
“When our church in Texas announced God was leading them to send someone to plant a church in metro Vancouver,” Christian says, “I hadn’t finished seminary and we were pregnant with our first child. We knew no one in Canada, but that didn’t matter. We knew right then—the Lord said, ‘Now is the time.’”
Six months later, they packed up all their possessions and drove 2,167 miles to their new home in the Vancouver suburb of Langley to plant a church through Send Network, the North American Mission Board’s church planting arm.
The Rowlands’ first connections came on the playground. As it turns out, that was the best place to meet young couples just like them who had immigrated to Canada from many countries and cultures. Laura explains, “We identified with them, they identified with us, and we were able to connect with them. And the next thing you know, we were in their homes sharing the gospel.”
It took several years, but their small neighborhood Bible study has now become New Song Community Church—a growing, multicultural body of believers.
When our church gives through the Cooperative Program (CP) and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering, we help families like the Rowlands answer the call to go and make disciples through church planting.
Pray for Christian and Laura as they build relationships and proclaim the gospel in the Langley community of Vancouver.