Adopt-a-People
Prayer for Africa’s unreached peoples

OUT OF REACH? Of the 3,000 people groups in Africa, 1,000 have yet to have a church planted among them. Why is this? There are many factors: the remote location of many of the groups makes it difficult to reach them physically; their culture and religious practices make it difficult to reach them spiritually; and often the uniqueness of their language makes it difficult to communicate with them directly.
 
Our Task

The church’s God-given task is to preach the gospel and make disciples of all the peoples of the world. In Revelation, John sees in a vision the fulfillment of that work: a “great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb.”
 
However, 2,000 years after Christ commissioned His church, there are still many unreached people groups – tribes and communities who have a common language or identity but are without an indigenous church capable of evangelizing the rest of the group without outside assistance.

AIM is continually looking for outreach opportunities among these people groups, seeking to reach many of them through evangelism and church planting teams, and in partnership with the African church.

Join us through prayer

You can play a vital part in this effort. The Adopt-a-People program is designed to help your church or prayer group be closely involved with one or more specific people groups. As part of the program, you ‘adopt’ a particular unreached group and commit to pray for them. Through your prayers, our efforts on the ground, and God’s grace, we can each strive toward the day when the “unreached” become “reached” and a Christ-centered church community takes root among them. 

Your commitment
 
It involves a commitment to pray faithfully for the evangelization of your adopted people

It involves a commitment to pray for a team of national and/or expatriate missionaries

It involves a commitment to learn as much as possible about your adopted group

It involves a commitment to see the task through until a growing church is established which can evangelize its own people.

How to get involved:

1. Your church or group should first prayerfully consider the long-term commitment before getting involved. If you want help thinking through the implications of this commitment, you might like to contact our Adopt-a-People coordinator. Please use the form at right to do so.

2. Make contact with AIM, and we will provide you with profiles of unreached groups in the countries where we serve.

3. Your group should prayerfully consider the profiles and choose one group to adopt. Again, please feel free to contact us if you need any advice.

4. Appoint one of your group to liaise with our team and, where possible, someone on the field.
 
AIM will provide you with up-to-date information and updates from the field about your people group and keep your prayers informed.

AIM's AAP ministry posts regular prayer requests about unreached peoples at their website http://prayafrica.net.  See their latest updates below.