Tony and Cath serve in Nairobi, Kenya. Tony is Regional Executive Officer (REO) for AIM Eastern Region and Cath is AIM’s Child Safety Officer.

Before Tony and Cath started serving with AIM, Tony worked as a pastor and Cath as a health visitor based in West Sussex. They have been serving with AIM since 1998. For 20 years they worked alongside the Africa Inland Church in Tanzania (AICT), where Tony coordinated the Institute of Bible and Ministry (IBM) and Cath worked in HIV and children’s ministry. IBM is a multifaceted ‘on the job’ programme of teaching and dynamic interaction which aims to ‘enable, mobilise and inspire’ church leaders to a closer walk with the Lord and increased effectiveness in ministry. In 2019 they moved to Kampala, Uganda to carrying on their work as AIM’s African Mobilisation Consultant and Child Safety Officer from a new location. In January 2022 the Swansons moved to Nairobi, Kenya so that Tony could take up the position of REO for AIM’s Eastern Region, directing the work of AIM in Kenya and Tanzania and overseeing the ministry of around 130 missionaries. 

The Swansons believe that the Church is God’s chosen way to bless and transform communities and the world. As Christians faithfully live as salt and light in their communities they are beacons of hope, justice, healing, revelation and living faith.

The African Church is growing, vibrant and confident in the gospel, and has tremendous untapped potential to reach the unreached with the good news of Christ. AIM created its African Mobilisation Hub to help AIM serve churches in Africa by enabling them to send their own missionaries. From 2015-2021 Tony was AIM’s African Mobilisation Consultant, coordinating the Hub’s work and ensuring that it stays focussed on its aim of seeing African Christians being sent to the mission field. Tony’s work as REO for Eastern Region builds on the mobilisation work of the Hub and taps into the networks already established.

Cath is AIM’s Child Safety Officer. AIM takes seriously its God-given responsibility towards the children of its missionaries, longing to see them develop into confident adults who know and love Jesus and can thrive in this fallen world. AIM also has several ministries among African children and recognises its responsibility towards them to ensure a high standard of conduct and care. Cath leads the Child Protection team, dealing with safeguarding issues and helping AIM to be an organisation where children are safe and cared for.

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