Sometimes the language learning phase for mission workers can seem like a detour. But language coach Candace who serves Faithful Witness teams sees it as a ministry in and of itself.

Many do not know the full lives SIM retirees have led, especially those who have now passed away. But they continue to inspire as giants of faith.

Pastor Bulis is a local pastor who serves as chaplain of the SIM Doro Clinic, South Sudan. In this short video we see how he has the unique opportunity to daily support, teach and pray with patients at the clinic.

The diverse team at SIM Doro Clinic serve more than 150,000 people from many different tribes within the local village and refugee camps. In this video the clinic manager talks us through a whistlestop tour of the clinic.

At one sports camp in Nigeria, young people had the opportunity to learn vocational skills — such as shoemaking! Daniel’s time at camp not only showed him Christ’s love, but also launched his career as a shoemaker in Jos, Nigeria.

Christians and Muslims are joining together to make water accessible in their communities in Plateau State, Nigeria, where water is a cherished resource.

The truth could not be hidden from the Ingessana people, as many are turning to Jesus Christ as their saviour, even amidst extreme hardship.

Despite incredible risks, Michael has been committed to these people who have never heard the gospel.

Four years. That is how long it should have taken. But nine years after starting at Sudan Interior Church (SIC) School, the first students have finally graduated from their secondary school education.

SIM worker Walter serves with Life Challenge Africa in Kenya, which seeks to show Christ’s love to Muslim neighbours. He recounts his unique experience as a COVID-19 patient and the grace God provided him during suffering.

After five years of silence, Waves of Hope radio is now back on 94.1 FM radio in Ecuador’s Loja province!

Kibir. It’s the Amharic word for glory. An SIM ministry by the same name is aiming to see the Ethiopian marketplace redeemed. They want to see businesses reflecting God’s kibir.

Veronica and Samson will soon join a Faithful Witness team in Thailand. But their story of faith and of marriage began in an astonishing way.

When Tohru was checking prayer letters for his team, a personal prayer stood out. It was emailed to supporters and family but addressed to God.

SIM International Director Joshua Bogunjoko reflects on our value of diversity in teams and what that means for our perceptions and perspectives.

In early December 2020, fighting broke out in the southern region of our Mabaan County between two groups of young men. Pastor Andrew felt called to intervene by asking for peace.

Fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has resulted in death and a sea of people displaced from their homes. If you find your tongue is nimble enough to speak, would you pray with us?

While many businesses have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, an SIM missional business that partners with Latin American artisans has opened a fair-trade shop in the US.

Pastor Sebastian Quaye took up the challenge of visiting the region he broadcasts to in the Grebo language for SIM Liberia’s ELWA Radio. It took nearly four days of round the clock travel by taxi, motorcycle, and on foot to reach Plebo City, Maryland County but every moment was worth it.

Mercy Kambura, a writer for AfriGO, SIM and AIM's publication mobilising the African church for mission, finds stories in the mundane, exactly where God is working. Hear how her gift furthers the kingdom.

God is doing amazing things in a township in Cape Town, where a SIM project is having a profound impact.

God showed the Maphosas and the Haddads that children in southern Africa need good foundations for living healthy lives and avoiding dangerous illnesses. They've now helped more than 20,000 children across the region! Read about their work.

Faithful Witness worker Peter noticed a need for safe drinking water in his new West African home. By providing a source, the team believes God is using this to open people’s hearts to the gospel.

It takes a certain toughness to keep praying the same old prayer. SIM's team who once worked in Tanzania have encountered this kind of test as they pray to return to the place God's called them.

Dtang had to drive past Saaw’s house on her way to the rice field each day. So, she told her about Jesus.

SIM worker Wade* found himself with a rare opportunity after he offered to discuss the Kingdom of God with his elementary level English class. One of his students, who is Muslim, said, “This is a really interesting topic ... Could we discuss this in the morning?”

Luis struggled with alcoholism but found support in a local church and SIM. Read about how he began to understand who God is and started to heal.

In light of the Taliban taking control of Afghanistan again, we seek the Lord in prayer for the vulnerable at risk and others in these volatile circumstances. Will you join us?

Our hearts are heavy for Haiti in the wake of the earthquake on 14 August 2021. Please join us in prayer for the nation and people affected.

God uses occupational therapy to help Nigeriens regain mobility and engage with their world in new ways.

Life is tough for families coping with disabilities in Kenya. Working with the local church, Sports Friends Kenya believes it can make a long-term transformation in their lives.

The Grieve Memorial Clinic in Doro, South Sudan, holistically serves the needs of more than 100,000 South Sudanese refugees and Mabaan people.

The South Sudan Water Project has been installing, maintaining and repairing boreholes that provide clean water for more than 20,000 people in Doro. Easier access, cleaner water.

“Local men often just live whatever lifestyle they choose but women are still generally doing most of the work and are home with the kids." Carol, her husband Anthony, and their three young children live in Central Asia. Officially, their role is church planting amongst the Muslim Yee people, but as yet there are too few believers in the area to plant one.

Tim Coleman heard God’s voice saying “Go tell stories that matter.” That's what he seeks to do along our SIM Stories team: tell stories that transform and shift our hearts closer to the heart of God.

Helping the good news about Jesus Christ flourish on the continent of Asia is a task fraught with unique challenges and opportunities. It's not always easy for people in other parts of the world to understand how the mission of bringing the gospel - in the most holistic sense of that word - to Asia works. We've grabbed 10 photos from the SIM Stories archives that might help clear things up a bit...

An hour’s drive out from the city of Chiang Mai, behind a few narrow, winding country roads lined with rice paddies, the Good Kids Preschool is tucked away. It is a quiet morning in the village, but the schoolyard is alive with noise and movement. The school seems like any other at first glance: children running haphazardly to and fro and playing before school starts.

Pioneer ministry in Central Asia comes alive in this perceptive and engaging story of a mission team and their encounters with a community which does not know Christ

It was Allison’s fourth and final year at university. Her grades really had to count this last year, but during her fall semester exams, she faltered. “One of those moments you really hope you never have…which is when I forgot everything I’d learned,” Allison said.

While some leave this country during the hot months, we stay for the opportunities to talk about our faith

Enock faithfully served God despite being ambushed and injured.

Thailand has a long history with Buddhism. It is thought to have entered the culture long before there was even such a place as Thailand - during the third century BC, when a famous Indian emperor named Asoka was sending Buddhist missionaries into many parts of Asia. It became the official state religion in the thirteen hundreds during the kingdom of Sukkothai. 

“Things are always changing here. Some of the concerns that we had when we first arrived actually weren’t necessarily concerns anymore,” Tim* says. “That’s actually been a stress – just trying to keep up with what’s changing.” It’s March, the hottest time of year in Myanmar. The relentless tropical sunlight bears down in Yangon, where Tim and Sandra sit in their home, thankfully with the air conditioning on.

“I never thought I’d be able to give an injection!” Khushboo laughs, writing down the information of a child she’s just given a vaccination to. Khushboo’s stubborn gaze and steady hands seem like they should belong to someone much older. Unlike most of the young women in her village, Khushboo meets people’s eyes and speaks confidently to patients and village leaders alike.

"Naomi" is the project manager at Redlight Greenlight. She shares about some of the deep hurt she and the other carers try to support the girls to live with and grow from.

Our everyday language so readily offers up boundary lines between worlds known and unknown, moral and immoral. Yet it falls terribly short of expressing the shades and shadows of human experience. Last week we visited several homes that really felt like shades and shadows. I followed Malti di through the crowds of a wholesale bazaar, jostled with cows and carts, to the vicinity where dark narrow alleyways and stairwells led to the separate homes of six transgenders under her care.

Sports Friends has ministries in many of the far-flung corners of the world; from Peru, to Nigeria to Thailand. The mental scenes that correspond to those places might be something like a dusty plain with children playing football under a tree with wide, spreading branches. Or a field lined with palm trees, young girls avoiding monsoon-season puddles as they practice volleyball. And sure, these picturesque rural settings really are some of the places where Sports Friends works, but what about sports ministry in an urban context, where fields and courts are not in open spaces, but tucked amidst buildings and side streets?