Raven Ministries deeply values the role f the local Church and understands its necessary position in the life of any sincere, growing believer in Christ. Raven is a ministry that truly endeavors to operate in cooperation and unity with local churches and ministries.

Our founder, Pastor Troy Bohn, himself a long time pastor and church planter, has sought to instill in all of those involved with Raven Int'l the necessity of taking the new convert from their initial conversion experience to a place of maturity in Christ Jesus.

Raven Street Church is a facet of the ministry that seeks to "bridge" the new believer into a local church body where they can then get "plugged into" a family of believers. Often times, this require us to set up temporary "street churches" under tents, in homes or even open air to provide a pivitol pathway for people  to get connected to local churches and pastors.

In some areas and communities, there may not be a Bible believing church in the immediate area to direct the new convert to, or the person may not be "ready" to make the jump from their situation to the sometimes sterile enviroment of the local church. Our desire and mission is to walk the new believer through the process of salvation, deliverance, and growth that they may become a functioning part of the Body.

Rather than just "invite" a person to "come to church" we instead "take the church" to them when necessary. This provides an accessible place of worship, the opportunity for the person to understand "body ministry" and serve to bridge them to a local church family and pastor for their continued discipleship.

Our Raven Street Churches may spring up in a ghetto, a sandy beach, or a neighborhood park--but wherever they arise--their pupose is to become a spiritual triage unit that provides the initial "emergency" care to those in desperate spiritual conditions.

Paul the Apostle says in 1 Corinthians 9:20-22, “...to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; to those who are without law, as without law...that I might win those who are without law; to the weak I became as weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”

Our third foundational principle is RELEVANCE, or putting yourself in another man’s world.

The Apostle Paul, trained from his youth as a devout Jew, knew best the necessity of this principle. Because God had given him the task of evangelizing the Gentile nations, much of what he had learned would not be relative to those whom he was now being sent to reach for Christ.

This new challenge demanded Paul to “become all things to all men, that by all means (some might be saved).” In order for the Gospel message and the hope of salvation to reach the ends of the earth, he had to first understand and become a part of their lives.

Jesus Himself was the first to provide us this example in Philippians 2:7 it says that, “(He) made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.”

Paul, just as our Lord Jesus had done, put himself in another man’s world, so that he could most effectively introduce them to a new world or way of living.

We believe that the method of being relevant (or understanding the needs of the people) is clearly revealed throughout the Word of God and demonstrated in the Great Commission.

Relevance is only found or achieved when we “Go into all the world” as He has called us to go.

Many in the Church have attempted to express “relevance” to the world by making the church more palatable or “friendly” to unbelievers. This is not the Biblical pattern.

The Biblical pattern is in “going” to where the lost, hurting, and desperate are and letting our “light shine before men that they might see our good works and glorify our Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16)

This is not done in the church, but instead out in the world or in the marketplace where the real need is. The church or place of meeting is where the standard of holiness, truth, and righteousness is established and maintained for those who will come. (Matthew 22:2-13)

Our mission is to “take the life-changing Gospel of the Cross” to a desperate world and to provide them a place to come and see what transformed lives look like!

This is accomplished through going out into the “highways and hedges” (or to where people are living, hurting and dying), and ministering the message of salvation to them. More people should be coming to Christ in the streets than in the building!

We believe “relevance” is being willing to go “get your hands dirty” so that someone else may be able to get “their hearts clean” through a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ!

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