End-month news June 2024       From Jim Harries, +254721804282 Dear Friends, I have been at a Mennonite Bible college (pastoral training college) since 11th June 2024. Classes began on the 17th June. I now have nine students, seven young men and one woman, I guess average age late 20s, in my class. The Mennonite college is…

Mid-month news June 2024 (from Jim Harries, +254721804282) Dear Friends, I am planning to present a paper at a mission’s conference in South Africa, 28th to 30th August 2024. I hope to be there together with the research coordinator of the Alliance for Vulnerable Mission, Dr. Marcus Grohmann, who is also to present. Amazingly, the…

Reports from Jim Harries, now in Babati (between Arusha and Dodoma) in Tanzania. Promoting Development in Africa‘Wow, that is it’! I thought, when I came across this suggestion. The suggestion was, that the difference between ‘developed’ and ‘not actually developing’ people these days, is not primarily technology, political system, ideologies, education, etc. It is –…

Mid-month news May 2024By Jim Harries, 10th May 2024 jimoharries@gmail.com See this video https://youtube.com/shorts/mYqXzRtICtg?feature=share for dramatizing of Palm Sunday at the Coptic church in Maseno. I often teach the Bible to many of those involved in this drama. ‘No Bible Schools in Kenya’ ‘There are no Bible schools in Kenya at which I can teach…

Vulnerability in Practice Many of my readers know that I am very keen to promote ‘vulnerable mission’. (If you didn’t know that, then now you do – see vulnerablemission.org.) A benefit of this became evident on Saturday 13th April … I attend a particular indigenous church periodically (once every few months). I have done so…

mid-month news April 2024                                                                                       From Jim Harries, jimoharries@gmail.com Dear Friends, Just eight days to go to our next webinar, 18th April 2024, by Tamie Davies, (for details; https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/avm-webinar-with-tamie-davis-tickets-749048904437?aff=ebdsoporgprofile ) Indigenous Churches Much of my work in Kenya, consists of reaching out to indigenous churches. Here is a one-minute video I took of one of…

From Jim Harries, jimoharries@gmail.com, +254721804282 Welcome to Webinar Welcome to join our webinar, on 18th April. Control and click here for details. Aware of Academics? I am not sure how aware my readership is, regarding the amount of academic work that I continue to produce, in between serving God in other ways here in Kenya?…

By Jim Harries, jimoharries@gmail.com +254721804282 Fellowships in the Nairobi slums I participated in a number of fellowships in the Nairobi slums at the end of last month, while staying at the Coptic mission in the city. We would aim to leave at around five, often in practice at half past, but either way at the…

Dear Friends, A Day in the Life of … Tuesday 20th February I set off for the Coptic mission station that is near my home at 6.30am. It’s about 50 minutes by bicycle. 8:15am the weekly fellowship of the hospital staff gathered. This typically includes between 10 and 25 people. I am their regular speaker….

    jimoharries@gmail.com (For archive of Jim’s news, see www.jim-mission.org.uk ) Language learning conference I am to be one of the presenters at an American-organised online conference focused on field-based language learning for missionaries. It is to look at best practices, coaching language learning, and connecting with experts in second language acquisition. It is to run…

  From Jim Harries Nascent Christianity Working with indigenous churches in Africa is like living in 1st Century Rome, I at times think to myself … Entering this particular church building, an observant person might quickly notice a prominent photo behind the brightly-robed ‘priests’ lined up facing the congregation. The photo is of the late Ondeto.[1]…

Webinar! Welcome! Webinar, 25th January, free, Andy McCullough ‘Demons Come Back’, details:  https://www.vulnerablemission.org/quarterly-webinar Christmas Day ‘So what was Christmas day like for you’, someone might ask …? One thing that characterises Christmas day around here, is there being a lot of people ‘walking around.’ Many seem to take Christmas as the day to walk all…