SIM Chile

Compelled by God’s great love, our Chile team seeks to equip churches with trained leaders, so they can better make disciples and show the love of Christ in communities where He is least known.

Punta Arenas street scene. Pic Victor, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Key Ministries

  • Mission mobilisation.
  • Rural Theological Seminary (SCRIM).
  • Church leadership development.
  • Disciple-making and pastoral marriage care.
  • Seminary by Extension to All Nations (SEAN).
  • Education and evangelism with at-risk kids.
  • Koyamentu Training and Retreat Centre.
  • Marriage and family ministries in church contexts

Spiritual Landscape in Chile

Catholicism is the the largest Christian denomination in the country. Approximately 70 per cent of the population identifies as Catholic, while an estimated 18 per cent identify as evangelical, a term encompassing various non-Catholic Christian groups. Other religions practiced in Chile include Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. There is significant nominalism.

Communities Where Christ is Least Known

The Chilean evangelical church is part of a growing worldwide mission movement. Our focus is to accompany and support the church in the flourishing of discipleship as its DNA; disciples who make disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ in communities where he is least known. We work to help the Chilean church grow in its capacity and commitment to send workers to serve where Christ is least known in Chile and outside. SIM Chile hopes to develop new partnerships and ministries to support church leaders and their efforts both to make disciples in their congregations and also to reach out to the communities of university students, college and university professors and migrants who live and die without Christ.

Contact SIM Chile

Email: Connect@sim.org

Please pray

  • For the development of new ministries focused on helping Chilean churches realise their DNA and become disciples who make disciples
  • For Chilean pastors and church leaders to lead their congregations well in times of social upheaval and economic recession
  • For Chilean mission workers to flourish spiritually, physically, emotionally and financially
  • For the Seminary by Extension to All Nations (SEAN) to extend its impact throughout the country
  • For the Rural Theological Seminary (SCRIM) to strengthen its relevance among the indigenous and rural population
  • For the Koyamentu Training and Retreat Centre to facilitate the renewal, transformation and training of Chilean churches and mission workers
  • For the development of new ministries focused on pastoral marriage care

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