of International Teams. IT recognizes these objectives as characterized here are a high calling. The ministry's desire is not to give the impression its meeting all these standards but that it is committed to striving toward them in all that it does.

External Objectives
Proclaim and Demonstrate the Gospel
Equip and Enable People
Motivate and Mobilize Christians

Serve and Establish Churches:
Build and Strengthen Quality Teams
Train and Equip Team Members
Foster Personal Care of Team Members
Strive for Innovation and Excellence

Program Accomplishments [ Back to top ]

International Teams communicates the following accomplishments:

Evangelism, church planting, relief and development - assisting overseas nationals in starting new churches, providing health services, medicine, food, education for economically disadvantaged.

Missions awareness and education - educating churches in overseas ministry opportunities.

Missionary training - education of those interested in overseas missions.

In 2002, 600 missionaries are serving around the world with International Teams.

55 countries have team, there are over 1000 supporting churches and over 92 team locations.

Statement of Faith [ Back to top ]

International Teams' Statement of Faith is:

1. WE BELIEVE in one God, eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

2. WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of the virgin Mary, was true God and true man existing in one person and was without sin. We believe in His representative and substitutionary sacrifice, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the Father, His present life as Lord of all, High Priest, and Advocate, and His personal return in power and glory.

3. WE BELIEVE that the Holy Spirit indwells and gives life to believers, enables them to understand and apply the Scriptures, empowers them for godly living, and equips them for service and witness.

4. WE BELIEVE the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God, without error in the original documents, fully trustworthy, and the final authority in all matters of Christian faith and life.

5. WE BELIEVE that each member of the human race is fallen, sinful and lost; that the shed blood of Jesus Christ provides the only ground for forgiveness of sins and justification to all who receive Him by faith; and that only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can they become children of God.

6. WE BELIEVE that the one, holy, universal Church is the body of Christ, composed of all regenerate people. This redeemed community worships God and seeks to proclaim the Good News to all people.

7. WE BELIEVE in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting punishment of the lost.

International Teams also accepts the Lausanne Covenant and the World Evangelical Fellowship Statement of Faith.

History [ Back to top ]

In 1960 the Lord called Kevin and Eloise Dyer to start Literature Crusades, later to be known as International Teams. Their vision was to send teams of missionaries to do evangelism, distribute Bibles and offer correspondence courses throughout Asia. This first team of 6 missionaries traveled to Calcutta, India in 1961. For the past 40 years, International Teams has been committed to mobilizing international teams to build transforming communities.

Ministry Needs [ Back to top ]

International Teams (IT) communicates the following needs:

IT is looking for qualified persons to serve on short term teams and two-years teams. The organization is also has career opportunities available. Please call the ministry for more details. IT is also in need of donations to support individual missionaries, purchase supplies and equipment, conduct training and support ministry sites.

IT also asks prayer for ministries, missionaries, volunteers for administrative work, business consulting, fundraising, building and ground maintenance

Research Analysis

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MinistryWatch.com 5 Star Financial Efficiency Ratings [ Back to top ]

Ranking Category	Rating	Overall Rank	Foreign Missions Sector
Overall Efficiency Rating		140 of 348	29 of 54
Fund Acquisition Decision		140 of 348	29 of 54
Resource Allocation Decision		of 348	19 of 54
Asset Utilization Decision		of 348	19 of 54