South and Central America

Our multi-cultural teams are made up of people from all over the world and serve in many countries in South and Central America. We also send many workers from Latin America to serve overseas.

We serve in most countries of South and Central America, either directly through SIM offices or in partnership with others who share our heart to make Jesus known where He is least known.

We’re passionate about seeing lives transformed by the gospel and people equipped to live as faithful disciples of Jesus.  If you’re interested in serving in this region, we’d love to hear from you.

Where we work

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 g...

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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 i...

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Our team in Ecuador is primarily focussed on sharing the gospel with the rural population, in the southern province of Loja, where a mixture of Catholicism...

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Our SIM Latinoamérica team seeks to mobilise the Spanish-speaking church in South and Central America into global mission, walking alongside local churche...

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Our team in Paraguay is primarily focussed on sharing the gospel with the rural population, where a mixture of Catholicism and indigenous animism is often ...

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The purpose of SIM Peru is to glorify God by partnering with the Peruvian church to make disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ in communities where he is leas...

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The Uruguay team is committed to reaching least-reached communities with the gospel through church planting, children’s ministry, and the training and de...

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Opportunities to serve in South and Central America

Desarrollo de Líderes

CHILE, SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA| Any

A two-year leadership mentoring experience based on the approach SIM has established is offered to a small cohort of high-impact pastors and church leaders. Pairs of qualified and capable mentors with life experience in the region will be paired with these leaders and their spouses. The key components of SIM's Global Leader Development ministry are central to this approach (Leadership Imaging, Mentoring, Self-Directed Development and Community Learning). Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Theological Education

BOLIVIA, SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA| 2+ years

The Bolivian church is following its call to mission near and far, and sending workers where the gospel is least known. To help meet the need for Bible formation, SIM Bolivia is seeking qualified seminary teachers who are passionate about discipling and equipping students to assume leadership in local churches, gospel ministries and for mission. Workers must demonstrate a willingness to learn a high level of Spanish, acquire cultural insight and be able to partner with local Bolivian leaders. There are opportunities in seminary and non-institutional training. Can you see yourself on a team of local and expat theologians investing in the next generation of Christian leaders in the global south? Join our team in Bolivia!

Training Bolivian Church Planters

BOLIVIA, SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA| 2+ years

God is raising Bolivians with a clarion call for church planting and mission in Bolivia’s capital city, La Paz However, it is a challenge for them to find training and support from their local churches. The SIM La Paz team longs for God to establish a coalition of Bolivian churches which is biblically and financially committed to planting gospel-focused, disciple-making, missional churches. For this reason, we are providing training for church planters and their wives, as well as training for churches to ignite missional, life-on-life discipleship movements in their congregations so they can send out mature and equipped believers who are passionate about declaring and demonstrating the gospel, whether across the street or around the world. The SIM La Paz team needs discipleship and church-planting trainers and a person to mobilise churches and individual believers toward missional living and giving.

Stories from South and Central America

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12 September 2025

Meet Murray and Sheryl, SIM mission workers as they share their heart for ministry in Ecuador, the joy of discipling young people, and wisdom for the next ...

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25 July 2025

When God asked Sara to step into something far beyond her experience, she said yes. Children’s ministry and walking with widows through grief, Sara's tes...

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27 June 2025

In southern Ecuador, Rachel Wilson is equipping local believers to follow Jesus deeply and disciple others through God’s Word.

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24 June 2025

Rocio felt alone and unloved after her parents left when she was just seven. But through a Christian radio programme, she heard the message of Jesus and fo...

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