{"id":46,"date":"2018-01-10T21:23:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T21:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aimint.org\/diaspora\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2021-05-24T12:42:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T12:42:26","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aimint.org\/diaspora\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; inner_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; module_id=&#8221;home&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#e02b20&#8243; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#000000&#8243; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;205deg&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; 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There are pockets of Sudanese in Nebraska, Moroccans in the Netherlands, and Senegalese in Spain. Reaching out to these populations, and others like them, is called <strong>diaspora ministry.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God\u2019s original call on Africa Inland Mission (AIM) was to go to the \u2018Inlands\u2019; Africa\u2019s unreached; those who have yet to hear of the saving gospel of Christ. Many of those people groups remain unreached because they are difficult to access; because of their geographical location or increasingly, because adherence to Islam means that traditional mission work is not possible in their countries. But now, people in those locations are <strong>coming to us.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Africans are journeying every month. Some are moving for economic reasons, some are escaping political oppression, and others are seeking to avoid religious persecution. 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