Ecuador

The vision of SIM Ecuador is to see a witness to Christ’s love where he is least known, disciples of Jesus expressing God’s love in their communities, and Christ-centred churches among all peoples.
Therefore, by faith we see:
• Churches expressing God’s love and compassion, serving their communities and reaching out with the gospel to the vulnerable among them.
• The church of Loja supporting gospel workers in Loja and the world.
• The people of God capable of serving effectively in ministry.
• A church planting movement that reproduces communities of Jesus followers in least-reached, rural areas of the Loja province.
• Families being transformed by the gospel in southern Ecuador.
- Young people making disciples and modelling a holistic Christ centred life in their communities.
- Missionaries flourishing beneath quality administration and member care.
- Missionary kids in a personal relationship with Jesus.

Ecuador
The vision of SIM Ecuador is to see a witness to Christ’s love where he is least known, disciples of Jesus expressing God’s love in their communities, and Christ-centred churches among all peoples.
Therefore, by faith we see:
• Churches expressing God’s love and compassion, serving their communities and reaching out with the gospel to the vulnerable among them.
• The church of Loja supporting gospel workers in Loja and the world.
• The people of God capable of serving effectively in ministry.
• A church planting movement that reproduces communities of Jesus followers in least-reached, rural areas of the Loja province.
• Families being transformed by the gospel in southern Ecuador.
- Young people making disciples and modelling a holistic Christ centred life in their communities.
- Missionaries flourishing beneath quality administration and member care.
- Missionary kids in a personal relationship with Jesus.
Come and Serve
Administration
Un campo misionero bien administrado permite a los misioneros de largo plazo alcanzar a los menos alcanzados.
Compassion Ministries
Iglesias expresando el amor y la compasión de Dios, sirviendo sus comunidades y extendiendo el evangelio a los más vulnerables entre ellos.
Equipping Church Leaders
Equipando a pastores y líderes de iglesias locales para que sean fieles a la Palabra de Dios y al Evangelio.
Ministry to Missionary Kids
Apoyando a los hijos de misioneros para que crezcan como seguidores personales de Jesús a través de la educación, actividades y programas que los edifican en Cristo.
Mobilising
Sirviendo a la iglesia de Loja para ser apasionada en apoyar a los obreros del Evangelio en Loja y el mundo.
Planting and Strengthening Rural Churches
Proclamando el Evangelio para ver un movimiento de plantación de iglesias que reproduce comunidades de seguidores de Jesucristo en las áreas rurales, menos alcanzadas de la provincia de Loja.
Radio Hope
Radio Ondas de Esperanza proclama el Evangelio por medio de una programación de radio cristiana.
Youth Ministry El Sendero
Alcanzando a los jóvenes entre 15 y 25 años de forma creativa.
Communities where Christ is least known
Rural population of the southern province of Loja
We thank God for Church growth, as more urban churches in the city of Loja are planting churches in remote rural areas. Our strategy is to work alongside these churches to raise the number of believers in rural areas from the current 0.1 per cent.
Nearly all 300,000 living in rural communities remain in bondage to an animistic Catholicism that combines idolatry, shamans and superstitions. Town priests usually lead the opposition to gospel work, while families and communities persecute those searching for truth outside their traditional beliefs. Persecution varies but often includes public shaming, beatings from parents and disownment.
Leaders are being trained to share the gospel and testimonies of its impact on their lives. Still, there remains a great need for workers to continue church planting and to train leaders.
Vulnerable populations
Women and children are Ecuador’s most vulnerable people, and as such, face the highest risk of violence and abuse. A national survey reports that 60 per cent of women have experienced some form of violence, and three fourths of the time, this violence comes from family members or other people they know. Almost half of Ecuador’s children are regularly exposed to violent physical abuse at home.
Also, most of the one million Venezuelan immigrants who came to Ecuador in 2018 are now homeless and begging, without hope of finding work or housing. SIM’s compassion ministry is working to connect with these groups and other vulnerable people, such as those with disabilities, by offering trauma healing, a finance management course and other resources.
Prayers
1
Pray for Radio Hope to receive government approval for its FM frequency and to broadcast gospel messages that would have an impact throughout the province.
2
Pray for our compassion ministry to effectively open doors to new communities through tangible expressions of Christ’s love.
3
Pray for our equipping leadership ministries to develop stable, maturing leaders, especially in rural communities, through training programmes and ongoing discipleship.
4
Pray for more teachers for our MK study centre.