Statement of Principles
- Tri-State Family Services (TSFS) is an outreach ministry of Jesus Christ through His church. Therefore, TSFS, embodied in its volunteers, is committed to presenting the gospel of our Lord to all those who request our services – both in word and in deed. Commensurate with this purpose, those who labor as TSFS board members, directors, and volunteers are expected to know Christ as their Savior and Lord.
- TSFS is committed to providing all who seek our services with accurate and complete information.
- TSFS is committed to assisting people by providing emotional support and practical assistance. TSFS never discriminates in providing services because of the race, creed, color, national origin, age, or marital status of its clients.
- TSFS never advises, provides, or refers for abortion or abortifacient, nor does it engage in contraceptive counseling or in referring for contraceptives or contraceptive services. (Married women seeking contraceptive information will be urged to seek counsel, along with their husbands, from their pastor and physician.)
- TSFS offers assistance free of charge at all times.
- TSFS is committed to creating awareness within the local community of the services that we provide.
- TSFS recognizes the validity of adoption as one alternative to abortion, but is not biased toward adoption when compared to the other life-saving alternatives. TSFS is independent of adoption agencies, relating to them in the same manner as to other helpful referral sources. TSFS receives no payments of any kind from these agencies, does not enter into contractual relationships with them, and does not share combined office space. Adoption agencies are not established under the auspices of TSFS. TSFS neither initiates nor facilitates independent adoptions.
