Phinehas and Deborah

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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.

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Latest Prayer News

14 septembre 2025

Pray for the 250,000 Ndengereko of Tanzania who live between the Ruvu and Rufigi Rivers on the southern coast of Tanzania. Pray for the Ndengereko people to experience God powerfully at work in their lives, that they would not fear rejection from their community and that they would come under his lordship. Ask God to raise up bold Christian witnesses among the Ndengereko so that many would know his love for them and that he is the true Way. Pray for an AIM outreach team in the early stages of their work among the Ndengereko.

13 septembre 2025

Pray that AIM will be relatable and inviting in all we do. Pray that the language we use would be warm and welcoming, encouraging others to join in the work, and that the way we communicate would create a sense of partnership and shared purpose. As we invite others to join in this extraordinary journey, pray we would be able to communicate clearly that AIM is made up of ordinary people, so we can convey that anyone, regardless of background or experience can engage in missions and that this would make serving or partnering with AIM accessible and invite participation.

12 septembre 2025

Paul and Elizabeth Makau are teaching mission courses at Africa International University (AIU) in Nairobi and mobilising local church leaders to serve as missionaries among Unreached People Groups. They are about to lead a large team up to Lependera in northern Kenya, where they recently planted a church. Over 20 medical professionals from their church in Nairobi have volunteered to come with them to run a free medical clinic from 15^th-16^th. From the 17^th local church leaders are also joining them to assess how they can plant churches in surrounding villages. At the same time, different teams will be constructing a church building for the Lependera church and drilling a bore hole for the local community. Please pray for safety, good co-ordination, protection from the evil one, and much fruit from this trip.

11 septembre 2025

Claudia Middendorf serves the local church in Beira, Mozambique, in leadership training. She is getting ready to teach Bible Study Methods at the Bible school of her denomination this month. She hopes to keep it very practical so her students can apply what they learn to their personal lives and ministries. Pray for fruit from this.

10 septembre 2025

Elle* is part of a medical ministry team on the Indian Ocean Islands. This month she is taking over as interim team leader as her colleague is on home assignment, so pray for wisdom during this time. She recently attended the wedding of a former language helper in the capital. It was a big and fancy wedding, but the bride and groom didn’t attend! Apparently they hope to have an even bigger, fancier wedding in the future, a ‘grand marriage’ that will give them special status on the islands. Some believe that this future wedding will only ‘count’ if the bride hasn’t attended events before, so she sat at home while everyone showed off their outfits and danced. This resonated when Elle* was studying David’s anointing with Stacey*, a local believer, and the wonderful truth that God looks at the heart. Stacey shared that there is a lot of emphasis within Islam and island culture to ‘look’ good, successful, rich. Pray that islanders would recognise the importance of having a heart that’s right with the Father, however we look to men.

*Name changed for security reasons

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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