Cultivating collaboration to see the Kingdom Flourish in Latin America
Collab Quarterly is our initiative designed to highlight some of the work of South America Mission’s Church Engagement Branch. This page was created as a resource for your church to learn of unique opportunities to engage with the kingdom work being done across Latin America and prayerfully consider the ways your community is being called to participate in this work.
Watch this video of a recent Vision trip we led to Lima, Peru.
We have identified two ways in which churches in the U.S. can serve the Lima Initiative in the Spring of 2027. First is through biblical counseling. We want to bring a team of counselors to train elders and church leaders on how to counsel married couples in their congregation. The second is a church planting internship which would be geared towards people considering full time church ministry and church planting.
More details will be available soon. In the meantime, if you know someone in your church who might be a good fit for either of these opportunities, I would love to connect with them. Please contact me at: thomas.desouza@
How can the Gospel reach every man, woman and child in a community? What does it take for transformation to take place across a city? South America Mission believes that the answer to these questions is Spirit-Led collaboration. This takes place when pastors, churches, denominations and mission organizations partner together with the goal of seeing a community transformed by the power of Gospel.
Only the God-given power of kingdom collaboration can help the Church complete its commission. These collaborative movements are called Gospel Ecosystems, and they create a unique opportunity for individual churches and leaders to participate in what God is doing in their city, for the good of the people and the glory of God. There is actually nothing new about these movements, in fact, this is the Church’s way of worship and outreach in the New Testament (Acts 2:42 – 47), which reflects Christ’s desire and prayer for his people (John 17).
Yet this kind of organic flourishing does not happen overnight. It requires trusted leaders, intentional planning, patience, conversations, and many, many cups of coffee. Very often, in South America, evangelical leaders operate in isolation and believe that their peers are but competitors to their ministry. The journey from competition to collaboration is long and takes a lot of investment and cultivation.
Thus, for such a beautiful cooperation to take place it takes leaders who are able to catalyze a movement, mobilize other gospel workers and play the long game. In order for a movement like this to take place, we need to invest in these leaders and provide them with the necessary tools and resources.
South America Mission is inviting churches and donors to sponsor a Gospel Ecosystem training opportunity in South America in September of 2026.
Would your church consider sponsoring the traveling expenses for one or more leaders to participate in this strategic training? By investing in these leaders, you are investing in the strengthening of local churches and the spread of the Gospel throughout South America. A gift of $600 will cover the traveling expenses for one person. Our goal is to have 30 leaders present at the event.
GIVE: Help us support Gospel Ecosystems, where we strive towards kingdom collaboration across cities.
