There are places in northern Canada that haven't been systematically evangelized in centuries, if they've been reached at all. For someone from small-town Alabama, it's mind-blowing to think that there are huge stretches of the world that not only have no churches, but have almost no people. "To the ends of the earth", indeed.
Last year I had the pleasure of speaking with Pastor Gordon Wiegold of King's Addition Baptist Mission in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada. I don't know that Fort Smith is the actual ends of the earth, but I'm pretty sure you can see them from there. The story of the mission's founding, and of his coming to serve there, is an amazing one, and I'd recommend that you contact him and learn about the work that they're doing up there. (And for the record, he didn't ask me to solicit for him. I didn't even approach him about doing this.)
Too often we consider "home" or "North American" missions to be limited to large cities or densely populated suburban areas. We forget that you don't have to go to the Congo or Kathmandu to be a missionary. Our neighbor to the north has vast stretches of land where few people live, but that doesn't mean the Gospel isn't needed there as well. Please remember Bro. Gordon and the King's Addition Baptist Mission in your prayers and giving.
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