Mid-month news December 2025                                                                    Jimoharries@gmail.com                                                 News-archive: jim-mission.org.uk Dear Friends, Last Message in German Go to this link to hear my final message shared with one of my supporting churches in Germany. The topic is, challenges in mission, herausforderungen in missions arbeit. Last Days in Germany In my last days in Europe, I…

Germany As I write, I am two days from closing out from my time in Germany. Elders of my main supporting church here have been very helpful and accommodating. A trip to a mission agency with them helped them to better understand my situation. In addition to attending and speaking at events at this and…

Mid-month news November 2025  Dear Friends, I have been in England visiting people, attending a few conferences, visiting churches, sharing about my work, travelling, and so on. This has been a wonderful time of catching up with friends, from the South Coast to Yorkshire. Thank-you to those who have put me up, shared, listened, advised,…

                                                                                    jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Here is the message I preached at the Acomb Baptist Church on Sunday 19th October 2025: https://docs-eu.livesiteadmin.com/465447c4-1c32-4214-b5c9-d0bbdd60222c/sunday-2025-10-19-jh-32-sermon.mp3 Review: Paul Planted, Apollos Watered, but God https://bobonbooks.com/2025/09/03/review-paul-planted-apollos-watered-but-god/ See this review of the book recently published by the Alliance for Vulnerable Mission: Paul Planted, Apollos Watered, but God. Two Sports as a Model for…

                                                                                    jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Making Sense of Africa I always find this when I come to the UK. Discourse in the UK constantly deprecates the reality of life in contemporary Africa. It is constant! Almost every reference to (sub-Saharan) Africa seems to be based on some kind of misunderstanding. The assumption, is of similarity, parallels,…

                                                                                    From Jim Harries, jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Time for Mum My mother had a serious stroke in mid-August. This has given her dementia. She can do very little for herself – needing help to dress, eat, toilet, and everything else. She recognizes family members, but usually not others. She is admitted into Winchester hospital, stroke…

Dear Friends,                                                                                                             jimoharries@gmail.com My UK phone number: +447495098609 News updates below. Some very difficult news. My mother has had a very serious stroke, that has left her very confused. Some pictures illustrating some of my church-leader-colleagues in Yala, Kenya. My act of folly, trying to solve the situation of weeds growing in the gutter…

                                                                        Jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Please find my latest news below. UK / Germany programme for October / November 2025 I am, God willing, to be in the UK 2nd October to 17th November, then in Germany 17th November to 27th November. Some of my major visits are to include: Andover: 2nd to 10th October, 24th…

                                                                                                Jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Present and Upcoming As I write, I am daily teaching a group of 31 trainee Tanzanian pastors to know how to preach. This is on a certificate level course. The wonderful side of this, is that these are men (and a few women) who have ongoing leadership responsibilities in their churches….

                                                                                                Jimoharries@gmail.com Wonderful Church Fellowship Visit A church fellowship visit I made on 10th July was a wonderful example of the fruitfulness of my theological education ministry to indigenous churches … After 10 miles of cycling, I arrived at the home of the bishop, long crippled by polio. He was, as usual, sat in his…

                                                          Jimoharries@gmail.com Travel Plans – Tanzania / Uganda I am, God willing, to travel to Tanzania 25th July, to attend a graduation ceremony on 26th July, then to teach on ‘how to preach’ at the Mennonite Bible college from 4th – 16th August. I may on my way back, pass through Kampala to visit some…

End-month news June 2025                              jimoharries@gmail.com Grooming Gangs in the UK I have just been reading of Baroness Casey’s report on the grooming gangs that were (and perhaps still are) creating havoc with British girls in many parts of the UK. I welcome what she has to say. I encourage interested people to have a…