Our foundations
Overcome by faith, a sharpened arrow in God’s quiver
BOW aims to bring every person to overcome by faith in Jesus Christ, in every area of life, including in a hostile world or environment.
This victory has its source in God. It flows from the new birth, through faith placed in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and from a faith founded on the Word of God.
Faith is the foundation of our victory. It makes us win battles in personal life, in the family, in society and in the community. Like a shield, it protects us against the world and against our enemies.
As for the heroes of faith in Hebrews 11, victory depends on faith placed in God. No area of life can exclude faith, for “all things are possible to him who believes” (Mark 9:23).
BOW, like a bow, is a weapon in the hand of God to shoot sharpened arrows toward this generation. Each one is the message, through a life that makes faith visible, and the messenger, through a word that reaches its target.
“For whatever is born of God is victorious and overcomes the world, and the victory that overcomes the world is our faith.”
1 John 5:4
“And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me.”
Isaiah 49:2 (KJV)
Our philosophy
A visible faith that transforms
A bow in God’s hand, arrows for our generation
BOW Movement, founded by Pastor Jean Paul Tshibangu and his wife Ange in Suwanee, Georgia (USA), brings together those who want to demonstrate the victory of faith in Jesus Christ by making its effects real and visible in their lives and in the world.
We believe every believer is a sharpened arrow, sent from God’s quiver to reach and impact their family, their work, their church and their nation (Psalm 127).
Demonstrate our faith
Demonstrate our victory by faith in Jesus Christ, making its effects and consequences real and visible in our life and in the world. We are the message before we carry it.
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1
Confirm the message
Accompany the message of salvation with signs, wonders, various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to his will.
“How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?” Hebrews 2:3-4
Live like Jesus
Live as Jesus Christ lived on earth, doing the works he did, and even greater ones.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.” John 14:12
Be a sharp arrow
Be a sharpened arrow, shot by God to reach the target he has given us.
“He hath made my mouth like a sharp sword… and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me.” Isaiah 49:2
A bow in the hand of God
Let ourselves be used by the Lord, the God of hosts, as a weapon (the bow) and ammunition (the arrows), to reach our generation.
“As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.” Psalm 127:4
What we proclaim in our ten declarations
- Faith is gold.
- Faith is the currency of exchange between invisible things and visible things.
- Faith and victory are inseparable.
- We are sharpened arrows in the quiver of the Warrior, the Lord, the God of hosts, in these end times.
- We are a sharp and piercing message in our generation.
- BOW throws arrows in the World.
- In BOW, we bow knees for the King.
- Families and children are arrows in the hand of the Warrior; blessed is the home that has filled its quiver with them.
- Our message of faith in Jesus Christ is a sharpened arrow in the air and on the airwaves.
- Born overcomers, we are sent out like arrows to impact our generation.
Our creed: our twelve beliefs
- We believe in one God, manifested in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
- We believe in Jesus Christ, the only Savior and Lord of humanity, in whom we have the forgiveness of our sins and eternal life. He was manifested as God and man; he was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.
- We believe that Jesus Christ lived without sin, but was made sin by taking our sins upon himself, so that we might be justified. He died on the cross, rose again on the third day and ascended to heaven, where he is seated at the right hand of the Father as our high priest, our mediator between God and men, and our advocate.
- We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, inspired by God to teach, convince, correct and instruct in righteousness.
- We believe that we are saved by grace, through faith in Jesus Christ, and that whoever confesses with his mouth Jesus Christ as Lord and believes that God raised him from the dead is saved.
- We believe in the Holy Spirit, Comforter, Teacher and Revealer of Christ. He has endowed us with spiritual gifts and equipped us with extraordinary graces for our service and our ministry, to glorify Jesus Christ.
- We believe that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. He still performs miracles; through our faith, he still does what he did yesterday, and even more.
- We believe that our faith in Jesus Christ gives us victory in every area and enables us to triumph in the present world.
- We believe that, created in the image of God, we can manifest creative power through the word and prayer.
- We believe that our faith in Jesus Christ makes us overcomers and conquerors in every area of life on earth.
- We believe that Jesus Christ is coming back soon for his Church, and we are preparing for his rapture.
- We believe in water baptism as well as the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Our rallying cry
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