Stand with Students: Update & Invitation

Dear MCS Family,

Thank you to the many of you who responded to our recent message about the disruption to Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) funding. We are so grateful for your prayers, encouragement, and concern for our students.

As we shared in our previous update, the province’s pause on OSAP funding to private post-secondary institutions has affected several students of ours, representing an estimated $150,000 shortfall in tuition funding this fall alone. These are future pastors and Christian leaders preparing to serve our churches and communities.

Where things stand

Unfortunately, the province’s latest announcement has not changed the situation for our students. OSAP funding remains paused, and we are preparing for the possibility that the disruption will continue into the new year.

We remain committed to caring for our students. We have absorbed the immediate tuition shortfall rather than passing this unexpected burden on to them, and we are actively developing a plan to support students through the winter semester. We continue to work constructively with other affected Christian institutions toward a resolution.

At the same time, we are exploring more enduring and dependable ways to make Christian higher education affordable for future generations.

Trusting for provision

We are already seeing wonderful examples of God’s provision. At two of our Church Hubs, the churches and individual supporters have stepped forward to help students continue their preparation for ministry, including through financial assistance and paid ministry opportunities.

We’re so grateful for these churches who are modelling a way to come alongside the students serving with them.

Your help would make triple the difference

Today, we invite you to join this response, whether by supporting a student in your own church or by contributing to our shared MCS–Horizon initiative.

We are seeking to raise $200,000 in new or increased giving to care for affected students, sustain our growing ministry, and help develop lasting solutions for student affordability.

Please continue to pray for our students, for wisdom in navigating the months ahead, and for God’s direction as we seek to make ministry preparation increasingly accessible and affordable.

Our mission remains unchanged: preparing Spirit-empowered leaders with the church, for the church.

Thank you for standing with us. Together, we can care for today’s students while preparing tomorrow’s leaders.