Atlantic Canada is a mission field.
Comprised of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, the percentage of the population that reports attending religious services at least once a month dropped by 26 points between 1986 and 2011. This is an area in need of revival and a fresh outpouring of the Spirit.
Says Jacob, "What excites me most about the opportunity in Atlantic Canada is the number of Alliance-friendly people the Spirit of God is already raising up there with a passion for reaching their neighbours and discipling the nations."
Would you consider supporting this new initiative that seeks to reach people in Atlantic Canada? Follow giving instructions below, and be sure to follow us for ways to pray.
Interested in ministry in Atlantic Canada? TAKE OUR SURVEY to get started.
To GIVE:
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online - give via Canada Helps: Eastern Canadian District and put "Atlantic Development Fund" in the note section
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via cheque - make out cheque to "Eastern Canadian District" with "Atlantic Canada Region" as a note and mail to: 11 Stanley Court, Unit 12, Whitby, ON, L1N 8P9
To INVITE:
To request that Jake come and share the vision and plan for joining God in what He is doing in Atlantic Canada among Alliance people with your church, ministry, group or district please use his booking calendar link. He is taking speaking requests across Canada starting April 1st 2017.
To PRAY:
"We do nothing till we pray" is one of the C&MA in Canada's core values. So help us wait upon the Lord and wait for the Lord to work in and through the Alliance people in Atlantic Canada by joining our monthly Alliance Atlantic intercessor newsletter. You'll receive one update per month and the occasional urgent request to start, support, and see through God's work in Atlantic Canada.
Having planted or help plant 4 different churches and New Ventures over the last 23 years of ministry, you could say Jacob Birch has been church planting while he's been pastoring. These included 2 majority culture Alliance churches in small towns outside Toronto, one 3rd space New Venture with 3 sites contextualizing the gospel for the under-housed, unreached people living permanently in the motels of Niagara Falls, and 1 South Asian diaspora New Venture reaching out to the growing population of Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi speaking students and families coming to the Niagara Region. His academic education includes a Bachelor's from Ontario Bible College (now Tyndale) and about half a master's degree. Jacob's real life education includes listening to lots of ministry podcasts, 3 trips to Israel and the Middle East as well as always having a 2nd part time non-ministry job to stay community-connected. His wife and ministry partner Heather Janette (née Spicer) is from Gregory Drive Alliance Church in Chatham ON and is completing her Ph.D. studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Their four children are half in university and half in high school.