SIM Bolivia

Our Bolivia team has bases in La Paz, Cochabamba, Sucre and Potosi and seeks to see Bolivian Christians deeply rooted in the gospel and able to share the good news by word and deed locally and globally.

 

 

Key Ministries

  • Training church planters in La Paz.
  • Imparting skills to support parents and teachers of children with disabilities in Cochabamba.
  • Sharing the good news with mining families in Potosí.
  • Gospel witness, discipleship and skills training among the shoe-shiners in La Paz.
  • Vernacular Bible teaching to Quechuas in Sucre and the surrounding countryside.
  • Sports Friends in growing neighbourhoods of Sucre.

Spiritual Landscape in Bolivia

SIM works in areas where there is significant nominal Catholicism, as well as some adherence to traditional forms of idol worship and other spiritual practices. There are very few evangelical Christians in the country.

Communities Where Christ is Least Known

Families with special needs kids

Many Bolivian families face the challenge of raising special needs children with few outside resources. They are often marginalised and alone. We are reaching out to them with the love of Jesus, showing them how special they are in his eyes and helping these children and their families thrive.

City and rural dwellers

We envision a coalition of Bolivian churches committed to knowing Christ and making him known in Bolivian cities, unreached rural areas and around the world. To this end, the La Paz team trains Bolivian Christians to plant disciple-making, missional churches in the city of La Paz, unreached jungles, rural communities of Bolivia and around the world.

Contact SIM Bolivia

Email: Connect@sim.org

Please pray

  • For God to guide the La Paz team as they train and mentor church planters
  • For parents of disabled children to feel Christ’s love through the skills taught and the care provided in support groups
  • For educators to employ new skills as they teach children with various disabilities
  • For trusting relationships with mining families to allow spiritual conversations
  • For incarnational ministry to shoe-shiners that will transform them into disciples of Christ and break the cycle of poverty
  • For Quechua believers to truly understand the gospel of grace and God’s protection from false teaching
  • For churches to embrace sports ministry to reach children in their communities
  • For unity on our multi-ethnic and multi-generational SIM team
  • For new workers to join these opportunities

 

  

 

 

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