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
Trauma Healing
SIM Trauma Healing is a church and community-based outreach that equips believers with integrated biblical and mental health principles to care for victims of trauma in their communities.
Zion Evangelical Bible Schools (ZEBS) Lesotho
To maintain and build strong contacts in the country, specifically in the District of Leribe, where more than 50 Ama-Zioni church leaders have expressed a desire to study God’s Word.
Youth Workers Toolkit
SIM Kenya is preparing a training book set to equip youth leaders across East Africa to reach young people more effectively.
Youth Leader Training
The aim of this project is to train and inspire leaders to see that they are not alone. We desire to increase spiritual unity by offering personal mentoring, advice and training to local youth leaders, helping them start new initiatives, and as they face different challenges in their ministries.
Youth and Childrens Ministries
Our goal is to train Namibians on how to reach out to children and young people who are growing up without hearing the good news of Jesus Christ.
Wolofal Transliteration
This project aims to convert the Wolof-Roman-script Bible into Arabic script.
West Africans for Global Missions
The center of gravity for Christianity has shifted to the global south and this requires a paradigm shift in our response. The onus is now on the global south especially Africans to respond to this shift. The West African Office sees this need and has responded accordingly with the project-West Africans for Global Missions. As you read about project 95379, it is our prayer that you will join this 'call'.
University Ministry
This ministry seeks to reach out to the 2.5 million university students enrolled in 170 universities in Thailand.
To All Nations School
The aim of this ministry is to provide the Uruguayan church with the opportunity for cross-cultural missionary training through quality academic and practical study, to further mobilise the church to fulfill the Great Commission.
Theological Institute of Lichinga
Our vision is to provide much-needed biblical training to pastors and lay leaders in the church, while also giving them a skill in order to support their families as they minister.
Theological Education
SIM Ethiopia Theological Education Ministries seek to prepare church and ministry leaders, as well as cross-cultural workers.
Sub-Saharan Francophone Campus Discipleship
The vision is to raise up students to become effective cross-cultural witnesses of Christ on their campuses.
Sports Friends
Sports Friends trains and equips local churches and church planters to use the platform of sports for church planting, evangelism and discipleship.
Sisaala People Outreach
This ministry aims to see those who live and die without Christ among the mostly rural, Muslim Sisaala hear and understand the Gospel.
Short-Term Exposure Ministry
Our goal is to take pastors, leaders of mission boards and missionary candidates for short-term exploratory trips to different countries where there is a great need for missionaries.
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.
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