- FMI Board of Directors
- Staff
- Gatekeeper Awards
- Vision/Mission
- Beliefs

The Heartland Gatekeeper is a ministry of Faith Missions International (FMI). FMI is a 501(c)3 non-profit ministry that ministers to street children and orphans in the nation of Haiti. The Gatekeeper is a gift to the Christian community in the Heartland.

FMI Board of Directors:

Dan Jensen
-President

Deb Baier
-Missionary
-Director

Bonnie Dennis
-Missionary
-Director

Irene Jensen
-Publisher, Heartland Gatekeeper
-Director

The Heartland Gatekeeper Staff:

Publishers: Dan and Irene Jensen
Executive Editor: Irene Jensen

Copy Editor: Julie Sibert
Contributing Writers: Pat Durbin, Dr. James P. Eckman, Carolyn McBreen Gibbs, Josephine Just, Al Riskowski, Bob Toy, Lee Warren, Holly Wilson plus guest contributing writers.
Graphic Design: Russell Johnson
Community Relations: Sheila Cole

The Heartland Gatekeeper Awards:

• Writing, First Person Article: First Place - Evangelical Press Association Higher Goals in Christian Journalism, 2005
• Design: Second Place - Fellowship of Christain Newspapers, 2005
• Review: Second Place - Fellowship of Christain Newspapers, 2005
• Column: Fourth Place - Fellowship of Christain Newspapers, 2005
• Personality Article: Third Place - Fellowship of Christain Newspapers, 2005
• General Article: Fourth Place - Fellowship of Christain Newspapers, 2005
• Interview Article: Fourth Place - Fellowship of Christain Newspapers, 2005
• Newspaper of the Year: Honorable Mention - Fellowship of Christain Newspapers, 2003
• Governor's Recognition Award, 2005: In recognition of being a resource for Biblical values in Nebraska
• Nebraska Family Council Salt & Light Award, 2005

Vision/Mission:

The Heartland Gatekeepr exists -

• To promote unity in the Body of Christ by serving as a source of communication, information, and networking.
• To encourage spiritual growth through ministry opportunities.
• To testify to the goodness of God through reporting from a Christian perspective.
• To reach those who do not yet know Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior.

Our Beliefs:

The Scriptures Inspired
The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, are inspired of God and are the revelation of God to man, the infallible, authoritative rule of faith and conduct. "For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit." 2 Peter 1:21 (NKJV)

The One True God
The One true God has revealed Himself as the eternally self-existent "I AM," the Creator of Heaven and earth and the Redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed Himself as embodying the Holy Spirit. "In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Matt 28:19b (NKJV)

The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. The Scriptures declare: His virgin birth, "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"-- which means, "God with us." Matt 1:23 (NIV); His sinless life, "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth." 1 Peter 2:22 (NIV); His miracles, "Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know." Acts 2:22 (NIV); His substitutionary work on the cross, "For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures," 1 Cor. 15:3 (NIV); His bodily resurrection from the dead, "Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have." Luke 24:39 (NIV); His exaltation to the right hand of God, "After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight." Acts 1:9 (NIV).

The Fall of Man
Man was created good and upright. However, man, by voluntary transgression, fell and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God. "Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.' So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." Genesis 1:26, 27 (NIV) "But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die." Genesis 2:17 "When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it." Gen 3:6 (NIV)

"Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned--for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come. But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous." Romans 5:12-19 (NIV)

The Salvation of Man
Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

"For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 (NIV)

The Blessed Hope - The Resurrection of the Dead
The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the Church. "For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever." 1Thess. 4:16-17 (NIV)
Whosoever is not found written in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, will be consigned to everlasting punishment, which is the second death. "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." Matt 25:46 (NIV)

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