About us
Iris Lisbon Mission is a Christian organization committed to living out and expressing a tangible response to the greatest commandments Jesus gave: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength” and “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Luke 10:27).
We believe the Spirit of God is calling us to make the Father’s love real and visible in the world — revealed through our thoughts, bodies, lives, and actions. We exist to take part in the movement of God’s Kingdom on earth in all its dimensions, but especially through our call to serve the poor, the destitute, the lost, the broken, and the forgotten.
We are sent to places where “love” means giving bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, and healing to the sick; it also means becoming family to the orphan, bringing freedom to the captive, and peace to those devastated by war. Wherever we are, we long to make this love tangible and accessible.
As we seek to manifest God’s heart by pouring out His love, we find ourselves continually blessed by hidden treasures within the lives of those we serve. We also believe that an essential part of our calling is to share these treasures with the whole Body of Christ.
We hope that our trials, testimonies, and victories may become life and encouragement to the Church, until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God (Ephesians 4:13).
COMMUNITY
We believe that the world will know the love of the Father as we walk in love for one another (John 13:35). From this love shared by one another, we can bring light to other communities not reached by the gospel and grow in the character of Jesus while we live in the practice of all His teachings.
CALLING
We believe that each one of us has a specific calling and we cultivate a culture of encouragement, while relating to each other. Our objective is that each one finds his own flame and lives in a way that is worthy of the vocation to which he was called, so that they can experience the good, perfect and pleasant will of God.
COMMISSIONING
Our desire is to fulfill the Great Commission, as a response to Jesus' love to all the nations of the earth. To that end, we encourage and train those whose calling is to fulfill the command to go and preach the gospel of the Kingdom.