ASSIST
CUBA
EXPANDING EVANGELICAL CHURCHES
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With the motto “Cuba for Christ,” the focus is on evangelism, prayer cells, and church planting. ASSIST supports these ministries by funding pastors, buildings, and resources — especially crucial as hurricanes and hardship continue to affect the island. Please pray for God’s ongoing work in Cuba.
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Help Strengthen Faith and Community in Cuba
Evangelical churches have existed in Cuba for over 100 years and they are experiencing tremendous growth. Their motto is “Cuba for Christ” and they are working diligently to see this happen. ASSIST partners with local churches by financially supporting pastors and church projects to meet the needs of rapidly growing ministries in this country that have faced hardships for many years. Church growth is accomplished through local evangelism, leading to the establishment of prayer cells and mission churches. Please pray for God to continue to reach Cuba for His Kingdom.
The evangelical churches of Cuba have emerged from years of persecution and are still being adversely affected by poverty. Monetary help is assisting these churches to construct church buildings, help them to purchase church benches, etc. Frequently, severe hurricanes ravage this island putting the population in severe need.
Cuba
Partners
DON AND CAROL PICKEL
DAVID SMITH
JAKE REMPEL
JERRY STEARNS
RICHARD SALAS
Don and Carol Pickel
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Don and Carol, have had the privilege to work with ASSIST CANADA now for 11 years. Carol assists Don greatly with the office tasks in his responsibility as director of the Cuba ministries with ASSIST.
His responsibilities revolve around arranging teams to visit the churches in Cuba exposing Christians to the great needs in Cuba, monitoring the financial assistance that ASSIST provides to help the evangelical churches there, maintaining correspondence with our Cuban assistant, and working with our representatives who are seeking to cover Canada.
Richard Salas
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Richard has been reaching out and making disciples of Spanish background Canadians, newcomers and international students, since arriving in Canada, over 16 years ago. He has been involved in leadership at his home church as an elder as well. His home church and the mission committee requested that he support the Cuba ministry in 2012.
On November 2012 he arrived for the first time to Cuba before the pandemic, from then on, he had a mission trip twice a year. He created a strategy to support, strengthen and grow the local church. He has had the privilege of serving in this ministry and country, the first five years in one church. Then, a Satellite seminary was created for training 32 graduated in 2017 and 8 graduated in 2018, we partnered with 15 church planters in Cuba. He has implemented one on one discipleship and has already trained eight couples. These couples have given discipleship to 53 new believers.
He has led many retreats in Cuba for pastors, local leaders, doing some mentoring for the new generation of youth pastors. He worked at the university of Manitoba, Faculty of Medicine for 12 years. Five months ago, God called him to serve within His kingdom full time locally and globally in Cuba and Nicaragua.
Dave and Susan Smith
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Dave and Susan were saved in 1974. Dave went to New Brunswick Bible Institute and graduated in 1980. He attempted to pastor twice until 1985 when he went into mining and became a mining electrician. He continued in that field for about 30 years. While doing that he pulpit filled and went on 8 mission trips to Belize, Guatemala, Bahamas, Jamaica, and to Cuba once with John Harder and twice with Don Pickel. I began working as the Eastern Canada and Maine rep. in October 2018.
Jake Rempel
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Jake serves within the Ministry full time since 2017. Sharing the stories of the Cuban Church throughout Northern Ontario and Western Canada, collecting the resources God has set aside for Cuba, and delivering those resources to the churches throughout Central and Eastern Cuba.
Jerry Stearns
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Jerry has been married to his wife Patricia for over 40 years. They have 6 children - Chrissy, Jessica, Kara, Jeff, Deanna and Sandy and 10 grandchildren.
Salvation – October 11, 1975 at Calvary Faith Church. Sonora, NS
Baptized – August 8, 1976 in St. Mary’s River, NS
Call to Ministry – September 1979 at Devon Park Baptist Church, Fredericton, NB
Education: Sackville High School Gr 12 grad-1974
New Brunswick Bible Institute – grad 1983
Ordination: September 25, 1985 at Temple Baptist Church, Lr. Sackville, NS (now Stoneridge Fellowship Church)
Pastored 40 years – Church planting – Antigonish, NS and Espanola, ON
Pastor – Ontario, New Brunswick and most recently 14 years at Maranatha Bible Church (formerly Munroe Avenue Baptist Church) New Glasgow, NS
Retired from pastoral ministry October, 2020
Mission Trip – Cuba in January, 2015
Life’s Verse – I Samuel 17:29
Ministry Philosophy – Share God’s Word; Show God’s Love
WOMEN'S BUSINESS PROJECT
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Women in need receive a one-time start-up gift to enable them to begin a viable business. Leaders give them training and the qualifying factors are that the business would help their families, their communities and their local churches.
Examples of businesses include: hair dressing, baking, pizza making, candy making, day home/preschool provider, sewing, crafts and sheep tending.
With your donation, others could be added to our list. Here are photos of the recent work the women have completed with their available resources.