Discipleship - Unreached People Group

Discipleship - Unreached People Group - Northern Uganda

Serve as part of an ongoing outreach team serving among the Jie, a clan of the Karimojong people, in northern Uganda. AIM is seeking men and wom­en who are willing to come as learners, work with the local church, live with the community, build genuine relationships, reach out into the rural communities and passionately share the good news of Christ with the people of this region.

Professional skills in church work, medicine, agriculture, education or me­chanics are welcome but not essential. Individuals, couples and families are welcome. We welcome any members whether longer-term (2yrs+) or longer short term (approximately 12 months) from October 2019.

The first six months of any assignment would be spent doing language and culture learning, as well as building friendships in the local community before starting formal ministry. A particular focus will be to help the church reach out into the rural manyattas where the majority of the Jie live.

Required: 

• Mature Christian with experience sharing the gospel, leading Bible studies and discipling others. 
• Committed to prayer. 
• Willing to come as a learner in everything. 
• Flexible, as life here makes you bend! 
• Commitment to language learning even when it gets hard or boring. 
• Strong resilient, hopeful, optimistic faith. 
• Tolerance and willing to understand other opinions even when you don’t agree. 

Desired:

• Previous experience working, and sharing the gospel, in cross-cultural situations. 
• Not essential but this team would welcome teachers, medical workers, veterinary workers, agriculture or livestock experience, as well as people with training in Farming God’s Way, community health evangelism, transformational development, microfi­nance, and chronological Bible storying.