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BikerChaplain.com
Ministries
in Motion
Position Statement
The number of people involved in motorcycle ministry is
on the rise. Their participation may be through a church,
church ride groups or one of the 80 or so national biker
ministry organizations. It is in an effort to advance
personal motorcycle ministry through one of these avenues
that BikerChaplain.com was conceived. It is the goal of
BikerChaplain.com to provide basic ministry services, and
a standard in quality of ministry services combined with
the training necessary to assure compliance with that
standard.
Advanced chaplaincy training is required by many State
institutions for ministry access to governmental
facilities. This training is required of, Pastors
following an occupational or vocational call to fulltime
ministry, and to the laity following a bi-vocational and
volunteer call to service.
BikerChaplain.com offers training that is a
prerequisite to a State government recognized chaplaincy
endorsement. This training provides important information
and skills training necessary for all ministry
practitioners. A BikerChaplain.com endorsement identifies
the bearer as trained in accordance with the highest
ministry standards. Subsequently, there is added personal
and professional credibility by the display of a
BikerChaplain.com endorsement in concert with
identification from any individual biker ministry or
church organization one has chosen to align with.
BikerChaplain.com also offers ministry tools to assist
in the effectiveness of ones personal ministry whether
aligned with a ministry organization or an independent
practioneer. These tools include basic ministry services
and communication components.
As a completely independent training and support
component to ministry, BikerChaplain.com is not a ministry
unto itself. Thus, whether trained or untrained (endorsed
or not endorsed) an individual would generally align with
a biker ministry vehicle or simply be a lone wolf servant
of Christ on a motorcycle.
From a strategic perspective, most successful
motorcycle ministries tend to be denominationally neutral.
Although, some denominations have funded motorcycle
ministry and ministry organizations, it is the doctrine
that takes center stage not the denominational label. The
foundation of the alliance between BikerChaplain.com and
the Baptist General Convention of Texas through the Hands
on ministry program is to offer quality training. This
training is a prerequisite to a BGCT endorsed Chaplaincy,
and we offer it to BikerChaplain.com members and others
interested in biker ministry. The independent nature of
our offering clearly reflects the independent nature and
culture of motorcycle ministry in general and the target
audience.
Our Mission
BikerChaplain.com is a service ministry focused on
providing a ministry touch-point for bikers, a resource
for churches, organizations and other biker ministries. We
strive to be a resource for Chaplains to the ministry they
are called to. Specific to each, our mission is to connect
the;
Biker -
To non-traditional ministry services and resources. For
bikers who may not participate, or feel comfortable in
traditional corporate worship activities. For bikers in
other countries who may not have linkage to Christian
organizations understanding of their unique needs. For
bikers who would like to be involved in a group of other
Christian bikers, we offer a connection to various
motorcycle ministries around the world.
Church -
To non-traditional evangelical worship alternatives for
churches to utilize to reach areas of their community with
a fresh message that has the possibility to draw in
participants who might normally attend a common corporate
worship service. To provide churches and other Christian
organizations with support services and contacts with
local bike ministry groups or affiliated biker ministry
partners and members who can offer unique service
alternatives to traditional worship events. To assist in
creation of contacts and events to reach non-traditional
members, youth or men's groups that would respond to a
different approach to evangelical worship.
Biker Chaplain/Biker Ministry -
To a resource that links biker chaplains and ministries
to churches, organizations, other groups and individuals
where their unique services are required, desired and
appreciated. To provide services, resources and training
to individual bikers or biker ministry members that equips
them to better serve their community, Christian
Organization or biker groups with standardized evangelical
skills, not necessarily available in traditional ministry
settings. Services and training unique to the biker
community.
Statement of Faith
I. The Scriptures: The Holy Bible was written by
men divinely inspired and is God's
revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of
divine instruction. It has God for its author, salvation
for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for
its matter. Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and
trustworthy.
II. God the Father: There is one and only one
living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and
personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and
Ruler of the universe. God is infinite in holiness and all
other perfections. God is all powerful and all knowing;
and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past,
present, and future, including the future decisions of His
free creatures. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to
us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal
attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or
being.
B. God the Son: Christ is the eternal Son of
God. In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived
of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Jesus
perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon
Himself human nature with its demands and necessities and
identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without
sin. He honored the divine law by His personal obedience,
and in His substitutionary death on the cross He made
provision for the redemption of men from sin. He was
raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to
His disciples. He ascended into heaven and is now exalted
at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator,
fully God, fully man, in whose Person is effected the
reconciliation between God and man. He will return in
power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His
redemptive mission. He now dwells in all believers as the
living and ever present Lord.
C. God the Holy Spirit: The Divine helper is
sent to indwell within us and provide guidance and growth
as Christians. It is through the Holy Spirit that we are
empowered for daily living and our souls are comforted in
times of great need.
III. Man: Man is the special creation of God,
made in His own image. He created them male and female as
the crowning work of His creation. The gift of gender is
thus part of the goodness of God's creation. By his free
choice man sinned against God and brought sin into the
human race. Only the grace of God can bring man into His
holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative
purpose of God. God created man in His own image,
therefore, every person of every race possesses full
dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.
IV. Salvation: Salvation involves the redemption
of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood
obtained eternal redemption for the believer. There is no
salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as
Lord.
V. Christian Growth: Once saved, a desire for a
deeper relationship with God is a natural result of the
new nature created in us by virtue of our acceptance of
Christ as Lord and savior. As believers grow and mature in
faith, the fruit of the spirit will become manifest in our
lives.
From the Founders
We are a couple of guys who are involved in church and
biker based ministries, who wanted to create a place for
bikers, ministries and other biker chaplains to
communicate and connect.
This site has been created as a ministry resource, not
a club, group or organization. For this reason, we only
issue rockers (Chaplain), no patch is involved.
While we are associated with numerous ministry
organizations (both traditional and biker), we wanted a
place that brought all these things together and provided
a jump-point for our, biker chaplain ministry.
This place was not devised nor created by us, but only
by God's hand working in us. We take no credit for use
this site can be, and give it all to God.
We hope that each of you find the site helpful and a
source of inspiration, support and togetherness. We pray
for each of you, a solid footing before you found only in
the God we serve.
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