Missions

The Gospel mission work of St. John’s continue in 2022 with three major missions partners:

In Cambodia, Ratanak continued to rescue Cambodians from modern day slavery by expanding their human trafficking prevention program and working with the Cambodian government to repatriate trafficked citizens. We give thanks to God that 30 years of Ratanak’s work was honoured by our own Canadian government in the Senate in September.

In India, Helping Point continued to minister to 2,000 Dalit students daily at St. Simons school, Jhola Children’s Home, day care centres and churches. We expect Bidyuta Singh, Executive Director, to visit St. John’s in May.

For Malawi, although St. John’s suspended funding in 2018, we remain in communication with our friends in the Diocese of the Upper Shire. A change of leadership is underway and there is significant movement towards reconciliation within their diocese.

In November, St. John’s commissioned Andrew Buchanan as a missionary and sent him to Japan. As he started his missionary career, another missionary reached a milestone. In October, Sharyn Thomson returned from West Africa after almost 36 years of Bible translation work in that region. She will transition to new and exciting work in Canada.

In 2023, St. John’s will send a group of youth on a short-term mission to Victoria. We also look forward to missionaries visiting in person, including Jeremy and Krista Curry from Nepal with their five children.

It is a blessing to St. John’s to partner with missionaries and see the Gospel proclaimed in remote villages in Nepal, to Syrian and Uyghur refugees in Turkey, and to seafarers in Vancouver. African students in Tunisia are trained to reach the 10/40 window, and students in our local universities are discipled to follow Jesus. The Good News of Jesus Christ leavens the nations (Matthew 13:33) to bring in His reign for His glory.