{"id":3624,"date":"2020-06-06T14:14:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T14:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aimint.org\/ca\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2025-04-10T21:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T21:25:08","slug":"side-by-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimint.org\/ca\/2020\/06\/06\/side-by-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Side by Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Inlander Blog&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#8f8f8f&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/aimint.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/04\/Inlander-blog-header4.png&#8221; background_size=&#8221;contain&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; min_height=&#8221;151px&#8221; height=&#8221;100px&#8221; max_height=&#8221;100px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|1px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||0px|false|false&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Story post&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#3a3a3a&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Lead image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/aimint.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2020\/06\/side-by-side-lead-1024&#215;657-1.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;side-by-side-lead-1024&#215;657&#8243; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Blog Lead Image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]&nbsp;[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Main post&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#898989&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||60px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#f4f4f4&#8243; divider_position=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; height=&#8221;0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px|10%|20px|10%|false|false&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Side by Side<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Sub-head&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Roboto|500|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; max_width=&#8221;80%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|10%||10%&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">2018: The Year of African Mobilization<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#f4f4f4&#8243; divider_position=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; height=&#8221;0px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|10%|20px|10%&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Main text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2em&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|10%|30px|10%&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<style> body{ font-family: minion-pro, font-size: 16px; serif; } <\/style>\n<p><strong>My family and I started our missionary work<\/strong>\u00a0in the islands off the coast of East Africa and stayed there for 10 years. Our hearts were for the Islanders, to make disciples among them and to see churches planted. Heavily Islamic, the islands were almost totally void of Christians and churches.<\/p>\n<p>Except for the Malagasies. They were guest workers from Madagascar; they lived with the Islanders, learned their language, and integrated into their culture. Traditionally Christian, they were allowed to form their own churches \u2013 little islands of Christianity in a sea of Islam. We worshipped with them but were often reluctant to get further involved. Our call was to the Islanders. As we got to know the Malagasies, however, we began to view them as co-workers. We did ministry together, and we began to see that by strengthening this \u201cproximate\u201d church, we might have a bigger impact overall. We left the islands 15 years ago. But our Malagasy brothers and sisters are still there \u2013 still reaching out, and still impacting the islands with their gentle presence.<\/p>\n<p>Our next place of ministry was in the Horn of Africa. There, we led a multicultural outreach team, which included a Kenyan couple. They were the ones who tended to integrate the best with the local Muslim people, and they were among the few who returned to work in the Horn after our team finished. Their ministry bore fruit, even in that hard dry field. Now, some 10 years later, they continue in a dynamic ministry of outreach, training, and mobilization on the Kenya coast, with a vision to see disciples made and churches planted throughout the Unreached People Groups (UPGs) of coastal Kenya and Tanzania. AIM still works with them, and our efforts are multiplied through this faithful family.<\/p>\n<p>I have more stories, but you get the idea. Our call, both in the Islands and the Horn, was to local Muslim people \u2013 unreached people groups with little or no gospel witness. But in partnering with African Christians, be they locals, proximates (from culturally and geographically nearby people groups), or missionaries from nearby countries, our impact was enhanced, sustained, or multiplied. The Kingdom of God advanced, and continues to advance, through the ministry of these African brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n<p>In AIM, our primary call has always been to the unreached. It is why \u201cInland\u201d is part of our name: in 1895, the inlands of Africa were almost completely untouched with the gospel. In 2018, the term does not make much geographic sense, but it still defines our heart \u2013 bringing the good news of Jesus Christ to people and places of Africa where there is no gospel. As our vision statement declares: \u201cWith priority for the unreached, Christ-Centered Churches Among All African Peoples.\u201d The question is, how is this best done in 2018?<\/p>\n<p>In 1895, the church in our traditional mobilizing countries (America, England, Canada, etc.) was strong, and the church in Africa, with a few exceptions, was almost non-existent. In 2018, the tables are turned: the church has declined in our traditional mobilizing countries, and is booming in virtually all sub-Saharan African countries. Jesus Christ is building His church in Africa! And the Lord of the Harvest is calling more and more African laborers into His harvest fields, in Africa and beyond. How will the remaining African unreached people groups be reached with the gospel? Increasingly, by Africans.<\/p>\n<p>This is not at all to say that the role of foreign missionaries is finished. There is plenty of work to go around, especially among Muslim people groups. 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