Global Ministry

Compass Global Ministry is committed to sharing the good news of God’s grace to our brothers and sisters around the world. At Compass we walk alongside our missionaries through financial and prayerful support, while also investing in those in our congregation who feel led to global missions.

There is no specific type of person that is called to missions - we are all called to go into all the world proclaiming the Good News of eternal life in Jesus. If you feel God is calling you to step out of your comfort zone and explore what missions could mean for you.

Mission Experience Opportunities

We are strong believers in the value and life long impact that short-term Mission Experiences can have on a person. One of our goals is to participate in the transformation of a community for the Kingdom of God. While on mission, we are able to work towards the goal of transformation by building relationships, working side by side with locals and supporting Kingdom work with our spiritual gifts, learned skills and resources. However, something almost more profound also happens to the team that goes. People consistently wonder, after spending time on mission, who was blessed more. While serving we:

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Live in community together. Eat, play, work, and sometimes even cry together. When living in close community each day we learn to work with conflict and grow as a team that leads to personal growth.

Worship and learn biblical truths daily. Whether we are singing, reading scripture or discussing deep issues like systematic injustice in our broken world, teams marinate in Kingdom thinking each day they are away from home.

Work and play outside our comfort zones. Whether teams are leading a game in a foreign language or working alongside locals to build something, they are often called out of their comfortable places to participate in ministry work. Most times, people are surprised at what they can accomplish too!

WINDSOR EXPERIENCE

Get a break from technology. More and more this is becoming a valuable bonus on mission experiences. We are so programmed to need our tech that we often don’t realize that it owns us instead. Experiencing missions gives us permission to take a deep breath away from our tech to focus on the people around us, and it is always good!

  • Compass Community Church is partnering with several ministries in Windsor to host this short-term Jr. High Mission Experience. This will be another partnership opportunity with The Downtown Windsor Community Collaborative (DWCC). The Downtown Collaborative has provided different experiences for our students to work with and for people living in high risk communities and poverty. Each year, the Windsor Mission Experience looks a bit different as we seek to serve a wide variety of ministries during our time in Windsor.

    For more information please contact Tymon Kozlowski.

  • Compass Students in Senior High have been going to the Dominican Republic for a number of years. We partner with Lighthouse Projects to help with a variety of construction projects, along with helping to lead several different ministries throughout the week. This Mission Experience is generally held in August.

    Contact Tymon Kozlowski for more information.

  • A team of Compass Young Adults will partner with Potter's Place, located on the east side of Vancouver. The team will be provided with ample opportunity to follow Jesus’ commands to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, and provide for the less fortunate in very practical, and tangible ways. They will also travel to Salt Spring Island to work with local churches and ministries to provide for those who are in need of support. This Mission Experience takes place in May.

Apply for a Mission Experience Today!

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXPERIENCE
VANCOUVER EXPERIENCE
READ PERSONAL STORIES FROM MISSION EXPERIENCES.

Long-Term Missions

Career missions includes anyone preparing to go to a different culture for a period longer than one year. At Compass we are committed to raising up and sending out long-term missionaries. If you are interested in long-term missions and have questions, please contact us. We may not have all the answers, but we can connect you with the right resources and people to help you along the way!

The Compass Global Ministry Team exists to oversee our Intentional Outreach initiatives and support our current missionaries on the field. As team, we are committed to:

  • Facilitating communication between our missionaries and the Compass congregation – keeping you informed of what is happening on the field and prayer needs.

  • Connecting those seeking to follow God’s call with short-term and
    long-term missions opportunities.

  • Prayerfully consider and provide direction to new global initiatives.
    Carefully review, interview and make recommendations to the church regarding support of missionaries and/or missions initiatives.

  • Making it real – ensuring that those who may not be able to travel on missions at this time, have an opportunity to participate from home. (ie. Sponsor Child Letter Writing Day, Small Groups Adopt a Missionary program)

  • Compass Outreach is committed to encouraging those on the field through prayerful support in their day to day struggles and celebrating with them as they see the joy of the good news revealed to others.

    We also try to intentionally encourage those in our congregation who are feeling called to some form of missions.

  • Equipping can come in many different forms – whether it is through education, by providing mentorship, or simply steering those in need to the right resources. Our desire as a church is to equip those heading into outreach ministry so that they feel prepared for the field.

  • At Compass we are committed to careful intentional use of the financial resources we have been blessed with as a congregation to enable others as they respond to the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20).

Our Global Partners & Friends

  • Uganda

    Tricia de Boer is currently serving with SIM who is partnered with ‘I Live Again’ in Uganda. Tricia is helping to restore identity and dignity to war victims with trauma counselling, discipleship, training and resettlement of families. 

  • Orangeville

    Dave serves on the National Leadership Team with InterVarsity, coaching, equipping and encouraging leaders who serve the next generation across Canada.  InterVarsity exists to help rising generations discover and develop a relationship with Jesus and grow as rooted & engaged disciples equipped to impact the world with the love of Christ. We operate 9 summer camps (including Pioneer Camp and Circle Square Ranch), impacting 8,000 campers a summer.  Our college and university campus groups connect about 3,000 young adults, many of whom are away from home (and their home church) for the first time. Many have experienced our work in high schools (formerly known as ISCF) where we help students share their faith and reach their peers with Jesus’ love.

    Dave and his wife, Lisa, live in Orangeville and they have two wonderful kids (Jack and Gracie). A champion of the local church, Dave served as a youth pastor for 20+ years, his favourite of which focused on junior high students. He has written several books to help leaders disciple and mentor students, and believes in the potential of students to change the world with Jesus. 

    Pray for Dave as he equips and empowers leaders to reach and serve the next generation.

  • Saint-Constant, Quebec – near Montreal

    The Lord presented a new challenge to Daniel and Chantal in 1999 when they were asked to start a new church in Joliette, northwest of Montreal. They moved to the area and started with a small group that year. Today the congregation of 80-90 people has its own building. In 2009, the church members welcomed Stéphane Gagné as their new pastor.

    In the fall of 2007, Daniel and Chantal Gagné began the third new church plant of their career. In just two years, the initial small group has grown to a congregation of over forty people meeting in its own building. In the summer of 2009, God opened the doors for this young church to acquire a well located former Anglican Church building. It is situated in the heart of the church’s target area of 70,000 people on the south shore of Montreal.

    The Gagne’s church has just finished an expansion of their current location, which will give their ministry room for further growth. 

  • North America, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean

    The Harpers started out as church planters on the island of St. Lucia, and then spent 29 years with Youth With A Mission (YWAM), mentoring and training leaders. They are passionate about helping other couples experience transformation within the context of marriage and are currently connecting globally with churches, and other organizations to establish an international network of marriage mentors who will transform marriages, families and communities around the world. 

  • Canada

    Simon is serving with SIM as a Church Mobilizer and Partnership Developer connecting with churches, building relationships and facilitating between missionaries and the churches. By joining this way with the people of the church, support for the work of God is being spread both here and in Canada as well as around the world. 

  • Orangeville

    Rev. Mohamed Mohamed was born and raised as a Muslim in Egypt. He accepted Jesus as his Lord and Saviour in 1995, after years of seeking and searching for the truth. He believes that every Muslim on the planet deserves to know the truth that he found, and this is his mission since he became Christian.

    Rev. Mohamed is the director of the Muslim Ministry Centre; a Youth With A Mission (YWAM) ministry to reach and disciple Muslims. YWAM (founded in 1960) is a global movement of Christians serving Jesus in over 180 countries with more than 18,000 workers. He is also the Chairman of the Fellowship of Faith for the Muslims (FFM). FFM (founded in 1951) is a prayer, information and literature service for Christians who are concerned with sharing the Gospel with Muslims.

    Beside his role with these organizations, he has founded the Crescent to Cross ministry to help and support Christian believers living in Muslim majority countries who come from Muslim background. 

  • Quebec

    Many people don’t realize that Quebec is an area that could be considered the least reached people for the gospel in North America. Brad and Emily are passionate about reaching Quebec for Christ. Brad is the pastor of Eglise du Plateau in Mont-Royal. They have three children. In one of his latest communiques, Brad shared his commitment to offer prayer for healing, in person any time a non-Christian friend told him of a sickness or ailment. The results have been incredible! Brad and Emily are passionate about planting new churches in Quebec. They cite a study that shows that the average new congregation will bring 6-8 times more people into the body of Christ than an older congregation of the same size. Pray for Brad and Emily as they obey God’s call to reach the lost in Quebec!

  • Bolivia

    Alex and Judy are based in Victoria Corner, New Brunswick where they live out their passion as ‘Missions Motivators’ in the Maritimes and New England States serving in Church Relations and Mobilization.

    The Muir’s mandate as Pioneers Canada missionaries is to take the gospel to the LOGIN (Least Opportunity Greatest In Need) people of the world. Focusing on the Quechua nation living in isolation in the High Andes Mountains of Bolivia South America, they are strategically distributing thousands of Galcom solar-powered, digital Bible Radios into hundreds of villages. These radios are fix-tuned to a Quechua radio station in the city of Cochabamba which airs the gospel message 8 hours a day.

    When not leading teams, they speak in churches and schools about the opportunities to serve, connecting those whom God calls, with the needs around the world. Judy and Alex thank Compass so much for your support and prayers as they continue to serve. 

  • Japan

    Adam was born into a Roman Catholic family and became a Christ follower in university through the ministry of Power to Change. During a five-week mission trip to Japan in 2015, God placed a heavy burden in Adam’s heart for the Japanese people. Adam desires to see Japanese people come to Christ and enter into a process of discipleship, ultimately leading to a disciple-making movement where churches are planted and communities are transformed. The learning curve has been steep as Adam is learning both the Japanese language and how to engage relationally with young adults in Japan, where there is a unique openness to new ideas and ways of living, as well as serving the local church in evangelism and discipleship. Adam is serving with Fellowship International.

  • Brazil

    While in Canada, the Wardlaws are regular attenders of Compass Community Church at the Shelburne site. They are serving with Ethnos, an organization that is committed to reach people throughout the world who have never heard about Jesus. In Canada, Brian and Sherri are training young men and women who are about to head out to work amongst those least reached people groups. Brian is a “missionary kid” who was born and raised in the jungles of Brazil. He grew up as part of the Yanomami people. In so many ways, his and Sherri’s heart and home are amongst the Yanomami. Brian speaks the language fluently and is using that gift along with his incredible appreciation for the Yanomami culture to help translate the Bible into the Yanomami language. Brian and Sherri are planning to go back to live in Brazil as soon as possible. They write, “There is so much that still needs to be done there.  Pray for wisdom, health and open doors.” CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Get Involved

  • If you’re considering missions, make sure you bring it to God in prayer. He will hear the cry of your heart and stand beside you as you embark on the mission field. For those at home, pray that God will bless the ministry of our short-term teams. Pray that those hearing the message of salvation will receive it with open hearts and that those serving in this way may discover a stirring in their heart for longer term missions. 

  • Please consider partnering with our short-term and long-term missionaries through financial support. It is often very intimidating for those considering missions for the first time to raise support for their mission trip. Yet it is such an important step in the preparation process as they are challenged to trust in God to provide financial partners and prayer partners who will walk beside them on their journey. You can also support our missionaries by communicating with them on a regular basis. Whether it is providing words of encouragement as you follow a short-term team’s blog on Facebook or you make a commitment to partner in communication with one of our long-term missionaries, your prayers and support can make such a difference.

  • What are you waiting for? If God is calling you to missions, then GO! Please contact us and let’s start looking at what opportunities God might be leading you towards. 

Applying for Support

Compass sets aside limited funds to provide financial support to both short-term and long-term missionaries. To get more information, please contact Don Allison, Director of Global Ministry via email or call the office at 519-941-4790.