And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.” 
Mark 1:17 (ESV)

-  MULTIPLYING  -

09.03.25 update

• September 7 – “ALL IN” Sunday service. Service times are 8:30, 10:15 & 12 pm at Mission City Bible Church
• September 14 – Step 1 Welcome (at Mission City Bible Church). Register HERE
• September 14 – Hope Simcoe ALL-IN Potluck and Prayer (all ages), 5 pm–7 pm. Register HERE
• September 21 & 28 – Step 2 Essentials (at Mission City Bible Church). Register HERE
• September 21 – Baptism Sunday (at Mission City Bible Church). If you have not been baptized as a believer yet, here is your opportunity. Sign up HERE
• September 21, 28, October 5 – Core Group Launch Team training sessions. Details will be sent out to the Core Group.
• September 25 – “ALL IN” Hope Simcoe Small Group launch date. Curious about our Small Group Ministry? Click HERE

• Launch Location: That God would open the right doors and clearly reveal where Hope Bible Church Simcoe is to begin.
• Core Group: That God would continue to build a strong, unified community rooted in love for Him and one another. Is the Lord calling you to join the Core Group? Take the next step of obedience by letting us know you are ALL-IN.
• Leadership Team: That the Lord would raise up servant-hearted leaders for each area of ministry.

09.08.24 update

We are a church that has in our DNA this mandate of Multiplying… making Disciples, that make Disciples, with our Mission being the Great Commission in the spirit of the Great Commandment.  Since our start as a church over 10 years ago, the Lord has been growing a desire in our leadership, and church body to Multiply the Work of Christ, all for His glory!  We have had the opportunity over the years to Partner in some Church Planting across Ontario, Canada and around the World, and look forward to what God has for us next!

With our connection to the Great Commission Collective, which is all about Planting and Strengthening Churches, we are excited, expectant, and completely dependant as we Follow the LORD in this area!

We also are a growing church both in number and in health, and the Lord is growing in us a passion and need to plant a church!

Over the past few years the Lord has been raising up another Church Planting Pastor among us, and I am exited to announce to you today that we have put forth, and the GCC has officially accepted Ken Connell as a Church Planting Pastor.  Ken and Erin, along with their family are following the Lord into this new season of life as Church Planters, and Lord willing, we are looking to plant a GCC church in the Norfolk Region sometime in the fall of 2025! PRAISE THE LORD!

Commit to Praying with us: 

-Pray for Ken and Erin, and their family as they Follow hard after the Lord as he leads them in the days ahead.  Ken will be starting his Church Planting Training this month, and in the months ahead.

-Pray for us as a church family and leaders, for Wisdom, Knowledge, Discernment, and the Lord’s leading as we move forward this coming year with a lot of work to do, but in His strength and guidance!

-Pray about what your part may be in this.  
     For some of you, the Lord may lead you to Go to be part of this upcoming Plant.  
     For some of you it may be taking the next step in serving or leading, or getting fully connected, so that you can fill in a spot that will be opened up right
     here at Mission City as we Send a group to this new Church.

God at work, in and through each of us, all to the Praise of His Glory!

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05.04.24 update

Acts 1:8
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (ESV)

Week after week, and as we look around , we see the Church that the Lord has built, and it is very evident that we are running out of space because He is MULTIPLYING HIS WORK, which is a great thing!  God has done Great Things!

One of our Pillars is STRATEGIC CHURCH PLANTING - Together and Around the world!

We need to plant some churches, for the sake of the Gospel and the Glory of Jesus Christ!  

By the grace of God, we have had the opportunity to already partner with some sister churches in planting a few already, but that the Lord will send out from here some new works of Multiplication! 

We have begun praying and seeking the Lord on this, and ask that you will join us in this prayer.  It is our hope to have some regular prayer meetings in the near future, seeking the Lord together about our next steps in STRATEGIC CHURCH PLANTING in our region, as there is a need for more healthy, PURPOSEFUL DISCIPLE-MAKING churches, that are intentional and in community.

With all this in our hearts, we are asking the Lord to guide us in working towards MULTIPLYING the work that He has done here, into another location in our region as a church plant in the next 18 months, holding all things loosely, and by His strength, provision, direction, and presence.

Matthew 9:36–38 
“When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest.” (ESV)

Please join us in praying earnestly to the Lord of the harvest!

What your next step might be in this exciting expansion of God’s Kingdom work!

-  TRAINING  -

2.9.25 update

This summer as part of our Follow Me: Training, we are praying for the Lord's leading us to a few Summer Interns to join our team here at Mission City.  Our hope is to bring on a few Summer interns as part of our vision for training up the Next Generation for Vocational Ministry.

Please be praying for us, and for those who will apply for these roles.  Pray that the Lord will use these to equip the next generation and to give them a heart for Full Time Vocational ministry in the service of our King!

05.04.24 update

Ephesians 4:11–12
“And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,” (ESV)

With a focus on making Disciples that make Disciples, our plan is to coordinate our efforts on growing quality Disciples in all ages… Kids, Youth, and Adults, that will then go and make more quality Disciples.

We need to prioritize Identifying and Training up more leaders at every level of ministry, by coming alongside one another, and really striving together for the faith of the Gospel.  

We want to Know and Love God more, and know and Love each other better, so we can grow together, as we Follow Christ, and become fishers of men, not to mention, training the next generation of leaders for Mission City, and the Lord’s church around the world!

We have many small groups that are doing life together, but we need to increase these right away, as many of you are waiting to be placed into a small group.  There is such a beautiful thing that happens when God’s people are together daily, living the way he wants us to, as laid out for us in His word!

We need more Workers for Christ in Kids, Youth, and Adult Ministries as we continue to grow! 
Please join us in praying about this in all areas of the ministry!  

What is your next step as you Follow Him?

-  BUILDING  -

2.9.25 update
The property on Governor’s Rd. that we were looking at was sold without any Zoning Conditions.  Let’s pray that the Lord will continue to lead us to the right location, in His perfect timing!

1 Chronicles 29:11 (ESV)

"Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty,
for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all."

05.04.24 update

1 Corinthians 3:11
"For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ." (ESV)

This final area of our Follow Me Campaign is to start praying, saving, and working towards a building.  This is a huge mountain in front of us, but we believe in a God who moves mountains, for NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD!  He has done GREAT THINGS!

When the Lord provides…

this building will be a tool to make disciples of all nations, starting right here at home, and to the ends of the earth. It will be a training facility to raise up and send out those who are called. 
And it will be a gathering place for the people of God to come together daily and weekly in Fellowship, Prayer, Worship, to hear and study the Word of God, to be encouraged in the faith, and to be equipped for the work of ministry, in order to effectively reach our city, country, and the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, our one and only foundation on which we build upon!

A hub of Gospel Ministry, all to the praise of His glorious grace!

-  FOLLOW ME CAMPAIGN  -

2.9.25 update

2024 May to December campaign update on giving above and beyond our regular tithes has been: $143,486   

Praise the Lord for this great start as we Follow Him in pursuing His Mission!

5.4.24 update

In order for us to move forward with this follow me campaign, we are asking each of us to prayerfully consider what we can give above and beyond our regular giving.  We have been blessed to be a blessing!

Our plan is to see the Lord provide through this campaign an additional $1,000,000 in this first year by the end of December 2024, that will be used for all 3 parts, training, multiplying, and a building.  

We want to give you some time to prayerfully consider this and study God’s word on sacrificial giving on your own.  So in a few weeks from now on June 2nd, we are going to have an opportunity for you to commit to the Lord what you can give as your part of this sacrificial giving to the Lord, in this Follow Me Campaign, as well as praying for the Lord to provide for His Mission and Glory!

If the Lord prompts you to cheerfully give today, or before we come back to this in a few weeks time, you can give Online, or through our Church Centre App by selecting the new FOLLOW ME fund in the drop down menu.

You can give HERE!