About IM Canada

“And then he told them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved.'” Mark 16:15

About IM Canada

“And then he told them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved.'” Mark 16:15

Our Purpose

International Messengers Canada is an evangelical interdenominational mission organization with staff from North America and abroad.

We are committed to making disciples of all nations by partnering with local churches to equip and mobilize believers to reach the world for Christ.

International Messengers Canada equips and mobilizes believers to reach the world for Christ.

Short-Term Mission Trips

Share the Gospel with families and youth by volunteering at our evangelistic English-learning camps!

Long-Term Ministries

What is God calling you to do? We can help make it happen.

Testimonials

This trip has reinforced in my heart that you can never go wrong showing someone that you care. You can never go wrong sharing a bit of Christ with someone everyday.

Todd

Romania

Every time we go on a mission trip, we come back encouraged. Winning souls for the Lord becomes more and more exciting. We would love to go again soon.

Mel & Jessie

Slovakia

WE BELIEVE…

The Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writing, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men and the Divine and final authority for Christian faith and life.
In One God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, having precisely the same nature and worthy of equal worship and obedience.
Jesus Christ is true God and true man. Having been conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary, He lived a sinless life and died on the cross as a substitutional sacrifice for our sins. He arose bodily from the dead and ascended into heaven where He continues His High Priestly ministry at the right hand of the throne of God.

The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, convict men, regenerate the believing sinner, indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and service.
Man was created in the image of God but fell into sin through Adam and is therefore totally depraved, and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained
The shed blood of Jesus Christ, and His resurrection, provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe. Only those who receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit, and thus become children of God.
Water baptism and the Lord’s Supper are ordinances to be observed by the Church during the present age. They are, however, not to be regarded as means of salvation.

The true Church is composed of all who through personal faith in Jesus Christ have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together as the body of Christ of which He is the Head.
In the personal and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and that this “blessed hope” has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer. We believe the destiny for the believer is to be present with the Lord and for the unbeliever is to be separated from the presence of the Lord in everlasting punishment.
The great evangelistic and missionary commission given by Jesus Christ to the disciples and to the continuing church is that of making Christ known throughout the world by word and example and bringing to maturity those who believe in Him through instruction from the Word.

Our History

International Messengers (IM) began in the heart of Robert Rasmusson in 1980 and became a branch of Oak Hills Fellowship in Bemidji, Minnesota, four years later. The first Evangelistic English Learning Camps were held in Austria, Hong Kong, and Poland in 1985, and before long, they were being held in other Eastern European countries. By 1989, IM had become an independent, nonprofit mission organization. It moved its office to Clear Lake, Iowa, in 1992.

Throughout the 1990s, IM’s short-term mission programs included medical, nursing, and educational English camps. Their innovative approach addressed the scarcity of evangelical churches in Eastern Europe and led to the establishment of full-time staff and church planting efforts. Partnerships with other mission organizations further extended IM’s reach, although they eventually concentrated efforts on their core EELC programs.

The Seaside Missionary Training Center in Odessa, Ukraine, opened following Bob Rasmusson’s death in 2003. This era also marked a variety of ministry expansions including sports camps, discipleship camps, family English camps, and outreach programs for children and women at risk. The establishment of International Messengers Canada Society in 2007 further strengthened their global mission.

Today, IM operates worldwide with approximately 300 adults involved in various ministries. The organization remains committed to spreading the Gospel and eagerly awaits what God has in store for their future.

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