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

30 May 2025

In a creative access location, Beth* has the joy of reaching out to many with the love of Jesus through language teaching and daily befriending. A recent family bereavement has given cause for reflection on the difference that being a follower of Jesus makes to grieving. In her region of North Africa, typical prayers which are said when someone dies are completely empty of hope. In fact, grieving is not encouraged because life is seen as a test and everything, no matter how awful, must be responded to with ‘praise god’. Pray for Beth* to be able to convey that although death and grief are awful, knowing that Jesus promises to be with us in the darkest valley brings such comfort and hope. Continue to ask that Jesus would open the eyes of the blind, unstop the ears of the deaf, and that the people of this land might know deep love, deep peace, deep rest and deep joy because they know Him.

*Name changed for security reasons

29 May 2025

Pray for logistics to come together for the many different guests attending the Chad Unit annual conference in June: childcare team from the US, keynote speaker and wife from Kenya, Central Region office staff, and several International Office members. Pray for the Holy Spirit to be guiding Pastor Chris Mwalwa as he shares from God’s word.

28 May 2025

Simon and Miriam Desborough are serving in Antananarivo, Madagascar, encouraging and equipping the Malagasy church for mission and reaching out to vulnerable women. They want to ensure their mobilisation efforts are founded upon much prayer and reflection. As they have now formed a mobilisation committee, they are beginning to advertise new roles. Simon presented on the work of AIM to the Firahalahian’ny Mpitandrina Evanjelika (Brotherhood of Evangelical Pastors) and many were excited to receive training and partner in various initiatives. They are due to provide some missions training to a church in July, and take part in a youth camp teaching on mission in September. It’s been a flurry of new opportunities since returning, but they are thankful to God for ensuring they are not overwhelmed and that they have time to cover these events in prayer.

27 May 2025

Hannah works at Wellspring School in Chad. Pray for the final month of school – that teaching staff will have perseverance to finish the year well despite the heat, and wisdom as they prepare report cards. Pray for students leaving at various times throughout the month and for the practicalities of finishing up assignments remotely. Praise God for the recent review of their Vision, Mission, Objectives, Goals and Core Values. Pray that they will be committed to working towards these goals, and that the Lord will continue to guide them in this ministry for His glory and their good.

26 May 2025

Claire Weddell is based in Chimoio, Mozambique, working with local churches in discipleship and leadership development. Thank God for her recovery after illness. Please pray for God’s intervention following a surge of criminal activity in her locality. Pray for the perpetrators to come to Christ.

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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