Lausanne Movement

Senior Associate for Diasporas

Sadiri Joy Tira is International Coordinator for Filipino International Network (FIN) --- a catalytic movement of Christians committed to motivate and mobilize Filipinos globally to partner for worldwide mission.  Sadiri, who goes by “Joy,” has recently been appointed the Global Ministries Diasporas Specialist for the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada. Currently, Joy is also serving on the Canadian Board of Directors of Serve-in-Missions (formerly Sudan Interior Mission). He has also served on the national Board of Directors of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) in Canada and was a member-at-large of the General Council of the Evangelical Fellowship in Canada (EFC).  Joy has ministered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for over two decades, where he is the founding Senior Pastor of First Filipino Alliance Church. Before immigrating to Canada, he worked as an engineer while his wife, Lulu, served as a nurse with Operation Mobilization’s ship M/V Logos.

He received his theological and ministry training from Western Seminary (D.Miss.); Reformed Theological Seminary (D.Min.); Edmonton Baptist Seminary (M.T.S.); and Canadian Theological Seminary (M.Miss.). He is co-editor of Missions in Action in the 21st Century (Filipino International Network/Institute for Diaspora Studies –Western Seminary: 2008); Scattered: The Filipino Global Presence (LifeChange Publishing Inc., Manila: 2004), and contributor to the LCWE’s Occasional Paper No. 55 on diaspora missions, The New People Next Door (LCWE: 2005).  Joy is a missions practitioner who travels extensively around the globe mobilizing Christians in diaspora, particularly the globally scattered Filipinos to help fulfill the Great Commission.

Born and raised in the Philippines, Joy and his wife Lulu immigrated to Canada in 1981 and are now naturalized Canadians. They have two adult children: Lorajoy and Tonyvic who are married to Dennis and Zenavid respectively who all make their home in Edmonton. When Joy and Lulu are not traveling, they are at home babysitting their grandchildren, Santiago and Isabel!