Wycliffe Bible Translators
This is an international interdenominational society of people whose desire and work is to translate the Bible into every known language of the world. Its workers are required to raise their own financial support. Our support of Rick & Lori MacLean (who specialize in computer programming and graphic design and illustration), helps speed translation and printing efforts.
Word and Deed
This interdenominational organization works in countries around the world to meet both the spiritual and the physical needs of impoverished people. Work includes child sponsorship, supporting orphans, building Christian schools, and even rebuilding whole communities, working alongside existing churches and organizations in the area. Their emphasis is to raise funds through a call to respond in thankfulness for all that God has done.
Toronto Mission – Rev. Tony Zekveld
This mission to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to the immigrant population in Toronto, focusing mainly on the Sikh community. This mission is supervised by a joint committee composed of members from Covenant Christian Church of Wyoming (calling church for Rev Zekveld).
Streetlight Ministries
This organization’s mission is to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ to downtown Hamilton. Rev. Paul Aasman, supported by staff and volunteers from many supporting churches, teaches others the glad tidings of God’s grace, to be received by faith alone, for the salvation of all those who repent of their sins and believe that Jesus is Lord of all. <em>Streetlight</em> offers programs for all ages and is a joint project of the Ancaster and Fellowship Canadian Reformed Churches.
River of Life
Pastored by Rev. Richard Bultje, this new church plant in Niagara Falls has started with a core group of church members and currently offers a number of programs and activities as well as Sunday services. Their hope is to be a blessing in Niagara Falls so that many would see that God is real and both powerfully able and lovingly willing to bring hope and peace through a clear understanding of who Jesus is and what he did.
St. Catherines Right to Life Association
The St. Catherine’s Right to Life Association Inc. is a registered non-profit, non-political organization of concerned citizens committed to promoting respect for human life from conception to natural death. They provide educational material on abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia.
RITE Canada
This ministry Helps professors to teach at local institutions and assists students of the Reformed International Theological Seminary (R.I.T.E.) in Donetsk, Ukraine to accomplish their God-given callings.
Rev. Mitchell Persaud (New Horizon URC Scarborough)
As associate pastor of Cornerstone URC of London, Rev. Persaud was called to the work of a church plant in Scarborough in 2001. The church, which functions under the authority of the consistory of the Cornerstone URC (London), seeks our support, trusting that the Lord will establish a viable congregation able to stand on its own.
Rev. Ernie Langendoen
Along with other United Reformed Churches, we support Ernie and Betsy Langendoen in their missionary work in Honduras. Rev. Langendoen’s calling church is Immanuel Orthodox Reformed Church in Jordan Ontario.
Reformed Faith and Life Canada
Originally known as Christians for Armenia, this organization broadcasts the gospel in Armenian, French, and Portuguese. The French language broadcasts are produced by Rev. Eric Kayayan, a minister of the Reformed Churches in South Africa and recently, these have been able to begun in the city of Quebec. RFL also has the privilege of supporting the mission work of Rev. Ken Wieske, a missionary of the Canadian Reformed Churches, with radio broadcasts of his sermons and other messages in Portuguese, mainly in Recife, Brazil. The board of RFL-Canada is made up of members appointed by United Reformed and Canadian Reformed Churches in the Hamilton/St. Catharines area.
Reformed Church of Quebec
(Eglise Reformee de Quebec)
The ERQ, which became a denomination in 1988, is composed of eight small churches. In 1978 the Presbyterian Church in Canada, the Christian Reformed Church and Presbyterian Church of America decided to cooperate and plan churches together. Since 1988, much of this
support has been removed so these struggling churches need our support to continue worshipping and reaching out in a predominantly Roman Catholic area.
Redemption Prison Ministry (RPM)
Originally known as Cornerstone Bible Institute. This ministry was formed in August of 1996 to reach prisoners across Canada from a Reformed perspective. Rev. Rudy DeVries, the national director, works from the head office in Cambridge Ontario. As this prison ministry has continued to grow and expand, a satellite office was set up in Kingston, Ontario in 2011. This enables RPM to provide better opportunities to walk alongside those they serve.