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"So when they had dined,
Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou
me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou
knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas,
lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest
that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith
unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou
me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third
time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou
knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus
saith unto him, Feed my sheep…"
The King James Version, John
21:15-17
Our Mission
The mission of the International Association of Cooks For
Christ (IACFC) is dedicated to igniting and uniting chefs,
cooks hospitality professionals, and anyone who is a lover
of food, to be passionate followers of Jesus Christ. Our
mission is to exhort our members to live out the gospel of
Jesus Christ in the marketplace, in their homes, and in the
community in which they live.
Our Vision
Our vision is to reach culinary professionals,
restaurateurs, gourmands, lovers of food, and all who enjoy
cooking, worldwide with the gospel of Jesus Christ and to
make disciples of them. (Matthew 28:19-20)
Our Call
We believe that God wants to use Cooks for Christ as a tool
to support Christian
Hospitality Professionals and Food enthusiast from all
denominational, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds to
faithfulness, discipleship, and godliness, living out the
gospel by living out their faith in their day-to-day lives,
serving the lost
and feeding the hungry here and abroad.
Its
purposes are:
To
glorify God in the Food Service Industry
by being model examples of Professionalism while shining
the light of Christ in our everyday lives.
To
fellowship together for individual growth in the
Christian life
To
serve the cause of Christ through the church of one's
own choice
To
encourage those in the food service industry in their
Christian life
To
bring all Christians in food service to a common goal of
praying for food service industry and its members
To
be perfected in unity so that the world will know that
God has sent His Son Jesus Christ.
John 17:23
We
are bound together by:
Our
loyalty to Christ
Our
confidence in Scripture
Our
calling to disciple culinary men and women
Four
primary principles guide our work:
The
Gospel:
a passion for those who don't know Christ (John 3:16)
Depth
of Discipleship:
our commitment to the third generation (2 Timothy 2:2)
Spiritual
Multiplication:
helping "the little one become a thousand"
(Isaiah 60:22)
Feed
The Hungry:
assisting in the multiplication of the bread to the
thousands (John 6:1-14)
The
Recipethat makes -
Cooks for Christ
The
Word of God
We want to hear the Word
of God taught in a practical, inspiring way, in conjunction
with His current prophetic word. We aim to hear and obey
God's word to us, and to be “doers of the Word” who are
being transformed into the likeness of Christ.
Worshipping
of God
We desire to worship God
with our whole being, and want Jesus at the center as our
Lord. We are hungry to know God's presence, hear His voice,
and follow hard after Him. We desire Spirit-enabled worship
in a style that is intimate, dynamic, culture-current, and
life changing.
Caring
for the poor
We believe that God's
heart goes out to the weak, helpless, impoverished,
oppressed, and needy, and that He has commissioned His
church to care for them.
Equipping
the saints
We believe that all
Christians should be trained to “do the works of
Christ.” We are committed to the “show and tell” model
of on-the-job training, in which trainees are introduced to
doing ministry functions with trainers and then are taught
during and after the training experience. We aim to provide
training for all aspects of responsible Christian life and
ministry.
Practicing
Christian unity
We are convinced that all
who belong to Christ are one in His Body, the Church. We aim
to maintain unity by honoring all who call on Jesus' name
and by seeking reconciliation with all parts of the Church.
Ministering
in renewal to churches and within the marketplace
We desire to serve the
Body of Christ around us through renewal, equipping, and
other helpful means.
Begetting
other local chapters
We believe that the best
way we can help to expand the
Kingdom
of
God
is through the planting of local chapters. It is our desire
to plant chapters with a vision for planting other chapters,
with the same vision, in their
Jerusalem
, in their Judea and
Samaria
, and to the furthest recesses of this world.
Cooks
for Christ Policies
We
are Cooks FOR Christ!
We
are NOT a political organization or a pressure group to
make demands on those in authority over us. Instead, we
follow I Timothy 2:1-8.
We
are NOT an organization that exerts pressure to bring
about social change. Instead, we present Christ
Romans 1:16
. We believe it is the Holy Spirit who changes hearts
and brings conviction of sin.
We
are NOT an organization that is run by a majority of its
members. Instead, we follow
Acts 6:3-7
.
We
evaluate our meetings, activities, projects, and so
forth, by asking this question: Are we encouraging food
service professionals and food enthusiast to live their
lives for Jesus Christ?
Our
Ministry Focus
To
know Christ!
After Jesus said this, he
looked toward heaven and prayed:
“Father,
the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may
glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people
that he might give eternal life to all those you have given
him. Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the
only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”
The
King
James
Version,
John 17:1-3
“I
want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and
the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like
him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the
resurrection from the dead.”
The
King
James
Version, Philippians 3:10
Our
Ministry Goal
To
encourage Chefs, Cooks, Culinary Professionals, and Food
Enthusiast: to live their lives for Jesus Christ!
The
International Association of Cooks For Christ's ministry
is built on Hebrews 10:24-25
.
“And let
us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and
good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are
in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another -
and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
We
meet together regularly to:
Spur one another on toward love and good
deeds.
Encourage one another more and more to live
our lives for Jesus Christ.
Our
Purpose of Gathering
Fellowship
To
spur one another on toward love and good deeds
To
encourage one another more and more to live our lives
for Jesus Christ
To
share the gospel of Jesus Christ with non-believers
To
make disciples of those who receive Christ as their
Savior
Relationship
To
know Christ personally as Savior and Lord.
To
grow individually and as the body of Christ in our walk
with the Lord.
To
cultivate lasting friendships.
Reaching
out to one another in agape love
Sharing
one another's joys
Bearing
one another's burdens
Being
there in all seasons to listen, encourage, comfort and
forgive
Sharing
God's Word
“All
Scripture is God-breathed and is useful to teaching,
rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that
the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good
work.”
The
King
James
Version,
2 Timothy 3:1
&17
Become
a Cook for Christ
If you would like to join
with other committed Cooks for Christ, to keep in touch, and
possibly, help each other, fill out and send us a copy of
this page. We feel that the Lord is rising up an Army and we
want to be a part of His special culinary troops. At some
point, we will be having a conference for Cooks for Christ
and we would like to inform you when this happens. If you
would like to in someway support this ministry, please
Subscribe
to
International
Association of Cooks
For Christ
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