October 2008

Our Desire    

Our Desire The following recommendation was approved by the General Conference of The Free Methodist Church in Canada (2002) Flowing from the desire to be more significantly involved in global ministry as the Canadian Free Methodist Church, and desiring to use our resources in a strategic manner for Kingdom witness,

  Canadian Free Methodist churches have supported mission work through our American colleagues for more than a century. Canadian FM missionaries were deployed by the US-based Free Methodist World Missions. The primary method for funding these workers has been through Giving Streams, our collective ministries support system. In the past

Canadian Global Ministries – a new paradigm [download pdf]Philosophy of Ministry Our vision statement says we want “to see healthy churches within the reach of all people in Canada and beyond.” This sets our primary task as church planting and church development with healthy church measurables. We will do this

      Encounter Madrid Team 2006   We actively encourage local churches to be involved in short Mission Team opportunities in partnership with Free Methodist churches around the world. The Free Methodist Church is present in more than 80 countries, on almost every continent, so there is a very

  Canadian cross-cultural workers with short-term job descriptions (usually 1-2 years). These workers are supported by their home church and other partners.       Dean and Stephanie Babcock Serving in Malawi   Blog  Newsletter             Adam and Ashley Curtis Serving in Philippines. Blog   Newsletter

Canadian cross-cultural workers with long-term job descriptions. These workers are supported by local churches across Canada.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56muyUFvqYE   Debbie Hogeboom – Kenya, Equatorial Africa Dan Sheffield – International Urban Ministry   Linda Stryker – Equatorial Africa David and Jennifer Wright – Niamey, Niger