Who We Are
The Name Phos
The Greek term phos (“light”) is from Ephesians 5:8: "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light." It also occurs in Matthew 5:14, 16: For “You are the light of the world . . . let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."
Mission
The mission of Phos Ministries is to shine the light of Christ into places of darkness and need through prayer, discipleship, training, evangelism, compassionate social action, and multiplicational church planting. We seek to empower Southeast Asians and others to be children of light in their cultural contexts, catalyzing the kingdom breakthrough among the unreached and unengaged.
Core Values
- Abiding in the Presence of God through prayer and worship
- A Life of holiness, love, and honor
- The Proclamation of the Word of God
- Transformation, individual and corporate
- Mercy and justice for the poor
- Empowerment of men and women for ministry
- Simple lifestyle
What We Do
- Phos Prayer raises up prayer and worship to God as the presence-driven context for all other Phos Ministries.
- Phos Training equips the saints for ministry (Ephesians 4:12).
- Phos Development mobilizes resources (spiritual, personal, educational, and financial) to serve Southeast Asians in Southeast Asia and in the Southeast Asian diaspora.
The Unreached of Southeast Asia
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There still remain estimated 700 unreached people groups in Southeast Asia. Even within the reached people groups, there exists a great need for mobilizing, equipping, and sending natives for a greater harvest and discipleship among their own people or other people groups akin to their own.
The Poorest of Southeast Asia
The spiritually poor (in the sense of those suffering from “greatest injustice” of having little or no access to the gospel) are also the physically poor.
Those who are called to the unreached and unengaged, then, are need to have a heart for the poor. Loving the poor holistically will include both evangelism and addressing physical poverty. This means that those called to frontier mission also need to be equipped to promote the holistic transformation of communities. The cross-cultural mission must address the devastating, death-dealing effects of poverty and injustice.
Those who are called to the unreached and unengaged, then, are need to have a heart for the poor. Loving the poor holistically will include both evangelism and addressing physical poverty. This means that those called to frontier mission also need to be equipped to promote the holistic transformation of communities. The cross-cultural mission must address the devastating, death-dealing effects of poverty and injustice.