Mission Statement

Our Vision and Mission

The Children's Bread Ministries exists to help Christians to truly know and believe, by faith, the transforming truth of God’s word. It is essential for every believer to know their new identity in Christ and how to biblically resolve personal and spiritual conflicts which hold them back from experiencing abundant life in Christ.

The Christian life is a growth process toward maturity, resulting in Christ-likeness. When you got saved, no one instantly hit a reset button in your life. You came into this new relationship with wrong ways of thinking, ingrained through patterns, and spiritual baggage of lies and unforgiveness.

The bible describes this growth process in 1 John 2 as growing from

1. a LITTLE CHILD who simply knows his/her sins are forgiven, toward
2. a YOUNG MAN/WOMAN who are strong with the word of God abiding in him and overcoming the devil, and lastly as
3. a FATHER/MOTHER who have experienced the transforming relationship with God and are reproducing spiritual children.

( Also see: Spiritual Growth for a deeper look )

The road map for a Christian's transformation journey can be listed in order by these spiritual growth destinations

1. Knowing for certain that you are a child of God
2. Knowing and believing your new identity in Christ
3. Establishing a biblical world view regarding your God and your spiritual enemies
4. Resolving personal and spiritual conflicts through genuine faith and repentance
5. Learning to take your thoughts captive and daily renewing your mind with God’s Word

Our classes and one-on-one discipleship are designed to follow this route to spiritual maturity. Our goal is to help you discover your identity, purpose, and abundant life found only in Christ.

The Children's Bread Ministries is a Christ-centered, fully independent, non-denominational ministry to individuals and churches in Western North Carolina (and also the whole world via the internet and this website and our Freedom Courses website). Our vision is to see “Every Believer Living as a Free and Fruitful Disciple of Jesus."

The mission of The Children's Bread Ministries is two-fold:

1. to help individual Christians to experience freedom and fruitfulness as a disciple of Jesus, and
2. to help the local church develop a proven strategy of discipleship based on solid biblical truths and to train disciple-makers for the ministry and message of reconciliation.

The Children's Bread Ministries uses the Freedom in Christ (FICM www.ficm.org) approach to discipleship that has proven effective for nearly 30 years here in the U.S. as well as around the world. It teaches the life transforming truths of the Bible in a manner that people are able to understand and apply them to their daily lives.

The Children's Bread Ministries hosts small group courses, one-on-one discipleship, and individual Steps to Freedom Appointments.

And with the Lord's blessing, direction and help we would like to develop a retreat facility where disciples of Christ can gather to fellowship and grow in spiritual maturity and freedom.