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When God makes plans

10 July 2024

A gospel-hearted couple praise God for leading them to set up home in a country where most people have never met a follower of Jesus. 

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Behind closed doors

2 January 2024

Sarah Allen is reaching out to the hidden and forgotten in one of the poorest countries in South America.

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A first in Rochdale!

28 November 2023

A multi-lingual Christian bookshop is ‘a first’ in one of the most diverse towns in the north of England.

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Three projects get one home

6 November 2023

In 2019, SIM launched a building project to help create disciples in a country where Christians are in the minority. Give thanks that it’s now come to fruition.

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Faithful in waiting, worship and witness

3 October 2023

Since 1893, faithful witnesses have followed God’s leading to make Jesus known in least-reached communities.

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Together in translation

20 June 2023

Lives are changed when people are able to access the Bible in a language and format they clearly understand, says SIM UK worker Debbie Simpson.

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Sewing seeds of hope

17 May 2023

SIM worker Sarah is combining her creative sewing skills and therapy training to help people living in the Cape Town townships recover from trauma and discover hope in the gospel.

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Wow, what a visit!

10 May 2023

A SIM UK worker shares her inspiring story of showing Christ’s love in the Middle East.

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Napkin notes sketch route to Central Asia

28 March 2023

A quickly scribbled diagram on a napkin is a precious souvenir for a couple on the pathway to mission work in Central Asia.

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Luis lets his light shine

13 March 2023

God has given us the powerful tool of sports to share his love with young people all around the world, offering them a hope found only in Jesus Christ.

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A hub of hope in Dhaka

15 February 2023

Read how a young mother’s life was transformed through a SIM programme for vulnerable women living on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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‘Finishing’ well

17 January 2023

Retired couple Stephen and Heather show how you’re never too old to be involved in missions…

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Choir hits all the right notes

3 January 2023

A key achievement of cross-cultural worker Lawrence Jah’s ministry with a Glasgow church is helping to launch its first African choir.

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The Macs’ Greek odyssey

12 December 2022

Christmas is a wonderful opportunity to share the hope of Christ for one family serving in Greece.

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‘We’re just an ordinary family’

22 November 2022

Meet the Harrison family, who moved from their settled life in the UK, to a new exciting, but challenging, one on the mission field in Ethiopia.

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The healing power of art

9 August 2022

“It was here in a watercolour class that God used colour and line — and women who didn’t even know him — to heal my heart.”

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Doing business God’s way

2 August 2022

Business is another tool in SIM’s toolbox to reach places where Christ is least known…

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‘God shows no partiality’

20 May 2022

Intercultural churches are not a blueprint, they’re an outcome of living out Jesus’ teaching, says Steve Smith UK Director

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A gospel soap story

11 March 2022

ENGAGE worker Lawrence, from The Gambia, is learning new ways to serve cross-culturally in Glasgow – including how to do the washing-up!

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‘Inspiring things are happening’

9 February 2022

SIM worker Mary Haile isn’t returning to her home in Ethiopia just yet – God hasn’t finished using her ministry at a central London church for amazing stories of restoration and reconciliation.

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Memories of Christmas where it all began

16 November 2021

As Advent approaches, SIM UK worker Kate shares some Christmas memories of her ministry in regions where Christ was born and the church was founded.

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Faithful in study, fluent in hope

4 November 2021

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

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18 more and counting!

10 August 2021

The pandemic is not thwarting God’s plans for global mission, says Linda Hunt, Prayer Coordinator for SIM UK.

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Where is Christ least known?

15 July 2021

Where are the communities where Jesus is ‘least known’? asks SIM UK Director Steve Smith.

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A divine appointment

1 July 2021

Covid could not thwart God’s plan to bring Ram Strestha and his wife Keshari, from South Asia, to serve in the UK.

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A match made in heaven

15 April 2021

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.

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‘A young and vibrant couple’

23 February 2021

Today, there are no known believers in the Kayes region of Mali, which is predominantly inhabited by Hassaniya herdsmen. Living in this remote region on…

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From so-and-so to somebody

8 January 2021

Find out about the exciting work the Lord is doing through SIM’s Faithful Witness initiative among the Fulani in northern Nigeria.

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Shared blessings – multicultural ministry in London

17 November 2020

Mary joins our ENGAGE programme, designed to help UK churches share the gospel with cross-cultural communities on their doorstep.

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How the gospel lens can fix our ‘cultural blindness’

26 August 2020

Real inclusiveness means more than just being welcoming and friendly. It requires significant investment, personal sacrifice, and courageous leadership.

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A tale of two cities

26 August 2020

Mapping intercultural ministry in the UK ‘Just because we live in a place, doesn’t mean we always know what’s going on,’ admitted one church leader…

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Anthropology, evangelism and me

13 August 2020

‘As a Christian studying for a degree in Social Anthropology, I spent a lot of time feeling nervous whenever Christianity came up in class. Within…

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Ministry in lockdown

28 July 2020

Like many SIM workers, Sherilyn and Deane Grainger had to suspend their usual ministry – working amongst refugees and migrants in Palermo, Sicily – because…

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In the business of saving souls

3 July 2020

“As in most relationships here, it doesn’t take long for religion to come up in workplace conversations,” explains Barry*, a businessman who is sharing the…

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Is coronavirus an opportunity to see faith in Christ at work?

19 May 2020

What should we make of the coronavirus pandemic?

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Cross-cultural mission since 1893

3 May 2020

In 1893, three young men who founded SIM set out for the interior of the Sudan in west Africa, compelled to see souls saved for eternity. The next seven years…

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From Nairobi to Niddrie – serving in Scotland

15 June 2018

Our first Kenyan mission worker to Scotland describes her journey to ministry and her work with Niddrie Community Church.

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