Letter from the Church Council
It has long been the hope of many ACC members that we might be obedient to Christ’s calling in the Great Commission, Matthew 28:19, 20 to reach some of the 29 unreached groups in Tanzania as can be identified in www.joshuaproject.org. Last year our church made a decision to support two young Tanzanian missionaries working among unreached groups on the coast and in central Tanzania. Council celebrates that our interdenominational body can support workers from one denomination without it dividing us.
The benefits of our support can already be seen from the heart-felt appreciation expressed by these young people as they work in hard areas. Please join me in getting to know them through their testimonies in this month’s issue of Glad Tidings – a young married couple and another soon to be married. Council hopes you will be encouraged by your support of Petro and Lucy to reach the Alagwa in central Tanzania, and Matthew to support coastal groups in Kilwa. These are areas where over 99% of the people are Muslims. Matthew took the Kairos course in February to grow his ‘world view’ on the state of Christianity today and the work remaining. Both have written Council this month and here are their testimonies.
Let us pray for these people whom we support, let us invite them to visit us later this year when convenient, let us consider visiting them in their mission fields at some point, and let us enhance our own awareness of and engagement in Christ’s mission through this initiative.
~ Erwin Kinsey Council Vice Chair