Missions
How is God calling you into his great mission of redeeming the world?
For over 200 years, Knox has been inviting and sending people to join in God’s redemption mission, sharing the good news of Jesus through word and deed, all over the world. We believe that as followers of Jesus, we are all called to participate in God’s mission and we’d love to help you explore your place in it all!
Learn, Pray, Give, Go
Learn
Read more about our mission priorities and supported workers below, join in a missions event, hear missions moments during worship or sign up for our monthly missions email. Reach out to our Missions Pastor, Khevna Dave, with any questions about God’s mission.
Pray
Receive our monthly prayer calendar by email to pray for our supported-missionaries. Our monthly email often includes other mission partner and event information.
Sign up for our monthly email.
(print copies available near the beginning of the month in the Narthex)
Give
Partner in the work to financially support missionaries and organizations we partner with. Make a one-time gift or recurring donation. Give online or by cash or cheque at the church.
Go
Curious about discerning a call to serve cross-culturally?
Or wondering if we can support you as you prepare to serve with a recognized missions organization?
Pr. Khevna or one of our Missions Committee members would love to start the conversation with you!
In the coming years, we look forward to offer expanding opportunities for individuals and teams to travel, experience, and support our partners around the world. We will keep you posted!
Pr. Khevna Dave
MISSIONS PASTOR
khevna@knoxtoronto.org
Our 4 Missions Priorities
Four strategic mission priorities focus our mission funding and partnerships. We believe these are the specific areas of mission God desires us to focus on.
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To participate in gathering people from cultural groups and nations into the kingdom of God is a biblical calling. We do this through supporting outreach to international students, refugees, or immigrant communities, leading discipleship or outreach activities to diaspora groups or communities, and providing shelter support for refugees.
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Our church is uniquely positioned to support student ministry: we are neighbours to a world-class university that brings in thousands of students and academics from all over the world. Through supporting organizations and leaders that are mobilizing, mentoring, serving students and creating vision trip opportunities we live into our calling to influence such formative years of self-discovery and faith in the lives of young adults.
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God is revealing himself in countless ways among our Muslim neighbours despite numerous barriers. In recent years, our community witnessed more and more Muslim-background brothers and sisters decide to follow Jesus despite the great personal costs. Through supporting church planting work in predominantly Muslim areas and countries and participating in mission activities in Canada that specifically serve Muslim communities we lean into the opportunities that the Spirit is opening to us.
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Throughout the Bible, we see a God who understands the value and dignity of each human life, and who desires that all people flourish. And so we support and partner with organizations that work towards justice for black and/or indigenous communities in Canada, work to transform marginalized communities in other countries, seek reconciliation, pursue anti-racism efforts, and focus on creation care.
Knox Supported-Workers
Elizabeth Matthias (Germany)
Sean Howard (InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Canada, Southern Ontario)
Ann Chow (Mission Go, GTA and the world)
Luke & Yuko Elliot (Aomori Christian Center, Japan)
Laurie Armstrong (Power to Change, Guelph)
Gord & Brenda Nickerson (Josiah Venture)
D & R (Greater Toronto Area)
CB (Fellowship of Faith for the Muslims, GTA)
S & H (South America and Turkey)
C & K (GTA and Asia)
S & I (TEAM, Central Asia)
Leah Hopp (Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Uganda)
Rachel & Colin McCordic (Africa Inland Mission, Chad)
Organizations We Support
Adam House
ARISE Ministry
A Rocha Canada
Cariboo House Churches
Evangel Hall Mission
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Fellowship of Faith for the Muslims
Mustard Seed Mission
The Presbyterian College (Montreal)
Regent College
The Renewal Fellowship within the PCC
Toronto City Mission
Wycliffe College Institute of Evangelism
Missions Committee
These volunteers and staff oversee the our strategic mission plans, financial applications, and care of our supported missionaries.
Pr. Khevna Dave, Jeff Bloom (Chair), Sabrina Simmons (Session Rep), Hazel Mucio, Karen Williams.
Monthly Missions prayer calendar compiled by Elder Norine Love.
Do you have a heart for mission and gifts in communication and administration?
Consider joining the committee! Contact missions@knoxtoronto.org.