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2023 Content coming January 19th

God is on a Mission. Jesus sends disciples, empowered by the Spirit, on God’s mission to love, reconcile, and transform people of all nations.

Joining God’s Mission. Together, we send disciples to make disciples who make disciples, that the world may know Jesus.

The Challenge: 10,000+ people groups lost without Jesus

The Hope: 1 God at work reconciling the world to himself through Jesus

65 nations where people are meeting Jesus through our network of missional teams, made up of:

• 10,000+ local disciples making disciples, planting churches and reaching nations

• 81 long-term global workers sent from North American churches

• 22 long-term global workers sent from MB conferences in other nations

290 churches in the U.S. and Canada supported these teams by working with us to send disciples on mission, develop missional leaders and strengthen mission partnerships

4,000+ households in the U.S. and Canada supported these teams through prayer and generous giving along with many members of our global MB family

Intro from our General Director

Loving the Lost

Thank you for your prayers and support! In this year’s report, you will read stories of the various ways that together, we have the privilege of proclaiming and living into the transforming hope found in Jesus Christ. What a joy to be part of this kingdom work as God is writing new stories in every region, including the US and Canada! We continue to send global workers from North America to support and come alongside the work of national leaders in each of the regions we serve. Our desire is to partner in mutuality, where we recognize that we have as much (or more) to receive as we have to give.

In many of the countries where we serve, we don’t have global workers (missionaries) from North America, but our Regional Team Leaders connect, encourage, and equip the national, local workers who are laying down their lives in love and obedience, often serving in the midst of persecution and war. Again, we have so much to learn about the role of suffering in our faith and witness from believers in places like the Middle East and North Africa.

You will also read stories about local disciples like you and me who are simply living out their faith and hope in Jesus in their everyday lives. We are all called to be disciple-makers in our local context, joining in God’s great story, and encouraging each other along the way in relationships that develop and deepen over time. I think of the apostle Paul who said to the church in Rome, “I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong—that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith” (Romans 1:11-12). We all have something to contribute to others, and also something to receive as we take a learning posture.

The Spirit of God continues to send people with the passion and love of Jesus to the most remote regions of the world, as well as to our next door neighbors. Each one of us is invited to join God in this kingdom story, serving the Church on God’s mission wherever he has placed us.

Thank you for supporting and joining this work together, so that the people of all nations may know Jesus.

“He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit” (Ephesians 2:17-18).

Regional Reports

Central & South America

“The Lord has been moving his people in our region, imprinting Christ’s character on the hearts of those in our churches, and inviting us to work with him to reach more people groups and nations.”

– Emerson Cardoso, Regional Team Leader

14 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

11 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

HIGHLIGHTS

Sending Disciples on Mission into Latin America

The Matthew Training Center graduated several classes through the HADIME training program this year. Each year they focus on discipling, training and immersing participants in various mission ministries, so that when they graduate they are equipped for engaging on missional teams across Latin America.

Equipping Indigenous Leaders in Latin America

Einer and Girlesa Zuluaga have been serving as Multiply missionaries for many years now. Their hearts are for the Indigenous peoples of Latin America. Throughout the last number of years, Indigenous peoples from different countries have gone through discipleship at the Yaviza camp, where the Zuluagas partner with an Indigenous national leader to raise up more leaders who can reach their own people groups with the Gospel.

Einer told us: “We have noticed something great about the communion and cooperation between Indigenous peoples of different places and backgrounds. They connect so deeply to each other, and are quick to apply what they learn from each other. Here they experience a space focused on them, where they are not the minority group that is required to adapt, but are instead the ones chosen to be trained to lead.”

Equipping Indigenous Church Planters in Brazil

Emerson Cardoso, Multiply’s Regional Team Leader for Latin America, is well known among the Indigenous Ribeirinhos - the “River Folk” of the Amazon. He has helped Indigenous missionaries to plant twelve church communities among the Palmari tribal group of the Purus River, and on the Juruá River, a 100-member church thrives in the heart of the jungle, accessible only by boat or bush plane. Emerson and the MB Mission Agency of Brazil (AMCOBIM) are sending young people to live and love the lost in these remote communities.

STORY

Love in a Sock

By Maricela Chavez |

Peru Team

When God first called us to go to Peru, we knew the task ahead would be difficult. Our small Hispanic church in California was behind us, but they could not possibly be our only financial support.

Europe & Central Asia

“Are Islam and secularization influencing our region? Yes, but we declare with Psalm 24:1, that Central Asia is the Lord’s, and everything in it; Europe, and all who live in it.”

– Johann Matthies, Regional Team Leader

27 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

11 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

HIGHLIGHTS

Serving on a Missional Team in France

“My bags are always half-packed,” said Marcela Taquet, from her home in France, “because I have learned to always be ready to go.” Marcela has been following God on mission since leaving Paraguay. She and her husband David work together with Paul and Sarah Raugust from the U.S., on a small international team partnering with a local French Mennonite church, to build bridges with the North African community in Montbéliard. They are involved in running an after-school program for over fifty children, monthly games events at a local park, an English club, discipleship groups, a hospitality ministry, and more.

Training National Leaders in Mongolia

Rob and Marlene Baerg, founders of the Trees of Life Center in Mongolia, are continuing to provide discipleship and vocational training in permaculture for nationals in their area, while mentoring local church leaders in building holistic, Gospel-centered communities. Through shared lives and radical hospitality they are resourcing others to live incarnationally and reach the lost for Jesus.

Planting Missional Churches in Kyrgyzstan

Despite poverty and persecution, the six MB churches in Kyrgyzstan are now launching missionary outreach into neighboring countries. Heinrich Rempel, Multiply’s director of operations in Europe, has been engaged in this area for thirty years, including fourteen years in-country. Heinrich is supporting our key national partner in various new church plants, and helping him to connect these small, isolated churches so that they might serve on mission together, in Kyrgyzstan and beyond.

STORY

When Spring Returns

By Nikki White |

Ukraine Team

Unlike thousands of refugees fleeing Ukraine, Yulia was desperate to get back. She had just received news that her son, a soldier, had been killed.

Sub-Saharan Africa

“Mission is progressing in Africa despite increased economic challenges hindering the work at times. I am encouraged by a growing understanding of the mission of Jesus among our leaders, as well as a deepening camaraderie.”

– Doug Hiebert, Regional Team Leader

5 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

13 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

HIGHLIGHTS

Discipleship in Uganda

After several years with Multiply in West Africa, Kyle and Danae Schmidt are now serving with our new national partner in Uganda, Robert Mponye. Along with FOCUS Intern Nathan Schmidt, they are working to see a discipleship movement happen in this country through initiatives such as King’s Kid School. There, children are being trained both academically and spiritually, discipled to live on mission.

Holistic Ministry in Burundi

Travis Jost serves alongside our national partner Samuel NDAYIRAGIJE and his team in Burundi, a country still labeled as being the poorest in the world. Holistic ministry is a high priority, and the whole-life focus of this team aims to see Burundi transformed by the Gospel through discipleship, caring for the poor, and developing local leaders. A key strategy for this is the Karubabi Center, a multipronged ministry among the marginalized Batwa people group.

Ministry to African Diaspora

Partnership is a key factor in diaspora ministry. Multiply works with Parliament Community Church in Regina, Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan MB conference and Athanase Chiruza, a national partner from DR Congo now living in Canada. After fleeing DR Congo during the war, Athanase planted churches in Tanzania and Zambia, and now ministers to the scattered peoples of the Great Lakes regions of Africa, inspiring them to live on mission wherever God has sent them.

STORY

Longing for Family

By Mark J.H. Klassen |

Uganda Team

“We have had many friends in ministry over the years, both locally and globally,” said Robert Mponye, who leads Lifehouse Community Church and the King’s Kid School in Uganda. “But those...

Middle East & North Africa

“Many of the countries in this region are seeing an increase in believers that is two to four times what they were, even five years ago. The numbers are still small, but the growth curve is exponential. Praise God!”

– Nasser al’Qahtani, Regional Team Leader

2 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

18 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

HIGHLIGHTS

Connecting with God’s Work in the Middle East

Work in the Middle East this last year, particularly in the Arabian Peninsula, has been about going deep. Nasser al’Qahtani, Regional Team Leader for North Africa and the Middle East, was able to visit the area three times: once to connect with various foreign mission teams, once to connect with the underground local church, and once to lead in intercession for a harvest of multitudes and for more workers to gather that harvest. God is already answering those prayers.

Ministry Expansion in North Africa

This last year has been one of expansion for the team in North Africa, with leaders in Egypt serving the churches in Sudan, Sudanese leaders preaching the Gospel in Libya, and many investing in the disciple-making movement happening in Mauritania. To steward this growth well, the team gathered together in Turkey over the summer for a spiritual retreat, recalibrating their hearts around Christ as the source of Sabbath rest.

Tourism Ministry in the Middle East

Our new FOCUS intern, Cody D, is now in the Arabian Peninsula serving with a tourism company while learning the language and culture. During the day he leads rock climbing tours, and in the evenings he and the team build relationship with clients through meaningful faith conversations over tea. Cody will be hosting shortterm mission teams in this region and providing connection with locals as a natural way for the Gospel to be shared in this context.

STORY

Saleh in North Africa

Middle East North Africa

Every two weeks, Saleh, one of our key partners in North Africa, visits a different village or town in his region to pray for the people and to look for a person of peace. Recently, he had the...

South Asia

“Despite increasing political pressure and religious opposition, the Church in South Asia continues to live out and share the Gospel. I’m encouraged by the large vision for outreach, discipleship, and training.”

– DH, Regional Team Leader

6 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

3 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

HIGHLIGHTS

Evangelism Among the Chenchu

One of our key national partners in South Asia is G. Ross, overseeing outreach among the unreached Chenchu tribal group in the south. The villages are remote; one recent trip involved travel by motorcycle, on foot, and then upriver by steamer boat. Arriving, they gathered over a shared meal and Ross began to explain the Gospel. Surprisingly, the villagers were very receptive – they had heard the Gospel before, during visits to a hospital. God was already at work in their hearts, and they eagerly invited Ross and his fellow evangelist Timothy to help them plant a church in their village!

Holistic Ministry in South Asia

M & V continue to partner with an organization involved in holistic ministry initiatives in South Asia, employing and empowering local artisans to be self-sustaining while being discipled in the ways of Jesus. Along with this community development project, they serve with a local orphanage, staffed entirely by nationals, and support the mission mobilization of local churches.

Leadership Training Initiatives

Our Regional Team Leader for South Asia was instrumental in supporting the building of a strategic discipleship center envisioned by key national partners in this region. This facility now serves as a place for emerging young leaders to be equipped for ministry, as well as hosting pastoral resourcing events and YWAM Discipleship Training Schools. Our national partner overseeing the project, says, “Our vision is that this center will be a dwelling of light... preparing others to go back and serve on mission among their own people, bearing witness to Jesus.”

STORY

Come to the Wedding

By Nikki White |

Restricted Team

“I was not sure if anyone would come,” Jaeem confessed. “My Muslim family members were still angry that I had chosen to follow Jesus, and now I was taking a wife from a Hindu background. No one was...

Southeast Asia

“In this season, we see our Thai pastors helping our Myanmar pastors as they seek to plant new churches. They have joined together under one Thai MB conference and are working together in love and unity.”

– Louise Sinclair-Peters, Regional Team Leader

20 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

2 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

HIGHLIGHTS

Planting Churches among the Myanmar in Thailand

Jeremy and Adrienne Penner are serving with a team of Myanmar church leaders in Thailand. In spite of the pandemic and team hardships, this has been a season of growth. With the local leaders, they recently commissioned eight new church planting apprentices to be released into training, who will then serve as Interns in their churches, to prepare for planting new churches. These interns are the fruit of the work and prayer that the Penners have invested with the local churches.

Planting Churches in Phan Thong

National partners P’Mot and P’Lawd lead the Phan Thong missional team in Chonburi, Thailand. Having followed Jesus for over seventeen years, this couple bring maturity, leadership, and friendship to the team. Along with Multiply’s Cecil and Tracy Ramos, they have planted a house church in a sub-district that has never before had a Jesus community, and are now praying and discerning a second location for another church plant in the near future.

Reaching the Isaan People of Thailand

Edd and Ingrid Russell live in Northeast Thailand, the region with the lowest number of Christians and Christian churches, to work among the Isaan people group. They serve alongside Moe, a key national partner in a rural area of Kalasin Province. Moe’s understanding of the culture, language and struggles that young people face in her province has allowed for strong collaborative ministry with the Russells, as they minister to those in the grip of poverty, debt, unhealthy sexuality and addictions.

STORY

Gospel Jail

By Adrienne Penner |

Chachoengsao Team - Thailand, Lighthouse Team - Thailand

In recent months, the church leaders within our network were planning a big outreach event. With a civil war raging in this country bordering Thailand, there were not a lot of places where a large...

East Asia

“Our region consists of Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, and Japan, along with Khmu and other Indigenous ministry in northern Thailand. All of our ministries here are in partnership with national and Indigenous leaders.”

– Bob Davis, Regional Team Leader

11 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

5 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

HIGHLIGHTS

Discipling the Khmu People

PK has been giving leadership to a movement of disciple making and church planting in Southeast and East Asia for many years. He provides mentoring and training resources for national leaders in various countries, through informal as well as formal educational settings. With the growth and expansion of this ministry, many new national leaders are being trained to take the Gospel not only to their own villages, but even across ethnic and national boundaries. With a vision to reach 3 million people in Southeast and East Asia over the next twenty years, 2022 already saw hundreds of people responding to the Gospel and being baptized, and multiple new house churches being planted.

Ministry on the Streets of Osaka

Cory and Masami Giesbrecht and their family are ministering to the needy of the city of Osaka, Japan. In partnership with various other groups, the Giesbrechts and their team focus on street ministry, praying ministry for the sick, and sharing the Gospel with the broken and downtrodden. They are a part of a network of evangelists serving Roses Church, meeting outdoors in a local park to bring comfort, hope and salvation to the marginalized. They also extend this radical welcome in their own home by housing and caring for foster children.

Reaching the People of Amagasaki

Doris Goertz continues to faithfully minister to the people of Japan through teaching English in the city of Amagasaki, Japan. Her work over the decades introduced many to the love of God, and her patient investment in long-term relationships has resulted in decisions for Christ, baptisms and ongoing discipleship. With her English classes, Doris is able to provide a sustainable means of sharing the Gospel with the Japanese people, as well as strengthening and encouraging the local MB churches.

STORY

North America

Multiply has the privilege of joining our churches in sharing the good news of Jesus across cultures. Whether immigrants or Indigenous peoples, we are bringing cross-cultural ministry right into the US and Canada.

18 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

2 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

HIGHLIGHTS

Reaching East Asian Immigrants in Ontario

Ontario has one of the largest immigrant populations of an unreached Himalayan people group outside of Asia. Multiply workers there are passionate about seeing young people from this group encounter Jesus so that a disciple-making movement can be birthed within their own cultural context. In 2022, a soccer league initiative reached over 200 children, and an overnight camp was attended by 70 teenagers who also heard the Good News, many for the first time. At the camp, one young man courageously testified to his faith in Jesus in front of his peers and is now one of ten believers from this people group to be found within his city.

Reaching First Nations Peoples in Canada

Multiply’s team of six families are living on mission to bring the Gospel to the Indigenous people of Canada. Because of the sensitive nature of working among a people that has historically been damaged by the institutional Church, this team’s focus is on empowering First Nations believers as leaders who will then develop their own discipleship initiatives, faith circles and Indigenous prayer networks. Team member Derek Parenteau also works to train and equip others to share the Good News with other global Indigenous people groups.

Supporting Ministry to Muslim Peoples

Chase Lovins has joined the River of Life Team as Project Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, working under Regional Team Leader Nasser al’Qahtani and in partnership with key national leaders in eighteen countries. From his base in North America, Chase serves to support and equip all Multiply evangelistic and discipleship initiatives in the Middle East and North Africa.

STORY

Parallel Journeys of Faith

By Mark JH Klassen |

South Asia, Western Canada Team

“When our calling shifts, can we listen to what God is saying?” asked Sarah.

Additional Reports

MLT - Missional Leadership Training

Equipping Global Churches

Missional Leadership Training (MLT) is an eighteen-module course that is being used to train local leaders to serve and equip the global church to live on mission. On behalf of the International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB), the training is being developed through a partnership between Multiply and the MB Seminary. Those who complete the course will receive recognition from the MB Seminary for Certificates in each of the three main areas of training: Discipleship Foundations, Ministry Equipping, and Leadership Development.

five modules are complete, with development happening on another three modules
local national trainers are provided coaching as they contextualize the MLT to their local settings
each module also includes a section that provides participants with the opportunity to discuss how they have applied what they are learning in their lives and ministry

MLT is currently being translated into ten languages!

ICOMB - International Community of Mennonite Brethren

Gathering in Brazil

“Vines and trellises” was a metaphor used more than once at the ICOMB 2022 summit in Curritiba, Brazil, describing how MB theology and church structures all serve to support growth, not direct it. The MLT (Missional Leadership Training) resources were held up as an example of such a trellis, with curriculum that can be unpacked by both established and emerging church networks in ways that encourage ecclesial cohesion and yet embrace cultural nuance. Above all, the vines of global MB conferences were celebrated as an intertwining of leaf and stem and fruit, a vibrant and complex community meant to grow and flourish together.

What did that look like among the delegates at this gathering?

It looked like Colombia leaning on Brazil for advice on how to pastor their pastors. It looked like Portugal vulnerably acknowledging the ongoing struggle to raise up leaders. It looked like Paraguay and Mexico wrestling with what is “credible” nonformal theological training, and who makes that call. It looked like Malawi weeping with Uruguay over the poor and marginalized in their regions, Lithuania napping comfortably beside Austria on the lawn between sessions, and Thailand amazing all with the passion of their prayers. It looked like sober faces grieving over those who were not able to join us from Ukraine. It looked like over fifteen delegates from different Latin American countries crammed around a table in an intense brainstorming session about how to form their own ICOMB region. It looked like a gathering of friends, where everyone wanted everyone else to fulfill God’s calling in their lives, for the sake of reaching the lost.

There, on the grounds of the first MB church to be planted in the country of Brazil, it looked like a glorious tangle of leaf and stem and fruit, all for the glory of God.

North American Mobilization

Midwest US Team Highlights | Stephen Humber

We are excited that Cody D., as well as Ryan and Logan Steventon and their four children, completed their FOCUS internship training in November 2022 and are now serving in the Arabian Peninsula and Thailand. They continue to discern their long-term call to serve globally.
Two more MB churches from our region are first-time partners with Multiply. As Carmen Owen continues to build connections between the Midwest churches and the Chiang Mai Freedom/Naomi House ministry that she is guiding, Ridgepoint Church and eight other churches in the region are partnering with these projects. Kyle and Danae Schmidt in Uganda are also building partnerships with King’s Kid ministry and regional churches.
The connection with Tabor College continues to grow and be strengthened as students serve in various mission training opportunities, as well as the USMB pipeline opportunities.

Western Canada Team Highlights | Greg Laing & Sam Dick

Sam Dick joined Greg Laing as Regional Mobilizer in Western Canada. Together they are creating greater capacity to mobilize churches and individuals on mission to reach the lost. There has been a positive response from the churches in the region to build partnerships. One highlight is the Chinese language speaking congregations that are participating at deeper levels with Multiply. The Western Canada region has many churches engaged with global church partnerships (sixty-two) that are continuing to grow and deepen. For example, the awakening of many churches to learn about and engage with their First Nations neighbors has opened many doors for our First Nations Ambassadors, John and Jenn Johnstone, to speak and minister broadly.
Greg Laing recently returned from a Vision Trip in Lithuania where he explored partnership opportunities with the churches there, especially in meeting the needs of the many Ukrainian refugees that have landed in Lithuania. Sam Dick convened a meeting of churches who work with Spanish-speaking migrant workers. The vision for this is a collaborative approach for sharing the Gospel that enables ministry development in their home countries. One other highlight from this region has been the mobilization of Arun and Anjana Passi. They have been sent by their Punjab church in India to serve in Canada, reaching out with the Gospel to the many Punjabi immigrants in the city of Abbotsford, BC. We are working towards building partnerships with Arun and Anjana and the MB churches in Abbotsford to reach this immigrant community. In addition, a young adult from Abbotsford has been sent to intern in Uganda, and a Vancouver Island global worker was deployed to serve among an unreached people group from East Asia.

Central Canada Team Highlights | Lloyd Letkeman

The region has been very active this past year in developing missional leaders as we hosted the FOCUS internship training.
The Meeting Place and Fort Garry MB Church partnered to resource their congregations with Mission Modules: Heart Shift: exploring reconciliation, and Global Connections: engaging cross-culturally with the Gospel.
SOAR Alberta was beta tested with Sunwest Church in Calgary during the Stampede.
After twenty years of building a solid partnership with the MB churches in Panama, Forest Grove Community Church continues to be a strong partner. The relationship has been mutually beneficial.
La Salle Community Fellowship in Manitoba has developed a partnership with Multiply global worker, Rebecca Hiebert, and Pastor Naat, a key national partner leading in Thailand.
Lloyd and Carol also attended the ICOMB Summit in Brazil this last summer, where they were able to continue to build healthy relationships with ICOMB partner conferences and churches. These connections help to facilitate deeper partnership opportunities as the North American Mobilization team works to help the Church reach the lost.

Eastern Canada Team Highlights | Robyn Serez

Joel Martin joined our Eastern Canada team, where he is serving as our Mission Training Team Coordinator. Erin Coffey continues to serve in a broader capacity as Administrative Assistant, as well as helping with communication and connection with the Regional Mobilization Team. Doug Hiebert is also assisting in church mobilization.
This summer our team hosted a MINA (Ministry in North America) retreat for the global workers from our region. Robyn was also involved in coaching Multiply missionaries who are serving in Canada among immigrant groups. Furthermore, a SOAR Ontario program took place over the Canada Day long weekend, with strong partnership from churches across Southern Ontario.
We have been working to form a network of missional partnerships with the Multiply House of Prayer and Glencairn MB Church, as they partner with Central Asia global workers in a weekly time of online prayer together. This weekly connection has been a powerful catalyst in partnership.
We have also seen church partnerships develop between Thailand national leader, Ajan Naat, and Kingsfield-Zurich Church. After a number of vision trips and online meetings, their sense of connection and mutual encouragement has been growing as they seek to support one another in ministry.

Western US Team Highlights | Galen Wiest

Pablo and Maricela Chavez and their four boys were mobilized to Peru in November as long-term workers. This is an exciting time for the Western US region as we look to train and send more long-term workers. Dereck and Amanda Thompson also began their assignment in Thailand in November as FOCUS interns. They are discerning their call as long-term workers.
In October, we sent a Leader Vision Team to Thailand representing Reedley MB, Hope Kingsburg Church, and Birch Bay Community Church, WA. As we continue to invite churches to connect with national leaders and churches engaged in global mission, we are seeing these partnerships take root and deepen. Churches from the Western US region are building partnerships with churches in various countries such as Peru, Portugal, Thailand and Lithuania.
Our prayer is for more young leaders to come who are interested in exploring life on mission. We are excited about a young woman from Fresno Pacific University who will be joining our Fresno Mobilization Team as an intern in 2023. Thank you, Church, for sending us your young leaders.

Prayer Ministry Highlights | Nikki White & Chris Wright

Multiply’s Prayer Ministry Training seeks to help inspire and equip others toward more effective intercession and personal prayer ministry. Since 2016, this training has impacted over thirty-five North American churches, as well as resourcing multiple FOCUS and TREK teams, global churches, university and MB seminary student groups, and two other global mission agencies. In September 2021, this course became available online, and workshops were held for attendees from thirteen different churches.
In 2022, our impact expanded to include training for five more churches in BC and one in Manitoba, as well as in-person workshops at the annual BC Baptist conference and the winter Canadian Chinese Christian conference (CCCWC). A highlight of 2022 was a hybrid of the online training done as a weekend retreat with participants in Paraguay. Attendees included church leaders of significant influence, one of whom required an armed escort due to political notoriety. See: multiply.net/prayer-ministry

Mission Training Programs | Carol Letkeman

Our FOCUS Internship mission training program equipped and launched eighteen young leaders into missional teams around the globe. In 2022 we continued to run our five SOAR programs and one ACTION program in Canada and the US, helping more than 400 young people and families grow and discover their mission calling and engage in local cross-cultural mission.

How Our Teams Disciple People Groups

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Maps have two main purposes: they tell you where you are, and they help you figure out where you are going. Our Mission Strategy Map is no different, except it’s not about individuals, it’s about how missional teams seek to impact a group of people.

This is the story of the Church, God’s people. It’s our story, and it’s God’s story. We read it in the Book of Acts, and we read it throughout the history of the Church. The same people who are gathered around Jesus and his life-changing message of hope have a desire to share that message with others, so they send messengers to other communities; as the message is received, new gatherings of believers are birthed, new leaders are trained, and the cycle begins again: more disciples, more churches, and more mission partnerships.

So, this map is both a story—describing relational, organic, and mysterious growth—and a strategic resource—offering insight on how to best serve what God is doing and how to support those who are involved in each stage of the process of making disciples, planting churches, and reaching nations.

Financial Overview

Fiscal Year in USD: June 1, 2021 - May 31, 2022

We are thankful to God and to our donors that we ended the last two fiscal years with a strong surplus. Our Board of Directors has authorized us to invest $550k of our accumulated reserves to further support our global ministry and improve our IT infrastructure. This investment will show up as a deficit in our next year’s results.

Net Results

In addition to the net operating surplus shown here, our global workers and ministry projects have accumulated $218k towards their reserves which are held separately on our balance sheet (previous year accumulation: $391k).

How Your Gifts Were Put to Work

22% | North American Church Engagement
17% | Church Partnership Support
5% | Mission & Discipleship Training (includes Short-Term Mission programs)

5% | Human Resources
Wellness, Equipping & Long-Term Training

8% | Administration
Finance, IT, Legal & Governance

Our Generous Donors

This financial summary represents the work of Multiply Network funded by US and Canadian churches and donors.

For more info, contact our Director of Finance, Jeff Friesen at [email protected]

Thank you for registering with us.

2023 Content coming January 19th

Intro from our General Director

Regional Reports

“The Lord has been moving his people in our region, imprinting Christ’s character on the hearts of those in our churches, and inviting us to work with him to reach more people groups and nations.”

– Emerson Cardoso, Regional Team Leader

14 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

11 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

HIGHLIGHTS

Sending Disciples on Mission into Latin America

Equipping Indigenous Leaders in Latin America

Equipping Indigenous Church Planters in Brazil

STORY

Love in a Sock

“Are Islam and secularization influencing our region? Yes, but we declare with Psalm 24:1, that Central Asia is the Lord’s, and everything in it; Europe, and all who live in it.”

– Johann Matthies, Regional Team Leader

27 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

11 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

HIGHLIGHTS

Serving on a Missional Team in France

Training National Leaders in Mongolia

Planting Missional Churches in Kyrgyzstan

STORY

When Spring Returns

“Mission is progressing in Africa despite increased economic challenges hindering the work at times. I am encouraged by a growing understanding of the mission of Jesus among our leaders, as well as a deepening camaraderie.”

– Doug Hiebert, Regional Team Leader

5 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

13 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

HIGHLIGHTS

Discipleship in Uganda

Holistic Ministry in Burundi

Ministry to African Diaspora

STORY

Longing for Family

“Many of the countries in this region are seeing an increase in believers that is two to four times what they were, even five years ago. The numbers are still small, but the growth curve is exponential. Praise God!”

– Nasser al’Qahtani, Regional Team Leader

2 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

18 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

HIGHLIGHTS

Connecting with God’s Work in the Middle East

Ministry Expansion in North Africa

Tourism Ministry in the Middle East

STORY

Saleh in North Africa

“Despite increasing political pressure and religious opposition, the Church in South Asia continues to live out and share the Gospel. I’m encouraged by the large vision for outreach, discipleship, and training.”

– DH, Regional Team Leader

6 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

3 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

HIGHLIGHTS

Evangelism Among the Chenchu

Holistic Ministry in South Asia

Leadership Training Initiatives

STORY

Come to the Wedding

“In this season, we see our Thai pastors helping our Myanmar pastors as they seek to plant new churches. They have joined together under one Thai MB conference and are working together in love and unity.”

– Louise Sinclair-Peters, Regional Team Leader

20 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

2 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

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Planting Churches among the Myanmar in Thailand

Planting Churches in Phan Thong

Reaching the Isaan People of Thailand

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Gospel Jail

“Our region consists of Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, and Japan, along with Khmu and other Indigenous ministry in northern Thailand. All of our ministries here are in partnership with national and Indigenous leaders.”

– Bob Davis, Regional Team Leader

11 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

5 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

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Discipling the Khmu People

Ministry on the Streets of Osaka

Reaching the People of Amagasaki

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Multiply has the privilege of joining our churches in sharing the good news of Jesus across cultures. Whether immigrants or Indigenous peoples, we are bringing cross-cultural ministry right into the US and Canada.

18 GLOBAL WORKERS SERVING ON MISSIONAL TEAMS

2 NATIONS WHERE TEAMS ARE LOVING THE LOST

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Reaching East Asian Immigrants in Ontario

Reaching First Nations Peoples in Canada

Supporting Ministry to Muslim Peoples