Author: Jim Harries

Jim Harries serves the people of East Africa, primarily through a Bible teaching ministry using the Luo and Swahili languages. He has lived in East Africa since 1988. Jim has authored 14 books and many academic articles, with a focus on the promotion of missionary vulnerability. (Not mission to the vulnerable, although it may be that also, but mission by the vulnerable.)
  • mid-month news June 2026

                                                                                        Jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Please find my news below. With Mum On the left, my sister with Mum. It is beautiful to watch one’s sister in action caring for her mum! On the right, myself with mum lying in bed. Mum is thinner, walks less confidently, and talks less, than she did when I saw…

  • End-Month news May 2026

                                                                            jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Doing it the Other Way Around! I was struck by a thought recently. In the West, we try to structure the physical world in such a way, as to render people emotionally satisfied. In Africa, we are trying to render people emotionally satisfied, so as to be effective in the physical…

  • Mid-month news May 2026

    Mid-month news May 2026                                                                         Jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, To support Jim financially through stewardship services, UK, click on this link. Kima International School of Theology (KIST) Many of you will know, that I taught at Kima International School of Theology, P/T, from 1996 to 2011. This theological school is about 10 miles from where I…

  • End-month news April 2026

    End-month news April 2026                         jimoharries@gmail.com I am one of the contributors to this blog-discussion of how to be charitable to Africa in a helpful way. Our cat decided to have her kittens in this bag under a bed in my house. June Visit to the UK I have made arrangements to spend June in…

  • mid-month news April 2026

    Mid-month news April 2026                                                                                     Jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, To UK for June? I am planning to come to the UK in June, if I can find somewhere to stay within easy travelling distance from Fareham. Mum is in a nursing home in Fareham, Hampshire. I want to be near her, so as to spend time…

  • Mid-month news March 2026

                                                                                        Jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, My Two Weeks of Teaching I completed my two weeks of teaching in Tanzania, on 27th February. I taught on the Work of the Holy Spirit to 17 students at the Mennonite college. The teaching went well. This is a picture taken at the Mennonite church at which I worshipped in…

  • end-month news February 2026

                                                                                        jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, I write while engaged in two weeks of theological education under the Tanzanian Mennonite church, based in Musoma, that is about 100km south of the Kenyan border. I am teaching on the Work of the Holy Spirit, to a group of 17 students. Widening Cultural Gap I sometimes reflect on the…

  • End-month 2026 news January

                                                                            jimoharries@gmail.com Conference in Germany Below are pictures of some of my colleagues in the AVM (Alliance for Vulnerable Mission) at a missions’ conference in Germany. (I was not there!) An Article by Jim Harries that has just gone to press: I wrote this article following a flash of inspiration. I believe it very simply…