SIM Mozambique

The SIM Mozambique team is focused on the least-reached people in the north west of the country and is working to plant Christ-centred churches making disciples who will cross barriers with the good news of Jesus.

Key Ministries

  • Biblical and theological training at INTEL – Instituto Teológico de Lichinga.
  • Foundations for Farming – an agricultural and evangelistic project.
  • After-school tutoring, evangelism and discipleship ministry.
  • Evangelism and training in sports ministry.
  • Literature distribution – resources to help the church grow.
  • Networking discipleship ministry – connecting rural churches together for growth.
  • Care for those with disabilities and for the marginalised.
  • Bible translation consultancy.
  • Business start-up ministry.
  • Marriage and family counselling and teaching

Spiritual Landscape in Mozambique

Mozambique is a secular state. According to the most recent 2020 estimate, 55.8 per cent of the population is Christian, 17.5 per cent is Muslim (mainly Sunni), 0.5 per cent had no religion and 26.4 per cent adhered to traditional beliefs or practised other religions.

Communities Where Christ is Least Known

The Yao

It’s said that to be a Yao is to be a Muslim. The Yao people typically mix traditional African beliefs with Islam to form a Folk Islam. Today, most of the 500,000 Yao in north west Mozambique are subsistence farmers. The Yao have a high rate of illiteracy and short life expectancy. In the past 10 years, the number of Yao Christians in Mozambique has grown from around 300 to 3,500, so God has opened a door and there is no better time than now for evangelism and discipleship ministries.

The Makuwa-Metto and Makuwa-Chirima

There are about one million people in each of these groups. Most are subsistence farmers, working their fields with handheld tools. There is a growing trend of Makuwas moving to towns and cities, where unemployment and promiscuity are prominent.

Most adhere to Folk Islam or Folk Catholicism. In urban areas, where some small churches exist, well-trained leaders are needed. A new Bible translation in the local language is facilitating evangelism and discipleship.

Contact SIM Mozambique

Email: Connect@sim.org

Please pray

  • For Foundations for Farming agricultural training and evangelism
  • For support for a few of our local mission workers sent from Malawi
  • For students past and present at INTEL and the development of students into future pastors and servants at the school
  • For fruitful harvest of new believers, and for ongoing discipleship among the Yao
  • For IPELVA, a new church plant in Lichinga
  • For after-school discipleship in Cuamba
  • For protection for locals and an end to the insurgencies in north eastern Mozambique
  • For children and sports ministries and for mission workers teaching and planting seeds of God’s truth and love
  • For new mission workers to join the administrative team – treasurer and personnel coordinator
  • For short-term teams to proclaim Christ through English classes offered to university students

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