Benin
In a spirit of collaboration, we see Benin churches becoming mature, missional and dynamic, filled with disciples obedient to the Word of God, imitators of Christ, dependent on the Holy Spirit and full of compassion. In unity, disciples of all ages serve according to their gifts and for the glory of God.
Benin
In a spirit of collaboration, we see Benin churches becoming mature, missional and dynamic, filled with disciples obedient to the Word of God, imitators of Christ, dependent on the Holy Spirit and full of compassion. In unity, disciples of all ages serve according to their gifts and for the glory of God.
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Trauma Healing
SIM Trauma Healing is a church and community-based outreach that equips believers with integrated biblical and mental health principles to care for victims of trauma in their communities.
Mobilising Missionaries and Churches
To empower and mobilise Korean and East Asian missionaries and churches in reaching out through various ministries to communities who don’t know Christ in SIM’s strategic areas.
Latinoamericana
This ministry aims to engage Latin American churches to participate in Christ’s mission across cultures. The ministry partners and networks with churches and agencies to mobilise Latin American missionaries into crosscultural ministry to make Christ known and make disciples where he is not known.
Short-Term Exposure Ministry
Our goal is to take pastors, leaders of mission boards and missionary candidates for short-term exploratory trips to different countries where there is a great need for missionaries.
Pacific2Nations
This ministry aims to empower a movement of Pacific people, rising up and going into the nations, proclaiming the Gospel and demonstrating God's love and power.
Church Engagement
SIM Canada is embarking on a long-term strategy to boost missionarynumbers in our churches through several objectives.
Radio Frequence Vie
We envision the entire country of Cote d’Ivoire and beyond being reached with the gospel message through FM radio.
Compassion Ministries
Churches expressing God's love and compassion, serving their communities, and reaching out with the gospel to the vulnerable among them.
Zion Evangelical Bible Schools (ZEBS) Lesotho
To maintain and build strong contacts in the country, specifically in the District of Leribe, where more than 50 Ama-Zioni church leaders have expressed a desire to study God’s Word.
Youth Workers Toolkit
SIM Kenya is preparing a training book set to equip youth leaders across East Africa to reach young people more effectively.
Youth Leader Training
The aim of this project is to train and inspire leaders to see that they are not alone. We desire to increase spiritual unity by offering personal mentoring, advice and training to local youth leaders, helping them start new initiatives, and as they face different challenges in their ministries.
Youth and Childrens Ministries
Our goal is to train Namibians on how to reach out to children and young people who are growing up without hearing the good news of Jesus Christ.
Wolofal Transliteration
This project aims to convert the Wolof-Roman-script Bible into Arabic script.
West Africans for Global Missions
The center of gravity for Christianity has shifted to the global south and this requires a paradigm shift in our response. The onus is now on the global south especially Africans to respond to this shift. The West African Office sees this need and has responded accordingly with the project-West Africans for Global Missions. As you read about project 95379, it is our prayer that you will join this 'call'.
Communities where Christ is least known
Waama
The Waama people are located primarily in Benin’s northwestern province and number around 117,000. Natitingou is their cultural centre, but a smaller group of Waama is found across the border in northern Togo.
The Waama are subsistence farmers, using basic agricultural methods. Corn, yams, bananas and peanuts are grown for personal use, and coffee, cocoa and cotton are produced mainly for export. Often, they keep cattle for their hides and manure, but the animals are almost never milked or consumed for meat. Cattle are also used in sacrifices and as marriage payments. Marriages are customarily arranged while the girl is still an infant, often to an older man with multiple wives.
The Waama follow traditional ethnic beliefs and practices, adoring many gods. They have shrines for their ancestral spirits in their family compounds, where an appointed elder makes sacrifices for the family to gain their favor. They are fiercely attached to their three-month initiation, which occurs every three years. So as not to disturb the spirits, absolute silence is expected during this period, putting them in conflict with other ethnic and religious groups in the area, especially churches which play music.
The New Testament is available in Waama, as is the “Jesus” film. There are few Waama Christians (around 2 per cent of the population), and the existing evangelical churches tend to use French or the Ditammari language. The literacy rate is below 10 per cent.
prayers
Pray for labourers willing to learn the Waama language and go to these communities where Christ is not known.
Pray for labourers willing to learn the Waama language and go to these communities where Christ is not known.
Pray for key Waama believers and leaders who boldly profess Jesus and are capable of discipling others.
Pray for key Waama believers and leaders who boldly profess Jesus and are capable of discipling others.
Pray for literacy teachers and radio speakers for SIM broadcasts.
Pray for literacy teachers and radio speakers for SIM broadcasts.
Pray for God to call more Weno missionaries, evangelists and translators to join the new ministry initiative.
Pray for God to call more Weno missionaries, evangelists and translators to join the new ministry initiative.
Pray for Yom believers as they celebrate and read the recently completed Yom Bible.
Pray for Yom believers as they celebrate and read the recently completed Yom Bible.
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