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88 cents out of every dollar supports community services for people in need.
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Faith in God and ministry to others are
the heart of our organization. All that we do to help others in need
is guided by our faith and desire to live out that faith through
service. Our faith led us through the crisis of Hurricane Katrina and guides us as we face the challenges of rebuilding.
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An Interdenominational Church
In
addition to being one of the nation's largest and most comprehensive
human services organizations, Volunteers of America national is an
interdenominational church — a church with a distinctive ministry of
service.
For more than 100 years, Volunteers of America has
provided essential services to heal both the body and soul. We provide
human service programs and opportunities for individual and community
involvement for people of all faiths.
Many local and national
staff members of Volunteers of America have felt led to become
ministers, to enhance their work and service to others. In
fact, ministers are encouraged to be active in other Christian churches
for worship, service to others and continued spiritual growth. This
understanding of ministry derives from the foundation of Volunteers of
America as both a church itself and as an “auxiliary” to the universal
Christian church with a special mission of service.
An Ecumenical Movement
Many
of Volunteers of America's religious beliefs and practices can be
traced in a direct line to the Methodist reforms and revivalism of the
18th century, and the social gospel movement of the 19th and early 20th
centuries. More immediately, the church of Volunteers of America is an
outgrowth of Salvationism, founded in England in 1878 by William Booth,
an evangelical Methodist minister and the father of Ballington Booth,
co-founder of Volunteers of America.
Volunteers of America has
been ecumenical from the beginning. Its ministers have always come from
all Christian faith traditions. In fact, ministers are encouraged to be
active in other Christian churches for worship, service to others and
continued spiritual growth. This understanding of ministry derives from
the foundation of Volunteers of America as both a church itself and as
an "auxiliary" to the universal Christian church with a special mission
of service.
Volunteers of America offers people a very unique
opportunity to put their faith into action. Working together with the
help of our committed volunteer board members and volunteers, we can
achieve our collective mission and make the world a more compassionate
place to live.
An Affirmation of Faith for Volunteers of America
We
believe in the one supreme God, who is creator and is creating the
universe. We believe God is made known to us in the Trinity as Father
Son and Holy Spirit
We believe that God speaks to us through the Holy Scriptures which are inspired by God to lead us into truth and understanding.
We
believe that all people will sin, and that God offers us grace and
redemption through acceptance of the teachings of Jesus who was truly
human, yet the Son of God.
We believe that the Scripture
teaches we need to be cleansed in our hearts that we might find God’s
grace by repenting toward God, believing in Jesus and allowing the Holy
Spirit to regenerate our spirit within our heart.
We believe
that we are called to be the church, the family of God, to serve God by
serving others, and to seek justice through our “ministry of service.”
We believe that the soul shall never die, and we shall be raised again everlasting, before God.
AMEN
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