Robert & Sheila Cousins
Serving in: Toronto, Canada
With: AIM Canada
Ministry:
Providing cross-cultural training for missionaries. Teaching Perspectives. Working with multicultural leaders in the GTA as they seek to engage in global mission. Consulting with churches regarding global missions. Developing "The Diaspora Initiative" through TIM Centre. Leadership training in Nicaragua. Serving on the board of Lausanne Canada as well as working with EFC Global Missions Roundtable.
Prayer Needs:
Praise Note:
For the Launch of a Diploma for Diaspora Leaders called "Foundations in Missional Ministry & Church Leadership". This Diploma aims to equip new Canadians for credentialing within their church/denominations. Presently we have 28 in our first cohort. For more information go to tyndale.ca/tim/diploma
Country Information:
Diaspora Initiative - A working definition:
Diaspora is the scattering (migration) and gathering of peoples. It denotes people on the move, whether involuntarily (push) or voluntarily (pull). Diaspora peoples may be immigrants, refugees, temporary workers, international students etc. This movement of peoples has significant implications on how we view and engage in Global Mission. Mission is no longer a matter of geographical distance. The "west to the rest" mentality no longer fits the global reality. We recognize the need to strategically engage in a new paradigm of mission that takes seriously this contemporary movement of people as God ordained for the extension of His Kingdom.
Mission Statement:
To establish at TIM Centre a hub for ministry to and through Diaspora. "The Diaspora Initiative" will provide anyone involved in ministry with new Canadian people groups access to networks, information and research data so that such organizations and individuals may further the work of the Kingdom in Canada and globally.
Vision Statement:
Within the next ten years the TIM Centre will become a Canadian hub for Diaspora ministry (mostly people groups new in Canada), known for its excellence in applied research and advocacy and as the primary facilitator of dialogue, exchange and training for Churches, organizations and individuals engaged in this expression of Gods Kingdom.
Mission Address:
AIM Canada
2350 Bridletowne Circle
Scarborough ON
M1W 3E6
Ph: 416-606-9757
Email: rscousins@aimint.org
http://www.aimint.org/