Advance International

THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCE INTERNATIONAL. Our purpose is to promote a missionary vision and mindset within the Evangelical Church of the West Indies (ECWI) and other churches throughout the Caribbean. To recruit, evaluate, train, and place prospective missionaries for effective ministry service. To provide the cross-cultural training missionaries need to serve effectively in diverse cultural settings. To provide spiritual, emotional, financial, and administrative support for missionaries throughout their ministry journey. To send and receive missionaries in partnership with other missionary agencies and organizations around the world. To pursue any other ministry objectives that align with our vision, mission, and purpose. Advance International continues provide support to missionaries to won establishing relationships with the island missions coordinators and their teams to promote missions and provide training. Mark 16:15-Mark 16:16 KJV And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, an...

THE HISTORY OF ADVANCE INTERNATIONAL In 1986 Pastor Nazaire Georges became the first foreign Missionary sent by the Evangelical Church of the West Indies (ECWI) onto the Mission Field. Pastor Georges and his Family commenced their ministry in French Guiana in July 1986. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Pastor Nazaire Georges was well settled as the Pastor of the Castries Evangelical Church when he began sensing the call of God to serve in French Guiana, his home country. He struggled with this for a while before bringing it to the attention of the ECWI leadership. With assistance from their World Team Pastor at the time, Pastor Georges and his family were sent to French Guiana in July 1986 as ECWI’s first foreign missionaries. Although there were other believers serving as missionaries, this would be the first time they were sent and supported by the ECWI. During their first term, the Georges, faced many challenges due to the lack of a structure geared towards supporting them spiritually, financi...