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Introduction to Turkish World Outreach about TWO History of TWO Doctrinal Statement Financial Accountability

About TWO

Turkish World Outreach:

• goes to the Turkic world and groups associated within it, such as the Kurds and Tajiks
   
• seeks to establish reproducing, indigenous churches
   
• relies on an extensive prayer base
   
• emphasizes team development and local personal accountability
   
• partners with sister agencies, where possible and useful.

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History

Steve Hagerman, the U.S. Director, founded TWO in 1969 as Friends of Turkey (FOT). Some of our national home offices continue under the FOT name. Until direct evangelism became possible in Turkey in the late 1980's, the best means of reaching out to Turks was through postal evangelism. This approach is still used. Every month, Christians throughout the world mail thousands of Turkish language Gospel Letters to Turks in many countries, telling them about the love of Jesus Christ.

As the means of evangelism has broadened, TWO has expanded its ministry by:

• Sending workers to minister and establish indigenous Christian churches within Turkish communities

• Mobilizing worldwide prayer on behalf of Turks through the Call to Prayer and other publications and networks

• Assigning Christian Pen-Friends to correspond with Turks who are studying English

• Providing literature, videos and resource materials to Christian workers and agencies working with Turks, and  Turks who are seeking God

• Coordinating financial assistance for Gospel radio, humanitarian relief, Bible translation and Turkish outreach ministries of other agencies and churches.

Through the years, the Lord has raised up other individuals and agencies to serve as TWO representatives and Turkish ministry focal points in 13 countries other than the U.S. Each national office is independent of the U.S. office and determines its own ministry approach. Only the U.S. and Australian offices are sending agencies for field workers. TWO works with indigenous mission agencies in other countries to assist them in sending out workers.

Before the Field Department was founded, TWO enabled missionaries to get to the field by managing their finances, without intentional oversight of their activities or ministry. In 1993, the Board of Directors recognized the Lord's leading in having TWO send out workers to establish churches in the Turkic world. In 1996-97, three couples joined together to comprise the new TWO Field Department, and Don Mechem, now retired was appointed as its Field Director. The current field director is Bob Harper.

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Doctrinal Statement

TWO considers the following to be basic tenets of Biblical Christianity:

1. The Bible is the inspired, infallible, authoritative, and unique Word of God.
   
2. There is but one true and loving God, eternally existent in three persons-the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
    
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, in His present mediatory work in Heaven, and in His personal return in power and glory.
    
4. All men have sinned and can only be reconciled to God through genuine repentance of sin and faith in God through Christ Jesus.
    
5. We believe in the personality and deity of the Holy Spirit, Whose indwelling and present ministry enable Christians to live a godly life. A life of consecration and purity is the privilege and duty of every believer.
    
6. Baptism and the Lord's Supper have been established by Christ for observance by all Christians.
    
7. There is to be a resurrection of both the righteous and unrighteous, with certainty of judgment. We believe in the existence of a literal and eternal Heaven and Hell.
    
8. Satan is an actual person--the greatest enemy, mightiest tempter, and most relentless accuser of the saints.
    
9. It is the duty of all followers of Christ to seek scriptural fellowship and harmony with other believers.

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Financial Accountability

TWO is a member in good standing of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). Its records are examined annually by an independent certified public accounting firm that complies with ECFA's standards for fund raising. TWO works scrupulously to use resources provided by others to accomplish the purposes for which they are intended. For information on ECFA, please contact its web site. Copies of TWO's Financial Statements and Independent Auditor's Reports are available upon request.

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