The heart of Careforce

1. Careforce is committed to serve evangelical churches and projects in the UK. We are clear about our evangelical basis which proclaims the Sovereign, triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit who has spoken infallibly to us through a clear and sufficient word, the Bible, and who has acted to rescue His people through the penal and substitutionary death of Jesus Christ. We are a Bible believing, cross preaching people. It is an evangelical, gospel faith which Careforce seeks to promote in its support for particular placements and to grow in the lives of its volunteers.
2. The ministry of Careforce is incarnational. We place volunteers in ones and twos to be immersed in the life of the local Christian community. We encourage volunteers to be part of the small, the ordinary, the routine and the long term of Christian ministry. One of our implicit aims is to expose young Christians from large, lively churches to the life of the normal local church. Careforce has this vital contribution to offer to its volunteers – they can immerse themselves in, and identify with, communities of all ages and all backgrounds.
3. The ministry of Careforce volunteers is sacrificial. We do not follow an essentially secular model of self fulfilment - this is what you will get. There are great gains for those involved with Careforce - we have much to thank God for in the way He has transformed so many lives. But great gains come not by right but by grace and not through seeking fulfilment for ourselves but through joyful obedience to God and willing sacrifice for others. We believe Careforce has a prophetic task to encourage this counter cultural vision of sacrificial service to Christians in today’s world.
4. The ministry of Careforce is pastoral. We hold our placements and volunteers in very high esteem and seek to provide quality support through the Careforce staff and the conferences, regular visits and other resources. Our determination is to enable our volunteers both to grow in their knowledge and understanding of God and of His plans and purposes for their lives and also to contribute effectively to the ongoing mission of God during their year on their placements.
5. The ministry of Careforce is UK focused. We recognize the tremendous needs and opportunities for effective gospel ministry within the UK and wish to release committed Christians to spend their gap years serving within this part of the world wide mission field. To this end we welcome those commended to us by Christian leaders from around the world - those who wish to join our British volunteers in genuine cross cultural mission within the UK.