From Sunday School to the Samburu
Carey Baptist Church, Reading is the sending church of F*, who has recently joined a TIMO team working amongst the unreached Samburu people. Co-pastor, David Magowan tells us of their journey alongside F*.
AIM Ministry: Church Planting
We’re passionate about planting churches because we believe that the single most effective means of reaching the unreached in Africa, is to plant churches that demonstrate transformed lives that proclaim Christ. We long to see churches filled with communities worshipping in their own language, committed to each other and seeking to take the transforming message of Jesus Christ to those who don’t yet know him.
Mission partners don’t just go to ‘make disciples’ but to ‘baptise’ and incorporate believers into communities with accountability and a love for each other that transforms every area of their communities with the hope of Christ. Our desire isn’t just that there will be individual Christians amongst every people group in Africa but that there would be Christ-centred churches among all African peoples.
Long after mission partners have left, it’s the local church that will continue to minister. It’s these churches that will go on to send missionaries to other areas of Africa, as well as to those in their own neighbourhoods. It’s churches like these that will help Africans grow in their knowledge, love and understanding of Jesus Christ. Could you be a part of helping plant churches and transform communities with the power of the gospel?
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The unreached – bound to the past
The Sakalava and Antakarana people of Madagascar live in spiritual darkness. Bound to ancestor worship, their communities are controlled by taboos and traditional customs. Yet there is hope in the gospel.
How do you seek to reach the unreached Ik?
For over 30 years, TIMO has been a major factor in AIM’s strategy for reaching unreached people groups. But how does it work? One thing is clear; it takes time. So where do you start?
Partnership in church planting
For nearly 30 years TIMO teams have planted churches and trained missionaries for a lifetime of service as they live amongst Africa’s unreached peoples.
Water is life
Northern Kenya is dry and vast. For the nomadic peoples who live here, life revolves around water. There’s a spiritual thirst, too; a thirst for the living water that never runs dry.
Move against the fear
Many of the nations in AIM’s Central Region are spiritually dark places. It’s a challenge and a hard calling but we’re called to move against fear. Can we afford to wait for things to become easier before we act?
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