Our Vision, Values, Distinctives


Reaching the World Through Internationals


"And nations will come to your light
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Lift up your eyes round about and see;
They all gather together, they come to see you.
Your sons will come from afar,
And your daughters will be carried in the arms."
Isaiah 60:3-4


God's Plan
God's plan always has included men and women from all nations. As part of this, He has provided us with a unique opportunity — to reach out with the Gospel to international students who have come to this country.

Navigator International Student staff have committed themselves to doing just this: to evangelize, establish, equip, and send students back to their home countries with a knowledge of and love for Jesus Christ. Our desire is for the students to know Christ and to make Him known.

Our Vision
Our vision is to advance the Gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom into the nations, through spiritual generations of laborers living and discipling among the lost.

Our Distinctives
Our desire is not only to reach the international students on our campus. We want to see the gospel move among the millions of people represented by the families and relational networks in the nations from which these students come.

We begin with the internationals' home cultures in mind. What will be reproducible in their country? What can they do given their resources?

We do this through building relationships with individuals and their family and friends.

Along the way, we enable internationals to minister and to lead, and we help them develop their God-given gifts.

We value internationals becoming laborers in the marketplace, building generations of ministries in their own sphere of family and friends.

Our Values
  • The passion to know, love, and become like Jesus Christ.
  • The truth and sufficiency of the Scriptures for the whole of life.
  • The transforming power of the Gospel.
  • The leading and empowering of the Holy Spirit.
  • Expectant faith and persevering prayer rooted in the promises of God.
  • The dignity and value of every person.
  • Love and grace expressed among us in community.
  • Families and relational networks in discipling the nations.
  • Interdependent relationships in the Body of Christ in advancing the Gospel.