Graham and Fiona
We serve in a creative access location using our medical skills to serve the local community.
AIM Location: Creative Access
We use ‘Creative Access’ to refer to nations, areas or ministries where there is great hostility towards Christianity and where traditional ‘missionary work’ is not possible. Workers, therefore, need to be ‘creative’ in how they proclaim the liberating news of Jesus Christ. In North Africa alone, 200 million people from 472 unreached people groups are unreached with the gospel. That’s 200 million people unknowingly heading for a Christ-less eternity.
Workers use skills in many areas, including business, education and healthcare. Whatever you do for your ‘job’ at home, with a bit of modification you could probably do it in a creative access area.
Whatever role you have, the aim is to be as intentional as possible – to have the name of Jesus Christ on your lips at all times. Whether it is buying bread for breakfast, meeting with a client to discuss business, dropping off children at school, or drinking tea with a friend, the intention is to always be ready to share the truth of the gospel.
The lost need to hear the good news of Jesus. Is God working in your heart? Are you considering working in an area where Jesus isn’t known?
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I have just begun serving in a creative access location, currently I am prioritising language and culture learning as well as teaching English.
Teach English in North Africa
Could you live in an Islamic country, teach English as a second language and seek opportunities to speak to those you get to know about Jesus?
The whispers of the Spirit
A couple working in a creative access country share this story about local believers. Where they live, believing in Jesus is a tremendous risk.
Celebrating 125 years of AIM
There are still almost 1,000 African unreached people groups, mostly in the Sahel, north and west Africa. May Jesus find us faithful, even for the next 125 years. Or until he returns.
Mission service: Christ, the hope of the world
These outlines are designed to help you pull together different resources to create an engaging service focusing on cross-cultural mission and how God is at work in often difficult places.
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