Join us in reaching the South Asian people groups living in Canada to impact South Asians worldwide.
Canada has many diverse cultures, including those from South Asia. From Punjabis and Pakistanis to Gujaratis, we seek to share the gospel with these unreached peoples. We believe that by making disciples of South Asians living in Canada, the good news will have a global impact, reaching back to South Asia and even to the ends of the earth.
Our team works alongside South Asian believers and other ministries in Canada to see the gospel preached countrywide. We also work to plant churches in South Asian communities, most of which have very few churches.
Additionally, we see Canada as a training ground, helping South Asians reach back to their own nations where Westerners can have little to no access. Join us in expanding the gospel’s reach among South Asian people groups living in Canada.
Gifts toward specific efforts show us what you are excited about. Occasionally, we may redeploy gifts as we follow God's leading with urgent opportunities or changing international contexts. Any gifts received beyond the goal go toward a similar project or our team support.
Training in Discipleship
One of the biggest needs for new believers is ensuring that they are strongly grounded in the Word of God. This discipleship training will ensure they have the proper biblical foundation that will guard them from false teaching and make them fruitful and faithful followers of Jesus. Your gift will help us host these events, funding participants' travel to the trainings, venue hall rentals, and food costs.
Sending Missionaries Cross Culturally
For the gospel to reach new areas, we need to cast the vision for local South Asian missionaries to be sent among their own people. Your gift to this project will help us to train those South Asian missionaries, so they are equipped to work in cross cultural settings. It will also ensure they have the support needed in order to remain in their areas and be effective in sharing the gospel.
National Partner Training
Our goal is to see God raise up a movement of local South Asian church planters. We invest in our nationals through training to ensure they are equipped with the tools they need to reach new areas and plant churches. Your gift will underwrite the cost of these training events. Partner with us in this project to help us move toward having a church in every neighborhood from where the gospel can ring forth in Word and deed.
Veda* was exhausted from her shift at a local restaurant. Just 30 more minutes, and she could go home.
However, the customers in the corner booth were particularly friendly and asked her questions. When she said she was from South Asia, the couple’s faces lit up, and they began speaking her language.
Wow! You can only imagine her excitement in connecting with people who knew her language. They, too, had recently moved to Canada, but they had come to share Christ with those who immigrated.
At just 25, she knew virtually no one, apart from her family, who spoke to her in Hindi.
Veda tended to her other tables but quickly returned to speak with these unique customers.
When Veda shared she enjoyed reading, one asked: “We are working to translate the Bible into Hindi. Will you read our new translation of the Bible and let us know what you think?”
“Certainly,” Veda responded, “I have never read anything in the Bible.”
With her shift ending, Veda spent the next two hours sitting with the couple, reading Matthew 25-28. She helped the couple with several vocabulary and grammatical pieces as she read.
She had never heard about Jesus’ death on the cross. Veda’s expression changed as she read.
Then, she turned the page and read of Jesus’ resurrection. Her eyes widened, and her expression turned to one of joy.
You introduced Veda to Jesus through your gifts to this ministry. For the first time, she heard about someone who loved her so much he gave his life for hers.
Thank you for the difference your gifts made in Veda’s life and countless others.
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The goal represents the cost of our team’s ministry activities for this calendar year. The Cooperative
Program and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® (LMCO) fully fund our living expenses. The goal amount resets
every January 1st. All gifts completed through this form are directed to our team’s ministry strategy.
100% of all gifts received are used overseas as we reach the unreached with the gospel together. Click here to learn how this is made possible through
the Cooperative Program.
Giving to one of our specific team efforts allows us to know what you are excited to see God complete within
our ministry. Occasionally, we may need to redeploy gifts within our team strategy as urgent opportunities
arise, as we do our best to follow God's leading, or adjust to changing international contexts. Any gifts
received beyond the posted goal go toward a similar project or our team support.
100% of all gifts received are used overseas as we reach the unreached with the gospel together. Click here to learn how this is made
possible through the Cooperative Program.
Our living expenses are fully provided by generous churches and individuals participating in the Cooperative Program and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® (LMCO). These gifts enable us to remain on mission without interruption. Your support is a partnership with these churches, providing for us and our colleagues through LMCO. Our team receives recognition when partners give below to make our presence here possible.
The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® is a registered trademark of WMU.
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