We are so thankful for your support of AE, which in 2017 saw over 1 million people hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ proclaimed in their cities, towns and villages. Praise God.
At AE we are rejoicing over the 83,000 souls that were won for Christ last year. Truly, we echo the word of Jesus says in Luke 15:10 “There is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Your prayers and financial support of AE Missions and Aid & Development projects have been, and will continue to be vital to our ministry.
In the map below you can see the locations where AE carried out missions in 2017.
Missions map 2017
To read and rejoice in the 83,000 people that now call Jesus their Lord and Saviour, click the link below for the printable, PDF 2017 Mission Impact Report.
Please continue to pray that these new Christians would be well cared for and welcomed into local churches, and that their faith would grow to maturity.
2017 Mission Impact Report
Across Africa, AE is committed to running Missions that see whole cities reached with the saving grace of Jesus Christ.
In 2017 our 10 International Teams were led by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to over 1 million people, and we commit 2018 to the Lord, eagerly anticipating that he will help us reach 1 million more this year.
There are 12 missions planned for 2018, which are listed below. If you have a heart for specific nation on this list, please contact us at ae@aeint.org, so we can send you updates as mission preparations commence, or head to our homepage and click on the relevant ‘Meet the Team’ tile.
Thank you for praying and supporting AE this year.
See how a mission is planned:
| Countries |
City |
Theme or Name of the mission ( This may be updated later)
|
Dates
|
| TOGO
(2019 – 2021 preparations) |
LOME |
Joshua and Caleb trips, preparing
2019-2021 Missions |
March & July |
| RWANDA
|
KIGALI 3 |
Nyarugenge Mission for Jesus |
10 – 17 June |
| KENYA
|
MERU |
Meru Mission |
28 June – 8 July |
| TANZANIA
|
MWANZA |
Mwanza Mission |
22 – 29 July |
| ZIMBABWE
|
HARARE UNIVERSITY MISSION |
“Building the nation with Jesus” |
August
(Pending) |
| KENYA (AEI) |
NAIROBI |
Gospel Movement Day
Global Conference |
23 – 24 August |
| UGANDA |
KAMPALA 2
(Rubaga Division) |
Kampala City Mission |
21 – 30 September |
| SOUTH AFRICA
|
– GRAHAMSTOWN
– STELLENBOSCH
– CAPE TOWN UNIVERSITY |
Whatsup Grahamstown
Whatsup Stellenbosch
Whatsup Cape Town
|
3 – 6 May
17 – 23 September
26 – 30 September |
| MALAWI
|
LILONGWE |
Lilongwe City South for Jesus |
14 – 20 October |
| DRC
|
LUBUMBASHI UNIVERISTY |
“Christ in you, the hope of glory.” (Col. 1:27) |
10 – 20 October |
| GHANA
|
AKUEPEM STATE |
Christ-Centred Churches Transforming Communities and culture |
18 – 31 October |
| ETHIOPIA |
ADAMA |
“Let us walk in the light of the Lord.” (Is. 2:5) |
26 – 30 December
|
AE Missions Overview
For over 56 years, AE has been committed to a vision:
To evangelise the cities of Africa through word and deed in partnership with the Church.
AE Founder, Michael Cassidy began this vision, and by God’s grace we have seen AE go from strength to strength, expanding into 10 field office locations and transforming millions of lives. In Australia in 2018 we are celebrating 40 years of AE Ministry!
Thank you for your support.
We’ve produced a video to celebrate our history, and to inspire you to look towards the future. It’s for you to share with your church, bible study group friends, and anyone you know with a passion for Africa.
There are projects to encourage and motivate everyone! If you’d like a copy on USB to show at your event, please contact the office at ae@aeint.org or call (02) 9899 1799.
AE CEO & International Team Leader Stephen Mbogo, who presents the vision video, is coming out to Australia to speak this year, from April 29 – May 14. Register your interest here.
Watch More AE Videos
Dessie is one of the darkest places in Ethiopia. Nearly devoid of the light of the Gospel of Christ, Dessie is a difficult place to spread the Gospel. Throughout 2017 our team worked with local churches in Dessie to train, mobilise and engage the church in reaching out to their lost city.
On December 20th the mission began on the wings of prayer from around the globe and at the end of mission week, the mission teams had shared the Gospel with 6,720 people and 650 of those accepted Christ!
A passion was ignited in the hearts of local believers that will burn for years to come. They have been equipped with the tools to evangelise effectively and it is a lesson that they will continue to use to reach their community.
Rev Wagnew, a local pastor, was one of the key church leaders who supported the mission and encouraged others to take part. “AE has become true partners with the church in Dessie. They came to us as co-workers in the Gospel, not as bosses. They did not dictate to us but facilitated us in ministering effectively. Because of their kindness and mindfulness even churches with great differences across the city were willing to work together for this mission.”
The mission made huge impact in many lives but none more than Nuru who have NEVER heard the name of Jesus before.
Good News for the first time
Nuru Hussein was living on the streets when he was approached by members of the Dessie Mission Team.
“After the death of my parents many years ago,” Nuru said, “I ended up living on the streets and became totally hopeless. One day some people came and told me about Jesus Christ. I am 25 years old and I have NEVER heard of Jesus before. They told me that He loves me and will take me to heaven. That was a new concept for me because as a Muslim I believed that my good deeds would get me to paradise.
I accepted Jesus there and then and the group took me to a church, washed me, fed me and clothed me. They showed me love and they listened to me. I look different now, but I feel like a totally new person. Even though I’ve only been a believer for a few days, I know that I am a new creation. I have peace in my heart that I’ve never felt before and I know that I am on the right track and that Jesus is the only way to heaven.
After I accepted Christ, I went to my relatives that I hadn’t seen in a very long time to tell them about Jesus and the new life I have. They resisted but I will continue to go and tell them. I want them to know Jesus like I do.”
Tefera is confined to a wheelchair and lives in a shanty house on the outskirts of the city. During door to door evangelism for the 2017 Dessie Mission, a team approached his building. They thought it was abandoned, because it was on the verge of collapse. When they peeked inside, they found Tefera asleep in his wheelchair.
Tefera was amazed that the team had bothered to investigate such a dilapidated house and even more amazed by the teams loving and accepting attitude toward him.
“I have been incapacitated for 19 years”, he told us. “I have no relatives and often times I go hungry for days. I haven’t even been able to make good use of the wheelchair that was donated to me because I can’t afford to replace the tires. I was hopeless and had no peace until these people told me that Jesus loves me. I accepted Jesus into my heart right then and now I have peace like I’ve never known. Thank you for coming to my shanty house! Now I know that I have eternal life and my name is written in the Book of Life in Heaven. I know where I will be going when I die.”
In addition to the Gospel message, AE Ethiopia will be supporting Tefera by getting him new wheelchair tires and rebuilding his house for him!
For more Dessie stories click here
November 25th was a wonderful night of celebration, as AE supporters, mission partners and staff gathered at Moore College in Sydney to reflect on God’s work in 2017. Nearly 50,000 lives have been transformed through city wide missions, and hundreds of thousands of livelihoods have been improved through AE social action projects in in Africa, thanks to your prayers, gifts, support
The night was held in partnership with the Centre for Global Mission (CGM) and featured testimonies from former Zimbabwe Foxfire Simba Musvamhiri who is now a Canberra-based pastor and Dan Bidwell, who was involved with teaching PTC in Rwanda this year.
Director of the CGM at Moore College Simon Gilham and Ben Campbell, AE Australia Executive Director, also shared about the importance of developing strong theological training programmes like the Preliminary Theological Certificate (PTC) for an Afrocentric context, and shared stories from social action and development projects.
Executive Director Ben Campbell said:
“I feel very privileged to participate in this ministry in fellowship with so many people who have a great heart for God’s people in Africa. This occasion gave us all a great opportunity to get to know how the Lord has led us until now, and to prepare for mission and development activities in 2018.”
AE is looking forward to seeing many more come to know Jesus in 2018, and to hold similar thanksgiving events in other cities around Australia.
Thank you for partnering with us this year.
Note: CGM is a centre of Moore College, providing resources for evangelical training around the world.AE hopes to continue a partnership with Moore into the future, to see more Africans trained to handle the Bible well and in turn train their local communities.
