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A B O U T

A B O U T

In 1988, Rick and Fran Schuessler were in the third year of starting a new church. God had blessed the beginnings of the church and all seemed well. A businessman, Paul, who attended the church, asked Rick to take his son on a mission trip. His son had surrendered to be a missionary and he did not want him to plan his life to live outside the U.S. until he experienced it first hand. So Rick was asked to take his son anywhere for this vision trip. Rick did not want to go anywhere outside of the U.S. so he tried to get out of the trip by saying he did not have any money. Without hesitation, Paul offered to pay Rick's way. It seemed like there was no way out, so off to a Caribbean island they went. Only to discover the need for Kingdom work outside the U.S. This became the beginning of now a 30 year journey of taking over 5,000 people to the Caribbean islands. Today Rick leads many trips that are medical, evangelistic, and life changing to four different Caribbean countries. Through the efforts of the students and adults who have traveled with Champs Missions over 4,000 have trusted Jesus as Savior, thousands have visited the health clinics, many school and church buildings have been built, and much more. As we look back to the past 30 years, it is evident God is wanting to do even more as we break through the culture onslaught that has enslaved generations. From the spiritual empty areas of the Bahamas to the mountain villages of Trinidad and Jamaica. Spreading the good news of the gospel to those who have never heard of Jesus or have finally understood who He really is and trust Him for eternity. Join us and this generation as we serve to give hope to the world and future of this generation.

S T A F F

S T A F F

Founder / Director

Rick & Fran Schuessler

What we beliieve

We affirm our belief in one God, infinite Spirit, creator, and sustainer of all things, who exists eternally in three persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. These three are one in essence but distinct in person and function.
We affirm that the Father is the first person of the Trinity and the source of all that God is and does. From Him the Son is eternally generated and from Them the Spirit eternally proceeds. He is the designer of creation, the speaker of revelation, the author of redemption, and the sovereign of history.
We affirm that the Lord Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity, eternally begotten from the Father. He is God. He was conceived by the virgin Mary through a miracle of the Holy Spirit. He lives forever as perfect God and perfect man: two distinct natures inseparably united in one person.
We affirm that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, proceeding from the Father and the Son and equal in deity. He is the giver of all life, active in the creating and ordering of the universe; He is the agent of inspiration and the new birth; He restrains sin and Satan; and He indwells and sanctifies all believers.

We affirm that all things were created by God. Angels were created as ministering agents, though some, under the leadership of Satan, fell from their sinless state to become agents of evil. The universe was created in six historical days and is continuously sustained by God; thus it both reflects His glory and reveals His truth. Human beings were directly created, not evolved, in the very image of God. As reasoning moral agents, they are responsible under God for understanding and governing themselves and the world.

We affirm that the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, though written by men, was supernaturally inspired by God so that all its words are the written true revelation of God; it is therefore inerrant in the originals and authoritative in all matters. It is to be understood by all through the illumination of the Holy Spirit, its meaning determined by the historical, grammatical, and literary use of the author’s language, comparing Scripture with Scripture.
We affirm that Adam, the first man, willfully disobeyed God, bringing sin and death into the world. As a result, all persons are sinners from conception, which is evidenced in their willful acts of sin; and they are therefore subject to eternal punishment, under the just condemnation of a holy God.
We affirm that a church is a local assembly of baptized believers, under the discipline of the Word of God and the lordship of Christ, organized to carry out the commission to evangelize, to teach, and to administer the ordinances of believer’s baptism and the Lord’s table. Its offices are pastors and deacons, and it is self-governing. It functions through the ministry of gifts given by the Holy Spirit to each believer.
We affirm that the return of Christ for all believers is imminent. It will be followed by seven years of great tribulation, and then the coming of Christ to establish His earthly kingdom for a thousand years. The unsaved will then be raised and judged according to their works and separated forever from God in hell. The saved, having been raised, will live forever in heaven in fellowship with God. 
 We affirm that Jesus Christ offered Himself as a sacrifice by the appointment of the Father. He fulfilled the demands of God by His obedient life, died on the cross in full substitution and payment for the sins of all, was buried, and on the third day He arose physically and bodily from the dead. He ascended into heaven where He now intercedes for all believers.
We affirm that each person can be saved only through the work of Jesus Christ, through repentance of sin and by faith alone in Him as Savior. The believer is declared righteous, born again by the Holy Spirit, turned from sin, and assured of heaven.
We affirm that the Holy Spirit indwells all who are born again, conforming them to the likeness of Jesus Christ. This is a process completed only in Heaven. Every believer is responsible to live in obedience to the Word of God in separation from sin.

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