MOMENTUM
MARCH 2017
omentum
Your monthly update of what’s happening
in and through the C&MA in Canada.
Living in Expectation
Dave Hearn, President of the C&MA Canada
God did
extraordinary
miracles
through
Paul.
Acts 19:11
“…many otherwise orthodox
Christians are in effect operational
atheists or atheists unawares. To be
sure, Christians still affirm the historic
creeds, and we say we believe in the
Holy Spirit and in prayer and the
supernatural, but for many they are
now only words.” – Os Guinness
Os Guinness’ startling words are a
wake-up call to the Western Church. In
particular, they are a prophetic
invitation to our Alliance family in
Canada.
A cornerstone of Alliance theology is
the firm belief in supernatural things
and a supernatural God.
Recently, I received the following email
from a woman in one of our Alliance
congregations:
I suffered with a pain in my back for 42
years. With age, my scoliosis became
worse, and because of this spot, I could
not fully straighten up on the left side, as
the pain there caused me to pitch
forward in order to relieve it.
cmacan.org
After being prayed over, the pain
disappeared! I was planning on waiting
for a week to see if the pain had actually
left before telling the news to my small
group.
A friend who overheard part of the prayer
came to me on Wednesday night, saying,
"You have news for me, don't you?"
At first, I didn’t know what she meant.
She was excited and pressed on, "You
were healed, weren't you?"
I playfully scolded, "Shh, I haven't even
told my husband yet."
The pain was still gone the next Sunday,
and so I shared the news with my pastor
and with the congregation. Praise the
Lord!
A bizarre passage in Acts states, “God
did extraordinary miracles through
Paul, so that even handkerchiefs and
aprons that had touched him were
taken to the sick, and their illnesses
were cured and evil spirits left them”
(Acts 19:11-12).
The supernatural had become natural,
and God’s presence was so anticipated
that it was normal to have an
expectation for the impossible.
A.W. Tozer said, “We must declare war
on the mood of non-expectation.”
My hope for you is that you will live
with an unapologetic expectation of
God’s manifest presence, and that you
too will experience a fresh taste of the
supernatural power of God.
The Global Advance
Fund (GAF) covers the
costs of sending and
supporting
international workers (IWs)
overseas—salaries, benefits, and the
costs associated with ministry in
various countries. Some is designated
to strengthen the sending base, to
train IWs.
Through the GAF, IWs take the Gospel
to least-reached people groups, people
who may never have heard the name
Jesus.
Global Advance Fund Update
January 2017 Income: $ 1,874,408
Note: A faith goal figure will be
provided after the Board of Directors
approves a 2017 GAF budget.
Thank you
Did you know? The C&MA focuses
specifically on sending the Gospel to
least-reached people groups (LRPGs)?
• 41% of IWs are serving in creative
access countries, places where
people may be imprisoned or
otherwise persecuted for sharing
their faith.
• 40.4% of the world is leastreached! There are still more than
6,000 LRPGs.
• Together, we are bringing the
Gospel to people with very little
access to it.
Thank you for your faithfulness in
praying and giving on mission!
cmacan.org/give
MOMENTUM
MARCH 2017
From the Inside Out
Dave and Becky, Silk Road
Dave and Becky live and
serve in the Silk Road
region.
IWs are sent by our
churches in Canada to share the Good
News of Jesus Christ in places where His
name may never have been heard.
Read more stories of life on mission at
cmacan.org/stories
There is so much ministry beyond our
own church centre; however, in order
to do it, people must be prepared.
There are hundreds, if not thousands,
of people crammed together in a small
space, away from their homes and
families.
Many of them are willing to listen to
the Gospels when it is accompanied by
food, life necessities, and the love of
people who take the time to come to
them weekly.
Some groups are teaching English in a
women’s camp; this is a helpful life skill
for them.
“May God so fill us today
with the heart of Christ
that we may glow with
the divine fire of holy
desire” (A.B. Simpson).
Receive your free monthly prayer
calendar, Praise and Prayer, by mail or
email: Sign up for On Mission Together
at cmacan.org/subscribe
Donate to any project
That preparation takes time,
recruitment, and training.
Beyond building teams to do the work,
we also need to build up prayer
coverage.
Teams need to be built to do various
ministries in different parts of the city.
The work is great, so the prayer
coverage must also be great.
To support any C&MA fund, please
indicate the project and donate by:
• Giving at cmacan.org/give
• Sending a cheque payable to The
C&MA in Canada: 100–30 Carrier
Drive, Toronto, ON M9W 5T7
One of the biggest areas of ongoing
need is the work camps—both men’s
and women’s.
Please pray for us as we build these
teams to reach out to those who need
to hear Jesus’ love for them.
Questions? We’d love to help you:
• (416) 674-7878 ext. 234
• [email protected]
Canadian Ministries
New Covenant Alliance Church is an
Arabic-speaking community in Calgary,
AB which began in August 2012.
The Canadian Ministries
Fund supports ministry in
Canada.
Most (70%) is used for
district ministries such as churchplanting and leader development.
15% is used to support ministry in
Quebec and national multicultural
ministries.
The balance is used to support the
leader training ministries of Ambrose
University and L’École de Théologie
Évangélique du Québec (ETEQ).
Canadian Ministries Fund Update
Year-to-date (January 2017)
• Income:
$ 179,988
• Faith Goal:
$ 187,672
• Excess/(Shortfall):
($ 7,684)
cmacan.org
New Ventures
New Ventures are emerging
communities of faith who are listening
and responding to what Jesus has
called them to be and to become.
The C&MA has established New
Ventures Teams in each province
whose aim is to facilitate a learning and
growing environment.
As of March 30, 2016, a total of 23 new
churches and 49 New Ventures have
started since July 1, 2012.
newventurescanada.com
New Covenant has the vision of
establishing new churches in Canada,
South Sudan, and around the world,
especially among the Arabic-speaking
community.
They also have a vision to intentionally
lead the next generation to an
intercultural church (Rev. 7:9-11; 5:911).
Their vision is to be a vibrant church
that teaches and recognizes Christ as
its foundation. They want to develop
committed believers of God’s
household (Eph. 2:19).
They aim to grow to become a
community where God dwells through
the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:21-22).