Navajo Ministries/ Navajo Missions

Summary

Navajo Ministries ("NM") is a religious charity based in Farmington, NM. NM defines five areas of ministry: childcare, reservation, radio, intercessory prayer, and biblical counseling. The childcare ministry provides foster home care to Navajo children in facilities owned and operated by the Mission. In September 1999, a small school began operations as a part of the childcare ministry. The reservation ministry provides outreach to the Navajo population living on the reservation. The Mission's radio ministry operates through its radio station KNMI. The Four Corners Prayer Center is a network of intercessory prayers who pray daily for reconciliation between all tribes and nations, and for reconciliation between God and man. The Biblical Counseling Center primarily provides for the counseling needs of the children and support for the house parents while also meeting the needs of others on and off the reservation. Navajo Missions is designed to provide help and encouragement to people of the Four Corners area of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado - primarily the Navajo.

Navajo Ministries is a nonprofit organization and contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. In addition, it is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

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Navajo Ministries ("NM") is a religious charity based in Farmington, NM. NM defines five areas of ministry: childcare, reservation, radio, intercessory prayer, and biblical counseling. The childcare ministry provides foster home care to Navajo children in facilities owned and operated by the Mission. In September 1999, a small school began operations as a part of the childcare ministry. The reservation ministry provides outreach to the Navajo population living on the reservation. The Mission's radio ministry operates through its radio station KNMI. The Four Corners Prayer Center is a network of intercessory prayers who pray daily for reconciliation between all tribes and nations, and for reconciliation between God and man. The Biblical Counseling Center primarily provides for the counseling needs of the children and support for the house parents while also meeting the needs of others on and off the reservation. Navajo Missions is designed to provide help and encouragement to people of the Four Corners area of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado - primarily the Navajo.

Navajo Ministries is a nonprofit organization and contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. In addition, it is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).

Mission Statement [ Back to top ]

Navajo Ministries communicates its Mission Statement as follows:

"Navajo Ministries serves people, primarily the Navajo, in the Four Corners area of New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado...we help to meet the physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs of Navajo families and children. We will continue to build a future for Navajo families through programs which establish self-sufficiency, resilience and Christian family values."

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Statement of Faith [ Back to top ]

Navajo Ministries communicates its Statement of Faith as the following:

1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, Word of God. II Tim. 3:16, II Pet. 1:21

2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Matt. 28: 19, John 14:16

3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. John 1: 1-2

4. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential. John 14: 16, 17, 26 and I Corinthians 6:19.

5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life. John 3:3, John 3:36, and Romans 10:9, 10

6. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; that they that are saved are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost, unto the resurrection of damnation. I Thessalonians 4:16,17

7. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 3:3-6, Matthew 16:18, and Ephesians 5:25-27

History [ Back to top ]

Navajo Ministries (NM) was founded in 1953 by Jack Drake in a borrowed tent on the western edge of Farmington, New Mexico. NM has become a diverse ministry reaching out to those who are hurting in the Four Corners area. Jim Baker now serves as president since 1987. Its goal is to be a servant to people in need - the Navajo. Food, clothing, and Bibles are distributed to many on the reservation. In addition, Navajo Minstries provides reservation ministry, discipleship training, and marriage seminars. NN provides support to train Navajo people in their own language. Vacation Bible Schools are held in the summer with tent meetings and revivals. Navajo Missions is located just east of the Navajo reservation in Farmington, New Mexico.

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Ranking Category	Rating	Overall Rank	Community Development Sector
Overall Efficiency Rating		308 of 348	21 of 26
Fund Acquisition Decision		308 of 348	21 of 26
Resource Allocation Decision		of 348	21 of 26
Asset Utilization Decision		of 348	21 of 26