Current Partnerships
Ghana 迦納
We have been partnered with the Evangelical Church of Ghana (ECG) since 2004 to implement ministries of church planting, education in rural areas, micro-financing and medical services to the local communities. It has been an incredible blessing to walk alongside our Ghanian brothers and sisters for all this time and we continue to follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance in seeing how we can best support the ECG church.
In 2020, we were thrilled to send our first international worker! After six short-term missions trips to Ghana, Janice Wong felt called to full-time ministry serving the Ghanaian people.
自2004年以來，我們就與迦納福音派教會Evangelical Church of Ghana (ECG) 建立了夥伴關係，以執行教會的建立，農村地區的教育，小額信貸和向當地社區提供醫療服務等。 一直以來，與迦納弟兄姐妹同行，是令人難以置信的祝福，我們繼續遵循聖靈的引導，以了解如何才能最好地支持ECG教會和事工。
2020年，我們很高興能差派出第一位國際事工人員！ 在迦納進行了六次短期宣教任務之後，Janice Wong被召專職為迦納人民服務。
Togo 多哥
CIM is partnered with the Eglise de la Grace en Christ du Togo (EGCT) and provides support spiritually, physically, and financially. This support includes training untrained church planters, to support the radio evangelism, youth, children and women ministries, empowering communities with loans for micro-enterprises and needy students within the church, and to helping the church plant new churches in remote, mostly animist or Islamic places, as well.
Our Togo ministries are overseen by Rev. Matthieu Ayena, originally from Togo himself.
CIM與多哥基督教恩典教會 Eglise de la Grace en Christ du Togo （EGCT）合作，在事工和經濟上提供支持。 這些支持包括培訓教會教牧同工，支持福音廣播，青年，兒童和婦女事工，為社區中的微型企業和有需要的學生提供貸款的能力，以及幫助教會在偏遠的，主要是泛神論者中建立新教會。 在一些以伊斯蘭教為主的地方擴展福音。
我們的多哥事工由來自多哥本人的 Rev. Matthieu Ayena牧師來負責和監督。
Ukraine 烏克蘭
In 2015, the Lord impressed on the hearts of CIM Canada’s leadership to expand our missions field and reach out to the Roma people group. After more prayer and preparations, an exploratory trip to Uzhhorod, Ukraine (Western Ukraine) was conducted in June 2017. Through connections from South Calgary Chinese Evangelical Free Church, we were able to meet up with the House of Mercy, a local Ukrainian organization. After having the opportunity to meet the locals and learn more about the House of Mercy’s Roma ministry and associated ministries, it became clear that we needed to support our Ukrainian brothers and sisters.
We officially partnered with the House of Mercy in October 2017. In June 2018, CIM sent our first short-term missions (STM) team to Ukraine to share the gospel with Roma villages and providing training to pastors.
2015年，神感動和帶領CIM機構來發展新的宣教工埸，我們擴大了事工領域，並與羅姆人群體接觸。 經過更多的祈禱和準備，在2017年6月進行了對烏克蘭的 Uzhhorod（烏克蘭西部）探索之旅。通過南卡城華人播道會的聯繫，我們得以與烏克蘭地方組織恩慈之家（House of Mercy）會面。 並有機會與了解更多有關於恩慈之家對羅姆人們的支持和關懷事工，我們體會到需要支持在烏克蘭的弟兄姐妹。
我們於2017年10月正式和烏克蘭恩慈之家合作。2018年6月，CIM向烏克蘭派遣了第一個短期宣教團隊（STM），與羅姆村民分享福音，並向當地羅姆人牧師和教會同工提供培訓。
Who are the Romani (also known as Roma) people?
Linguistic and genetic studies have shown that the Roma people are likely to have originated from northern India, however, they have migrated all over the world, with an especially high concentration in Europe. The derogeratory term gypsy is often used to refer to the Romani people. Historically, the Roma people have been discriminated against and enslaved from the 15th century into the 19th century. In World War II, Nazis also targeted the Roma people and it is estimated that 2 million Romani people were executed.
The generations of persecution has had a tremendous effect on the Roma people and the difficult circumstances they find themselves in. Prejudice and the marginalization of the Roma people are still very widespread and prevalent today, with many of them exiled or evicted from their lifelong homes because of their identity.
As God is surely heartbroken to know his precious children are suffering, we feel that it is important to reach the Roma people and share the Good News. We want them to know that they have not been forgotten, there is hope and that they are deeply beloved by Jesus.
誰是羅姆人？
語言學和遺傳學研究表明，羅姆人（Roma people group) 是起源於印度北部，然後遷移到世界各地，尤其是在歐洲。貶義詞吉普賽人通常是指羅姆人。從歷史上看，羅姆人 從第二個世紀到19世紀一直受到歧視和奴役。在第二次世界大戰中，納粹黨還以羅姆人為目標，據估計有200萬羅姆人被處決和殺害。
今天，對羅姆人的偏見和邊緣化仍然非常普遍和普及，很多羅姆人終身過着一個被流放或逐出家園的生活。缺乏國家承認羅姆人的身份和給予平等的待遇。
但上帝知道他們遭受痛苦和傷心欲絕，所以我們認為，接觸羅姆人並分享天國的好消息是很重要。我們希望能讓他們知道，他們並沒有被遺忘，是有盼望的，並且被耶穌深深的愛護 。