VISIONS, GOALS AND CARDINAL OBJECTIVES
OUR VISION
Touching the lives of boys … impacting the eternity of men!
OUR FOUNDING GOALS
- To become well informed, responsible follower of Christ.
- To have Christ-like concern for all people.
- To carry the message of Christ around the world.
- To work with others in sharing Christ.
- To keep myself clean and healthy in mind and body.
- Helping boys in spiritual development and discipleship.
- Equipping members for mission action.
- Ensuring educational and career development of boys.
- Promoting social awareness, responsibility and responsiveness.
- Promoting personal commitment demonstrated in stewardship of life, churchmanship and denominational interest, and understanding as well as appreciation of Baptist beliefs and practices.
- Enabling members’ personality, potentiality, and dignity development.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
The foundation, vision and ministries of RAN are responses to the Lord’s command to make disciples of ALL nations.
Our philosophy of ministry to boys is because it is easy to catch them young. One of the earliest mottos of the organization is: “It is easy to mould boys than to mend men.” Besides, today’s boys are the men of tomorrow, who will be saddled with the social and spiritual responsibilities of leading humanity and influencing decisions in families, societal, global and spiritual spheres of life. They must not be left to wrong hands.
THE ROYAL AMBASSADOR PLEDGE
As a Royal Ambassador I will do my best;
To become a well-informed, responsible follower of Christ;
To have a Christ-like concern for all people;
To carry the message of Christ around the world;
To work with others in sharing Christ; and
To keep myself clean and healthy in mind and body.
ROYAL AMBASSADOR MOTTO
The Royal Ambassador motto is found in 2 Corinthians 5:20: “We are ambassadors for Christ.”
ROYAL AMBASSADOR HYMN
“THE KING’S BUSINESS” (found in Baptist Hymnal 433)
Verse 1:
I am a stranger here, within a foreign land,
My home is far away, upon a golden strand,
Ambassador to be of realms beyond the sea
I’m here on business for my King.
Chorus:
This is the message that I bring,
A message angels fain would sing:
“Oh, be ye reconciled,” thus saith my Lord and King,
“Oh, be ye reconciled to God.”
Verse 2:
This is the King’s command that all men everywhere,
Repent and turn away from sin’s seductive snare;
That all who will obey, with Him shall reign for aye,
And that’s my business for my King.
Verse 3:
My home is brighter far than sharon’s rosy plain,
Eternal life and joy throughout its vast domain;
My Sovereign bids me tell how mortals there may dwell
And that’s my business for my King
THE ROYAL AMBASSADOR EMBLEM
The Royal Ambassador Emblem is a blue shield on a background of a white circle. It has a gold edge around the circle. The shield represents a soldier. In Ephesians 6:16, the Christian is instructed to “take the shield of faith.” The shield reminds the youth to have faith in God whom he will represent as an ambassador.
The shield is divided into three parts: a torch, a wheel, and a crown. The torch is the symbol for Junior 
Royal Ambassadors; the wheel represents the Intermediate Royal Ambassadors, while the crown stands for the Senior Royal Ambassadors.
Royal Ambassadors; the wheel represents the Intermediate Royal Ambassadors, while the crown stands for the Senior Royal Ambassadors.
The wheel is the symbol of the rank of Apprentice. It represents the boy as a learner of trade (of becoming Ambassadors for Christ). It (the wheel) is a sign of movement and progress. It reminds the boy to progressively pattern his life after the Carpenter Boy from Nazareth and to qualify as His representative. The Intermediate boy is trained to know that there is no higher work than that of becoming an Ambassador for Christ.
The crown is the symbol for the Senior Royal Ambassadors. A crown represents a king. This crown represents a king. This crown represents Christ who is the King of kings and Lord of lords. It signifies that the Senior Royal Ambassador has reached an age, and acquired certain knowledge, that qualifies him to serve as an effective Ambassador for Christ, the King. The Senior Royal Ambassador will want to discharge his duty being loyal and faithful to the King.
THE ROYAL AMBASSADOR COLOURS
The Royal Ambassador colours are blue, gold and white.
The blue stands for loyalty:
- Loyalty to Christ the King
- Loyalty to the Church and her mission
- Loyalty to the Royal Ambassadors organization and its beliefs
The gold stands for value or worth:
- The worth of Christ to the boy as his Lord and Master; and
- The worth of the boy to Christ as His ambassador.
The white stands for purity:
- Purity of the body
- Purity of the mind
- Purity of the soul in the worship of one God and Him alone.
