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Pray for people in Creative Access locations

What does ‘Creative Access’ mean?

We use the phrase ‘creative access’ to refer to nations, areas or ministries where there is great hostility towards Christianity. In these areas traditional ‘mission work’ or even declaring yourself as a ‘missionary’ is not possible. Workers, therefore, need to be ‘creative’ on numerous levels. They will often need a viable business reason to be in a country or area, then they will need to be creative in how they go about sharing the gospel. They will also need to be careful in how they share updates about their work. 

What kind of places are they?

More than 200 million Africans live in creative access nations (CANs), the majority of which are Muslim. Creative access areas are also often Islamic strongholds within countries. Consequently, workers there struggle against some of the strongest opposition to Christianity. One of our workers in a CAN recently shared what they’d been told; ‘Teacher, before I met you I hated all Christians and wanted to kill them. I don’t think that way any more.’

What is being done to reach the people living there?

To protect the safety of missionaries and national believers we don’t share which CANs we are working in. To safeguard our personnel further, we sometimes don’t share photographs or identities of those working in particularly sensitive areas. At the moment though, a large number of workers from AIM Europe are serving in creative access situations, some of whom as part of International teams.

Prayer from AIM’s Daily Prayer:

Edward* serves in a closed country where there are very few Christians. Pray that God will bless his local language acquisition as he spends two weeks in the capital city to study the language more intensively. Give thanks that after many Bible discussions and working through large differences in worldview, his friend Jason* agreed that he now understood the Christian view on sin and why the penalty of sin is death. Praise God for this huge step forward in Jason’s understanding. Ask God to help Jason see and understand how only Jesus could perfectly pay the price for sin and that he did so on the cross. 

*Names changed for security reasons. 

Graham and Fiona* served in a creative access location and are back in the UK for their final home assignment before their retirement. Give thanks that they have enjoyed visits to family and friends and feel very welcomed and supported by their sending church. Pray that they rely on God as they face a difficult situation with their tenant who refuses to move out so that they can sell their house and buy a more suitable property for their needs in retirement. Pray for a peaceful resolution and that they will be a witness of Christ’s grace and patience in this situation. 

*Names changed for security reasons 

Tim began serving as Director for the AIM Asia Pacific Mobilising Region in February 2024, leading a small team in Australia and coordinating teams in Hong Kong and New Zealand. Give thanks for Tim’s recent trip to Kenya to attend AIM Leaders’ meetings and visit missionaries and their ministries. Give thanks that he was greatly encouraged by meeting recent graduates from the Marsabit Northern Bible Training Centre and hearing how their training has made them more confident in reading, understanding and preaching the Bible. He is still in the UK and working nights with his team in Australia while he waits for his visa to be approved. Pray that God will sustain him and that he will continue to be encouraged by what God is doing through his people across the world. 

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