What We Do
Novo Canada is a band of creative missionaries—determined, innovative, and responsive to the leading of the Spirit.
IN CANADA
We, at Novo Canada, feel compelled and focused on raising up missionary teams in Canada to reach Canada – and the world.
Most Christian’s would probably not think of Canada as a mission field because we have churches. For a long time we’ve assumed that local churches were producing Christians who were committed to reaching their neighbours with the Gospel. Today, we know that is not the case. In 2020 Faith Today ran an article called Not Christian Anymore. It states, “The 1996 God and Society in North America poll found 12 per cent of Canadians were evangelical affiliates. A 2015 poll found 9 per cent. Today that seems to have dropped to 6 per cent.” If that is the state of Evangelicalism in Canada, then how could we be expected to impact the nations.
Our position is that self-replicating movements of the gospel are essential to the future growth of Christianity in Canada and we want to coach and equip Jesus followers to bring mission to life.
You can read more on Gospel movements here.
ABOUT YOU
Who has God made you to be?
Let me tell you. At the most basic level, if Jesus is your saviour and Lord, then you are a child of God. If that’s the case, then you have also been invited into Jesus’ mission to redeem and reconcile all creation back to God. You have been made to heal the sick, raise the dead, and set the captive free. You are an ambassador of the King who was sent to transform the world.
The question is, are you living into that identity? If you’re longing for more, then please consider contacting us. We’d love to help you step into a fuller understanding of how to engage in Christ’s mission. That could mean many things from taking a course to joining our team as a volunteer or staff member.
HISTORY
Novo Canada, is a sister organization to Novo U.S. and 14 other similar ministries around the world.
Novo began in California in 1980. At that time, it was known as Church Resource Ministries. There was a small band of staff, many with experience as Navigator missionaries. Their initial focus was on discipleship and leadership development among churches. God, over the years, has graciously added dimensions to the ministry that the original staff would likely not have believed possible at the time, such as…
- team member’s connection with the Fuller School of World Mission,
- the Glen Eyrie Revival in 1985,
- the addition of InnerCHANGE in 1985,
- staff with a meaningful presence in 104 countries around the world,
- the growth of CoNext, more about that next…
In the mid-90’s, Novo U.S. made a conscious decision that instead of a hierarchical centralized approach to the organization of international entities, that they would “instead evolve as an international partnership of national apostolic entities, as independent as possible, which relate to one another on the basis of shared vision, purpose, values, and beliefs.” (Too Great to Count, Our Journey to the Nations, Sam Metcalf) Canada is one of the 15 CoNext partners.
