SIM Stories
Stories that matter
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.
Sports Friends moves to the megacity
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?
Where the wind blows
What if a movement of the gospel happened among the Fulani, a group of nomadic travellers moving across the Sahel from West Africa to as far east as Ethiopia?
From SIM ministry to SIM partner
The Anchor for Generations ministry began six years ago as an extension of SIM Ethiopia’s Hope for Life network. Now the ministry has grown to be self-sufficient and led by the local association of churches!
Bringing peace — spring by spring
Christians and Muslims are joining together to make water accessible in their communities in Plateau State, Nigeria, where water is a cherished resource.
While I'm at homeschool
Watch this great video which gives you a flavour of what homeschool looks like for mission kids in Thailand. Could you be their next teacher?
Disability in Kenya: Reaching out to the Hidden and Forgotten
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.
Grieve Memorial Clinic video
The Grieve Memorial Clinic in Doro, South Sudan, holistically serves the needs of more than 100,000 South Sudanese refugees and Mabaan people.
Seeing a new future for Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya was once a mighty capital. Now it is a forgotten provincial town - and one with scarcely any Christian witness. But a few SIM cross-cultural workers and their local partners see something new happening in Ayutthaya. Watch this video to hear more about their vision.
Waves of Hope flood Loja on FM radio once more
After five years of silence, Waves of Hope radio is now back on 94.1 FM radio in Ecuador’s Loja province!
South Sudan Water Project video
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.
Numbers - Accounting as Mission
Accountant Veronica is amazed at how God is using her gifts and skills
Hidden abilities
Shame culture in northern Ethiopia means many children with physical disability are hidden at home. Since 2014, the SIM team at Hidden Abilities has been showing families another way, welcoming them and giving them the expert care their children need.
SIM Ethiopia 5F Agriculture Project
The 5F's agriculture project is located in the Awi region of Northern Ethiopia. Central to the Awi people is the Awi language, agriculture works, and the Orthodox religion.
God intended it for good
Sometimes, just sometimes, God can bring us through severe hardship and into a great position to impact the lives of others. This first of two parts shares the story of how many families afflicted by poverty in Kibera, Kenya, are finding life-changing support from one of their own. Their own 'Joseph'.
The saving of many lives
Long term support of a vulnerable child needs to consider the whole family. In the second of two parts, we take a look at how the Drug Fighters and SIM Kenya Children at Risk teams are partnering to help both children and parents.
Sports Friends Ethiopia Summer Camp 2019
Sports Friends works throughout the year equipping churches to make disciples of Jesus Christ among thousands of young people, their families and their communities. Camp is the icing on the cake for this ministry and you can be a part of it.
Long awaited fruit: The Kafa Bible
The Kafa Bible was dedicated in Bonga, Ethiopia, earlier this year! Read about this labour of love spanning more than 40 years and including a throng of persevering translators.
When God intervenes
SIM missionary Nikali first thought “What will happen to the ministry?” when the pandemic hit the Philippines. But God enabled it to move forward in ways that exceeded understanding.
SIM Stories
Stories that matter
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.
Sports Friends moves to the megacity
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?
Where the wind blows
What if a movement of the gospel happened among the Fulani, a group of nomadic travellers moving across the Sahel from West Africa to as far east as Ethiopia?
From SIM ministry to SIM partner
The Anchor for Generations ministry began six years ago as an extension of SIM Ethiopia’s Hope for Life network. Now the ministry has grown to be self-sufficient and led by the local association of churches!
Bringing peace — spring by spring
Christians and Muslims are joining together to make water accessible in their communities in Plateau State, Nigeria, where water is a cherished resource.
While I'm at homeschool
Watch this great video which gives you a flavour of what homeschool looks like for mission kids in Thailand. Could you be their next teacher?
Disability in Kenya: Reaching out to the Hidden and Forgotten
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.
Grieve Memorial Clinic video
The Grieve Memorial Clinic in Doro, South Sudan, holistically serves the needs of more than 100,000 South Sudanese refugees and Mabaan people.
Seeing a new future for Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya was once a mighty capital. Now it is a forgotten provincial town - and one with scarcely any Christian witness. But a few SIM cross-cultural workers and their local partners see something new happening in Ayutthaya. Watch this video to hear more about their vision.
Waves of Hope flood Loja on FM radio once more
After five years of silence, Waves of Hope radio is now back on 94.1 FM radio in Ecuador’s Loja province!
South Sudan Water Project video
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.
Numbers - Accounting as Mission
Accountant Veronica is amazed at how God is using her gifts and skills
Hidden abilities
Shame culture in northern Ethiopia means many children with physical disability are hidden at home. Since 2014, the SIM team at Hidden Abilities has been showing families another way, welcoming them and giving them the expert care their children need.
SIM Ethiopia 5F Agriculture Project
The 5F's agriculture project is located in the Awi region of Northern Ethiopia. Central to the Awi people is the Awi language, agriculture works, and the Orthodox religion.
God intended it for good
Sometimes, just sometimes, God can bring us through severe hardship and into a great position to impact the lives of others. This first of two parts shares the story of how many families afflicted by poverty in Kibera, Kenya, are finding life-changing support from one of their own. Their own 'Joseph'.
The saving of many lives
Long term support of a vulnerable child needs to consider the whole family. In the second of two parts, we take a look at how the Drug Fighters and SIM Kenya Children at Risk teams are partnering to help both children and parents.
Sports Friends Ethiopia Summer Camp 2019
Sports Friends works throughout the year equipping churches to make disciples of Jesus Christ among thousands of young people, their families and their communities. Camp is the icing on the cake for this ministry and you can be a part of it.
Long awaited fruit: The Kafa Bible
The Kafa Bible was dedicated in Bonga, Ethiopia, earlier this year! Read about this labour of love spanning more than 40 years and including a throng of persevering translators.
When God intervenes
SIM missionary Nikali first thought “What will happen to the ministry?” when the pandemic hit the Philippines. But God enabled it to move forward in ways that exceeded understanding.
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