What is Scripture Union?
Scripture Union was founded in 1869 and has been in Peru since 1927. It is an Interdenominational Evangelical World-Wide movement working with local churches to help children, young people and families know God through His Word. S.U. is present in more than 120 countries and the Movement develops in each country depending upon the needs found.
In Peru, there are 5 ministries:
1. Bible Use - Encouraging people to have a daily encounter with God through His Word.
2. Schools Work and Camping - A highly motivated team of staff and volunteers bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to children through a Christian values based program in a growing number of public schools nationwide, complemented in the summer time by a full camping program.
3. Hearing Impaired - Using innovative approaches to the challenge of working with the deaf in Peru, our staff is recognized bye the Ministry of Education.
4. Medical - Assisting the poorest of the poor along the banks of the mighty Amazon River.
5. Homes for Abandoned Boys - Addressing one of our most concerning social ills, our staff rescue, restore and raise Peru's throw-a-way boys.
The Mission of Scripture Union
Working with churches Scripture Union of Peru intends to:
- Publicize the good news of God to children, youth and families
- Encourage people of all ages to meet God daily through the Bible and prayer
in order to
- Reach a personal faith in our Lord Jesus Christ
- Grow in Christian maturity
- Become faithful church members and servants of a world in need
Declaration of Faith - God and the Human Race
The Scripture Union is a family scattered around the world, as we accept and proclaim the historical truths of the Christian faith, including the following:
We hold that the Lord our God is one Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and that he meets his sovereign purposes in creation, revelation, redemption, trial and the coming of his kingdom by calling out from the world a people united to himself and to each other in love.
We acknowledge that though God made us in his own likeness and image, conferring on us dignity and worth and enabling us to respond to himself, we now are members of a fallen race and we have sinned and come short of his glory.
We believe that the Father has shown us his holy love in giving Jesus Christ, his only Son, for us, while through our sinfulness and guilt, we were subject to his wrath and condemnation and has shown his grace by putting sinners right with himself when they place their trust in his Son.
We confess Jesus Christ as Lord and God; as truly human, born of the virgin Mary; as Servant, sinless, full of grace and truth; as only Mediator and Saviour, dying on the cross in our place, representing us to God, redeeming us from the grip, guilt and punishment of sin; as victor over Satan and all his forces, rising from death with a glorious body, being taken up to be with his Father only one day returning personally in glory and judgement to establish his kingdom.
We believe in the Holy Spirit who convicts the world of guilt in regard to sin, righteousness and judgement; who makes the death of Christ effective to sinners, declaring that they must now turn to Christ in repentance, and directing their trust towards the Lord Jesus Christ; who through the new birth makes us partake in the life of the risen Christ, and who is present within all believers, illuminating their minds to grasp the truth of Scripture, producing in them His fruit, granting to them His gifts, and empowering them for service in the world.
The Scriptures
We believe that the Old and New Testament Scriptures are God breathed, since their writers spoke frorm God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit: hence are fully trustworthy in all that they affirm; and are our highest authority for faith and life.
The Church and its Mission
We recognise the Church as the body of Christ held together and growing up in Him; both as a total fellowship throughout the world and as the local congregation in which believers gather.
We acknowledge the command of Christ to proclaim the Good News to all people, making them disciples, and teaching them to obey him.
We acknowledge the command of Christ to love our neighbours, resulting in service to the church and society, in seeking reconciliation for all with God and their fellows, in proclaiming liberty from every kind of oppression: and in spreading Christ's justice in an unjust world... until he comes again.
How to Help
| Recreational and Retreat Centers |
| International Ministries (Work Teams) |
| Taxi Service |
| Book Store |
| Auditorium |
| Handcrafts |
| Wedding Services |
| Educational Services |
Reservations
Photo Gallery
Want to be a part of a work team?
1. E-mail us with your questions at billyclark@
scriptureunionperu.org.
2. Whether your team chooses to visit the Amazon jungle of Iquitos, the high Andes Mountains in Kusi, Ica, the driest desert on earth or the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Cusco, please request your dates early. Come for a week or two and let us show you several of our exciting sites!
3. COST: In order to make ends meet, we need 20 member teams in order to offer an all-inclusive daily cost of $35 per person, in addition to a $200 per person per week fee to cover construction costs and contribute towards ministry.
4. DOMESTIC FLIGHTS (Iquitos and Cusco): $350. (*)
5. CONSTRUCTION FEES: $4000 per team of 20 per week.
(*) Air fares vary. When contacting us, please indicate whether you wish the difference from the $350 to be refunded to your church or sending institution by check or whether you agree for it to remain as a donation for our program to Abandoned Boys.
Key Verse
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
Psalms 119:105