In light of the EFC of Canada’s mid-January decision to lay off all salaried Canadian ServeBeyond missionaries, we had hoped to transfer our church planting project, Tokyo Multicultural Church, from EFCC ServeBeyond to EFC America ReachGlobal. This would mean transferring TMC ServeBeyond missionaries (3 households, soon to be 4). We were thinking it would be good to belong to a mission agency that continues to send salaried missionaries. However, on March 14 when we were finally able to dialogue with the Asia Division leaders of ReachGlobal it became clear that ReachGlobal could not become our landing place.
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On Feb 10, 2025, ServeBeyond Regional Coordinators sent a series of FAQ’s to EFCC churches, EFCC Board members, and the EFCC Executive Director. The focus of our FAQ’s was less on the content of the decision than how it and the process used in making it is impacting missionaries and ServeBeyond itself. Dale was the primary author of these FAQ’s, but with significant input and edits from other Regional Coordinators.

Go here to view these FAQ’s.
A pdf option is available from there.

In a Jan 16, 2025, announcement from Bill Taylor, EFC of Canada Executive Director, ServeBeyond missionaries were told…

…ServeBeyond will no longer be able to have missionaries who are salaried employees of the EFCC. If you are an employee of EFCC, this letter is notice that your employment with EFCC will end on April 30, 2025.

See the announcement here.

We are working through our options, considering what our next steps might be after April 30. In the process we are in touch with our ServeBeyond Director, who was not consulted when this decision was made by the EFCC Executive Director and Board. Read More…