Who We Are
Imisi Ministries is a non-governmental faith-based organization set up for the purpose of exploring and answering foundational and existential questions of life, meaning, purpose, personal development, truth, and faith from a Bible based perspective.
We intend to share insights, experiences, and ideas with individuals, groups, churches, and organizations through lectures, talks, seminars, conferences, and training sessions in apologetics and Christian Evidence, helping people ask the right questions about the universe, life, its origin, its meaning and purpose, and how we all fit into the grand design of things.
We also organize leadership and personal development programmes that enable individuals and teams to solve problems, build capacity, and strengthen resilience, helping them to achieve sustainable outcomes in line with the purpose and direction of God.
Our Vision
To demonstrate that the Christian faith is true and rational and to affirm the authority and trustworthiness of the Bible to all especially young persons while engendering their confidence in its applicability to and sufficiency for every aspect of their lives.
Our Mission
- A generation of Christian leaders who boldly uphold and demonstrate the lifestyle of Christ’s righteousness, practicing their business with Godly ethics and values.
- A cadre of compassionate leaders whose mission is public service and problem-solving. A network of skilled and thriving entrepreneurs in and outside Nigeria who are also compassionate and committed to making life better for others.
- Raising transformational leaders in various fields of endeavor within the marketplace, with innovative solutions to various challenges.
- Young People in Nigeria, within institutions and communities demonstrate a culture of excellence, empathy, public service, innovation, and problem-solving as the norm.
- A generation of resilient, tenacious Nigerians who can solve complex/wicked problems and achieve positive sustainable outcomes despite corrupt institutions and failing systems, the harsh business environment of multiple taxation and levies, and limited infrastructure.
- Communities and diverse citizens who have a mindset of intercultural cohesion, fairness, equal opportunities, and inclusivity as part of their national consciousness.
Our Purpose
- We inspire and challenge people to ask the right foundational and fundamental questions about life, purpose, and meaning.
- We explain and establish the truth and rationality of the Christian worldview in a world that is increasingly antagonistic to God.
- We guide and inspire Godly human values based on biblical perspectives.
- We champion the knowledge and practice of good leadership, based on timeless principles of excellence, professional ethics, and universal best practice to achieve sustainable outcomes.
- We equip people with adaptable and transferable professional and collaborative skills.
- We build life skills and capabilities that are fit for purpose.
- We achieve all this through various communication channels such as conferences, seminars, training modules, blogs, podcasts, and conversations.
- Even though we welcome people of other faiths to participate and benefit from our programmes and interventions, the foundation, and guiding parameters of all our training curricula and perspectives are through the lens of biblical principles and teachings.
Methodology
- Imisi Ministries designs training modules, podcasts, seminars, and intellectual material based on tested techniques, practical examples, case studies, lessons, publications, and biblical principles to promote Christian values.
- Change management – We help people develop the right mindset and innovative processes to achieve sustainable outcomes through expert advice and consultation; design thinking; and a God-centered approach.
- We deliver one-on-one coaching for professionals, entrepreneurs, students and teenagers in formal and informal disciplines.
- We have developed a short, medium, and long-term strategy to support personal development through an informal learning style which supports and compliments the existing formal structure.
- Life skills/Collaborative skills training/awareness programmes – tailored to children, teenagers, students and professionals, which include interactive sessions, reflections, practical assignments, activities and games.
- Our programmes for children and teenagers are mostly organized on weekends and during school holidays.
- We run “day-programmes” on-site, and online programmes on specific dates which we advertise online.
- We are also open to partnerships with the governments, the private sector, faith-based organizations and other initiatives with similar objectives.
Statement of Faith
The following Statement of Faith governs the perspectives and teachings at Imisi Ministries. All the content agrees with this statement. (Speakers and participants may discuss positions contrary to the Statement of Faith but our speakers will not insist on any of these contrary statements.)
Anything not covered by this Statement of Faith (e.g., views of spiritual gifts, eschatology, women in ministry, etc.) are, we believe, not central to evangelical orthodoxy and are, therefore, not controlled by this Statement.
As an NGO, our key focus is public service in honour of God. In the holy scriptures – Matthew 22: 35 – 40, Our Lord Jesus Christ himself gave us the greatest of His commandments, which is to love and worship God completely/exclusively, and to love others as we love ourselves. In the conduct of our work, we seek God’s instruction and follow his precepts on how to work and collaborate. We prioritise knowing God and following His instructions above all other pursuits.
We believe in the truth and supremacy of the word of God, sourced from the Holy Bible. We Believe in the Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. We believe in the worship of God alone, and no other person/concept. We believe in salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. From these convictions flow the following articles of faith.
Scripture
The Bible is the infallible word of God, the supreme rule for faith and practice. The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament come from the very mouth of God and are without error in the originals. Scripture is therefore the unique and supreme guide for all it affirms, including both belief and behaviour. The teachings of the Bible are sufficient for salvation and sanctification. While there are questions of meaning and application over which we may agree to disagree, there is nothing for which we are responsible to God in terms of our salvation and sanctification that is not expressed in Scripture, either in precept or principle.
God
Jesus Christ was fully God and fully human, without confusion or mixture, the unique and only Son. He existed before time, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, died on the cross as the sacrifice for our sins, was physically raised from the dead as prophesied, ascended into heaven, and is now exalted, sitting at the right hand of God the Father, interceding for the saints as the sole mediator. He will return to earth, and every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
God the Son
Jesus Christ was fully God and fully human, without confusion or mixture, the unique and only Son. He existed before time, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, died on the cross as the sacrifice for our sins, was physically raised from the dead as prophesied, ascended into heaven, and is now exalted, sitting at the right hand of God the Father, interceding for the saints as the sole mediator. He will return to earth, and every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
God the Holy Spirit
God the Spirit is sent to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. He fully indwells every true believer as a guarantee of his inheritance, guides and empowers them, gifts them for ministry, interceding in accordance with the will of God, witnessing to Jesus.
Doctrine of Man
Adam and Eve, the first human beings, were both created in the image and likeness of God. They disobeyed God and died, spiritually and physically. Therefore, all people are objects of wrath, sinners by nature and by choice. They are dead in their sins and incapable of pleasing God. Without the direct intervention of God, they will live separated from God, die in their sins, and receive the condemnation that their sin deserves.
Doctrine of Salvation
Salvation from sin and access to God is available only through the work of Christ on the cross, given by God’s grace, mercy, and love, received solely by faith in Jesus Christ. In conversion, the believer is drawn by God to Himself, repents and turns from his sins, is redeemed, declared wholly righteous, born again, made alive in Christ as a new creature, reconciled to God, becomes a child of God, and is filled with the fullness of the Holy Spirit through whom he is empowered for a life of obedience. The cross is sufficient to cover the sins of all who believe.
Sanctification and the Doctrine of Holiness
God’s will for every believer is his sanctification. It is the necessary and certain fruit of salvation, yet not meritorious; it is God alone who saves. Through the work of the Spirit, saints are called and enabled to live lives of holiness, “in” but not “of” the world, fully dedicated disciples of Jesus Christ, persevering to the end. Disciples are declared to be sanctified through the work of Christ and are also called to become sanctified in the experiences of life. The disciple’s life will be characterized, among many, by battle with sin, repentance, sexual purity, gracious speech, prayer, suffering, persecution, being different from the world, living for the glory of God. Growth toward holiness brings with it assurance of salvation and a desire to share the gospel with sinners.
Doctrine of the Church
The church consists of all true disciples of Jesus Christ. All things exist under the supremacy of Christ, and therefore Christ and Christ alone is the head of the church. The local expression of the church is comprised of disciples gifted for the work of building up the body of Christ, living in unity, bound together by love. While different local expressions may have different emphases, all are commanded to make disciples, which includes both evangelism and teaching obedience to all that Jesus taught. The church is to be committed to the reading of Scripture, the exhortation to obedience, and teaching of the doctrinal truths of Scripture, as well as to all that is necessary for the edification of the body, including worship, singing, prayer, and service, all to the glory of God.
Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are symbolisms to be valued and observed. They are visible signs representing spiritual truths; they do not accomplish salvation. Baptism is the washing of the believer, signifying that in conversion he has died to his old life and has been raised with Christ into a newness of life in which the power of sin is broken. The Lord’s Supper is the present proclamation of Christ’s atoning death and looks forward to his return.
Doctrine of Last Things
Jesus will return — personally, visibly to all, suddenly — and all disciples living, and dead will be bodily caught up to meet Him. At the final judgment, the unrepentant will be raised to the resurrection of judgment and permanent punishment in hell. Believers, while already having passed from darkness to light, will be raised to the resurrection of life, and will enjoy the everlasting, personal presence of God in His heavenly kingdom. God’s plan of creation, redemption, and glorification will be complete.
This is the hope for which we long, which helps to motivate us now toward godly living, and which propels us to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with a lost and dying world.