SIM Sri Lanka

The small SIM team in Sri Lanka seeks to partner with local churches and other organisations to see communities transformed by the gospel as people become disciples of Jesus Christ.

Key Ministries

  • Evangelism seminars and training.
  • Disciple-making.
  • Tract ministry
  • Counsellor training at Colombo Theological Seminary.
  • Seminary instruction.
  • English instruction.
  • Counselling women and couples.
  • Basic counselling seminars.
  • Marriage and family seminars.
  • Trauma healing training.
  • Local church-based ministries to build up the body of Christ.

Spiritual Landscape in Sri Lanka

Buddhism is the dominant faith on the island, with about 70 per cent of the population claiming to follow its tenets. Buddhism is recognised as having the ‘foremost place’ in the constitution, but other faiths are tolerated. About 12 per cent of the country follows Hinduism, nine per cent Islam and seven per cent Christianity.

Communities Where Christ is Least Known

Muslims

Muslims comprise almost 10 per cent (approximately 2.1 million) of Sri Lanka’s population and their numbers are increasing.

The Moors, who make up a significant portion of the Muslim community, are mainly descendants of the Arabs who came as traders. Muslim tradesmen who arrived from India are also counted in this group. The Malays, a smaller Muslim group found in Sri Lanka, are of Malaysian and Indonesian descent.

Muslim influence has grown, due to intermarriage between these people groups and Sri Lankans, political leadership and economic sway. The influence of Muslims far exceeds their numbers. Even though a few hundred people among them have come to follow Christ, there are no churches with congregants or pastors from Muslim backgrounds.

In the last few decades, a small segment of the church has become conscious of the need to share God’s love with these neighbours. There has been little opposition to, or initiation of, gospel work among Muslim communities.

SIM is part of a network whose goal is to reach these people through organising conferences, providing training and bringing awareness and direction to the church about outreach to Muslims.

Contact SIM Sri Lanka

Email: Connect@sim.org

Please pray

  • For the church, to become aware of the gospel need in Sri Lankan Muslim communities and will dispel inhibitions about relating to them and will learn how best to share the gospel
  • For the salvation of the 2.1 million Muslims who live in Sri Lanka
  • For God to send labourers from Sri Lanka and overseas to train the church to reach this community
  • For effective leadership of the Muslim Network in its efforts to come up with a common strategy for evangelism and church planting
  • For more volunteers and unity in the network
  • For new believers to become disciples and church planters among their own people
  • For two church planters to come forward to plant churches in each of the 25 districts of the island

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