The reasons for which FOCUS exists are:
 

1. To stimulate personal faith in and love for the Lord Jesus among individual students on Magill Campus.
2. To present the challenge of local, overseas and cross cultural missionary service.
3. To encourage the foundation and maintenance of an active witness of Christ to students on Campus

FOCUS' Beliefs

FOCUS upholds the fundamental truths of Christianity as contained in the Word of God, including the following points (in accordance with AFES):
 

1. The divine inspiration and infallibility of the Holy Scripture as originally given and its (the Bible's) supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
2. The unity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in the Godhead.
3. The universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the fall, rendering humans subject to God's wrath and condemnation.
4. The conception of Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit and His birth of the Virgin Mary.
5. Redemption from the guilt, penalty and power of sin only through the sacrificial death as our representative and substitute, of Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God.
6. The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
7. The necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit to make the death of Christ effective in the individual sinner, granting them Repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ.
8. The indwelling and work of the Holy Spirit in the believer.
9. The expectation of the personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ.