Phinehas and Deborah

Phinehas and Deborah are in a creative access location working with local believers to equip leaders, facilitate church planting and build gospel relationships. They are working primarily with three local tribes, reaching out to them with the message of Jesus.

They were called to serve in global mission in 2003 after serving in their home church for many years. They and their two teenage daughters love Jesus and are walking in His grace in response to His faithfulness to them over the years.

The challenges of their ministry include not only reaching out to the unreached with the gospel but also leading teaching and discipleship classes to help equip local church leaders to effectively lead, serve and plant churches in their home country. 

Could you support Phinehas and Deborah in this work?

Latest Prayer News

Rebecca Welsh teaches chemistry and broader science at Rift Valley Academy, (RVA) Kenya. Thank the Lord for the relationships she has built with staff and students so far. Pray for these to deepen and that she will be able to find a good balance of teaching, coaching, weekend activities, and rest. Pray too for a quick and full recovery after she fell and shattered her elbow.

Pray for all involved with AIM to be compelled by Christ’s love to pray for, love, and proclaim the Gospel to Africa’s unreached people. Pray that our sufficiency, hope and ministry would flow from our relationship with Christ. Pray that we would serve by His grace and strength and submit to His will.

Hannah Jackson is the Assistant Child Safety Officer for AIM. Along with other mission agencies, international Christian schools and faith-based NGOs, Africa Inland Mission is a member of the Child Safety Protection Network. Pray for Hannah to learn well as she attends the CSPN response training course and regional conference. Ask for all participants to learn about realistic and practical steps they can take to promote awareness, safety and resilience for children in Africa. Pray too for Hannah and Cath as they deliver a child safety training session at AIM’s Africa Based Orientation in January with new missionaries and their children, as part of their preparation for serving all over the continent.

Open Doors reports that violence against Christians in Sudan has spiraled since civil war broke out in April 2023. Sudan was making progress towards religious freedom but now with the war this is threatened to reverse. At least 165 churches have been forcibly closed and others destroyed. Pray that true religious freedom would come to Sudan.

Annemarie Boks works in Adi, DR Congo as Director of an AIDS Awareness Program, and with the Bethsaida project, which finances education and training for children orphaned by AIDS. Pray for the handover of her work to Ayila as Annemarie prepares to retire this year. Pray too for the provision of a home in Zoetermeer near her parents and home church.

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. LEARN MORE

Church Development

We hope that our church development work with local African churches will lead them to be centres of hope and love that draw more people to Jesus. LEARN MORE
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