We have Faithful Witness teams in several locations around the world, all in places where there is virtually no Christian witness. We provide start-up funding for those workers and seek to build partnerships with their sending churches to ensure prayer support and future funding.
Our Vision
The Faithful Witness initiative exists to launch multi-skilled, multi-ethnic teams in communities around the world with limited or no access to the gospel.
These forgotten communities are our focus, because we believe no one should live and die without having access to the good news of Jesus Christ.
Our Mission
Convinced that no one should live and die without hearing God’s good news, we believe that he has called us to make disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ in communities where he is least known.
How does Faithful Witness work?
Faithful Witness teams are multi-ethnic. No single language or culture can adequately express who Jesus is. A trustworthy expression of the gospel is a multicultural perspective of Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection. Together, the global church forms a whole. We value this wholeness and expect our teams to reflect it.
Our nine existing teams include workers sent from 22 different nations, all serving as a unified expression of the good news that “Christ himself has brought us peace.” (Eph 2:14).
This unity in diversity is an important aspect of the gospel itself. In Christ, we are reconciled to each other across cultural, social, economic, linguistic, and geographic barriers.
For more information go to the Faithful Witness website, or email global.faithfulwitness@sim.org.
Faithful Witness stories

Bathtub baptism brings joy in North Africa
The petite young woman entered the North African church almost apologetically. Unused to the customs of the Christian faith, she had no idea what to expect...
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Encouraging the Church in the Middle East
SIM’s vision for the Middle East is to see a witness to Christ’s love where He is least known.
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Faithful Witness initiative launches two new teams
The Faithful Witness Initiative has just launched two new teams, taking the gospel to still more communities where Christ is least known.
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