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Missions

At Southside we take seriously the command of Jesus, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere" (Mark 16:15). 

 

We are a local church – a church for the communities of Sardis and Chilliwack, but according to the Bible every local church is called to reach out beyond themselves, beyond our own communities to take God’s love to the ends of the earth.

 

Compared to most of the world, we have material wealth beyond imagination. The Bible says that, “If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth” (1John3:17-18). The Bible also says that, “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and the keep oneself from being polluted by the world” (James 1:27).

 

God’s word inspires, strengthens and energizes our hearts to reach out in His name to those less fortunate.

 

God continues to challenge us that we cannot limit our vision to Southside or even to Chilliwack but we must look beyond our geography.  For some of us it will mean changing the way we think and the way we spend our money.  For some it will mean more time spent in prayer.  For others it will include a short-term trip to experience cross-cultural missions first hand.  Some are called to work long-term in different locations around the world. 

 

We have three categories of Mission at Southside:

  1. We support local outreach Ministries such as Seabird Island, The Bridge and Hearts of Fire.

  2. Southside Church’s ministry in Mirebalais, Haiti: Our “free” school for more than 115 Haitian children and our support of Haiti Children’s Home orphanage.

  3. We currently have eight active missionaries serving internationally that we have sent out from Southside Church.