Paraguay
Convinced of God’s love for all, we believe he has called us to be witnesses of his good news and to make disciples of Jesus
Christ where he is least known in Paraguay and around the world. In pursuit of those goals:
• we bring God glory as multi-skilled, multi-national
ministry teams.
• we demonstrate his love among those living and dying
without him.
• we train believers to serve and lead local churches to
grow and spread the Church throughout Paraguay’s
interior.
• we interact with many churches and organisations to
help send his people to where He is calling them to serve.
Paraguay
Convinced of God’s love for all, we believe he has called us to be witnesses of his good news and to make disciples of Jesus
Christ where he is least known in Paraguay and around the world. In pursuit of those goals:
• we bring God glory as multi-skilled, multi-national
ministry teams.
• we demonstrate his love among those living and dying
without him.
• we train believers to serve and lead local churches to
grow and spread the Church throughout Paraguay’s
interior.
• we interact with many churches and organisations to
help send his people to where He is calling them to serve.
Come and Serve
Remote Area Dweller Ministry Duplicate 1
Our aim is to complete the Bible translation and oral translation of Bible stories into the San language of !Xoon.
Mobilisation for Christ's Global Mission
We want to mobilise more people, prayer, and funds for Christ’s global mission, especially to those who live and die without Christ in South Asia.
Radio Hope
Radio "Ondas de Esperanza" ("Radio Hope") proclaims the gospel in Ecuador through quality Christian radio programming.
Medical and Social Work
Medical work has been part of SIM ministries since the beginning. Discover more about it...
Church Leadership Training
Train servant leaders who love the Lord Jesus and who are competent in various ministry skills.
International Leadership and Services
SIM International Leadership and Services facilitates SIM’s task of extending the kingdom of God by giving leadership and support, defining policy and best practices, and providing administrative services.
Pacific2Nations
This ministry aims to empower a movement of Pacific people, rising up and going into the nations, proclaiming the Gospel and demonstrating God's love and power.
Church Partnerships
To facilitate more churches in Australia to fulfill Christ’s global mission and cross-cultural mission locally.
University Ministry
This ministry seeks to reach out to the 2.5 million university students enrolled in 170 universities in Thailand.
Missionary Kid Education
We need multiple solutions for schooling. These include home schooling, home school cooperatives, boarding, supporting MK schools, scholarships for those from new sending contexts, and more.
Mobilisation Ministry
To send Filipino missionaries locally and to our other SIM countries through tent-making and traditional means. We desire to send workers to communities where Christ is least known.
Discipling and Training Mongolian Churches
This ministry is to equip Mongolian leaders with leadership skills, godly character, and capacity for impacting the society.
Mobilising Missionaries and Churches
To empower and mobilise Korean and East Asian missionaries and churches in reaching out through various ministries to communities who don’t know Christ in SIM’s strategic areas.
Words of Hope
Equipping pastors and leaders of city and rural churches to be faithful to God's Word and the gospel in their ministry to others.
Communities where Christ is least known
Rural families who are subsistence farmers
Nearly half of Paraguay’s population live in non-urban, dispersed and subsistence communities. Oral learning in the Guarani language is strongly preferred. Using oral methods, church planting teams can evangelise, disciple and train church leaders, regardless of the leaders’ literacy levels, so that these leaders may know and teach God’s Word.
Young churches with young faith
Nearly half of Paraguay’s population are under 20 years old, and many evangelical churches are no older. With such a young faith community, it is critical that these churches be equipped to teach and disciple the next generation. SIM Paraguay is training both rural and urban church leaders in youth and camp ministry. In addition to local weekend youth activities, Paraguayan youth leaders organise summer and winter camps that bring together young believers from around the country.
Indigenous communities
Many of those who belong to Paraguay’s 19 indigenous groups live and die in small, scattered communities without sufficient access to God’s good news. SIM Paraguay is addressing this need by recording Scripture and Bible materials into local languages and partnering with those burdened for indigenous peoples. Also, a new SIM team of missionary families is answering a partnership invitation from the indigenous church leaders to unite in evangelism and discipleship efforts.
Prayers
Pray for outreaches through Bible studies and education in communities where Bible-teaching churches do not yet exist.
Pray for outreaches through Bible studies and education in communities where Bible-teaching churches do not yet exist.
Pray for trained youth leaders to continue using what they have learned and be successful in their local youth ministries and regional camps.
Pray for trained youth leaders to continue using what they have learned and be successful in their local youth ministries and regional camps.
Pray for Paraguayan believers to be equipped to lead their churches and organise local ministries.
Pray for Paraguayan believers to be equipped to lead their churches and organise local ministries.
Pray for both new and old SIM Paraguay families to continue learning the local culture and language, in order to effectively demonstrate God’s love and collaborate successfully with local partners.
Pray for both new and old SIM Paraguay families to continue learning the local culture and language, in order to effectively demonstrate God’s love and collaborate successfully with local partners.
Pray for partnerships with many others to further mobilise Paraguayan churches to send Paraguayan workers nationally and internationally.
Pray for partnerships with many others to further mobilise Paraguayan churches to send Paraguayan workers nationally and internationally.
Related stories
Related stories
How will they hear?
In Paraguay, the deaf population is one of the least reached. SIM mission worker Shirley Anne lives in Southern Paraguay and travels to surrounding villages teaching deaf as well as hearing individuals Paraguayan Sign Language (or LSPY). Her ministry is very relational and she incorporates bible stories into her lessons in order to share the gospel.
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Manuel trains Mbya Guaraní children in football
Manuel, a short-term SIM worker in Paraguay from Switzerland, is using his enthusiasm for sport to proclaim the gospel among Mbya Guaraní children.
Kingdom opportunity follows house call
Samuel, a family physician from Australia, and his family moved to Paraguay two years ago to be involved in rural evangelism and church planting where there aren’t any churches.
Embracing the Paraguayan Deaf
Shirley Anne once saw a significant need among the Deaf. Now she shares Jesus with them in long-term ministry. Read about her journey.