Salford, England - First Year Missionaries
Radical discipleship for college students wanting to follow Jesus'
model
Trip Details:
Dates:
Fall 2008
Length: 9-months
Cost: $9,500 + airfare
Airfare and travel: One round-trip ticket from Atlanta, GA to Manchester, England (estimated additional cost of $900) per semester
Fall Team Size: 10-12 participants
aged 18-22
Questions? Contact us by email
or phone, 1-800-881-2461.
Come join a small group of college age-students in
Salford, England!
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Imagine living in a post-church society. As you walk down the
street, you find beautiful, old church buildings, and each one
seems eager to tell its story. Excited, you enter one of the
churches, but it seems strangely empty. Is anyone here?
As you look around the church, you begin to learn its story and
the story of all the other churches in the area. Their
congregations are small and older. Two vicars oversee a team of
three churches. Though they serve the Lord with all their
hearts, more ministry needs exist than their congregations can
meet. One vicar tells you that the community has a population of
13,000, but only 94 of these people regularly attend a
church—less than one percent.
You leave the church and resume your walk down the street.
Suddenly it hits you, the people here desperately need to know
that they have a Father in heaven. They need to know how much He
loves them and wants to be a vital part of their lives.
At first, it surprises you. You are in a first world country,
and the people there can have almost anything they want, but
they still lack something. Churches have been around for
hundreds of years, but few people attend. You sense a great
spiritual emptiness in the community.
You know the feeling. Before you met Jesus, your own life seemed
empty. You longed for unconditional love and for a reason to
live. Then you found out that God loves you and has a plan for
your life. You began a relationship with Him, and your life
changed dramatically.
As you think about this, you realize that the people in this
country need to know what you know, to have what you have. They
desperately need someone to show them what it looks like to have
a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Who will tell them?
Who will show them? Will you?
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Answering the Call:
The above story really happened. In fact, it has happened
over and over again for years. The place is Salford, England, and
the person walking down the street is every missionary that AIM has
ever sent there. For the past six summers, AIM has put a short term
team in Salford for a week or two. These teams accomplish many
things for the Kingdom of God, but they always go home. No one stays
to follow up with those who come to Christ or to continue reaching
out to the lost. The harvest is plentiful, but the workers have been
few. Until now….
Discipleship:
Near Manchester, Salford is a great place to live. FYM will minister
alongside of the Broughton Team Ministry (Anglican ministers & their
church staff), which currently involves three urban priority area
parishes in the city of Salford and the northwestern edge of
Manchester City Centre. Broughton is predominantly a white, working
class area with a large orthodox Jewish community, a growing Asian
population and a number of refugee families. There is a small Afro-Carribean
population and a significant number of international students and
their families, who are mainly connected with Salford University.
The area ranks among the thirty poorest municipal wards in the
country. Unemployment is high compared to city, regional and
national averages. Many areas in Salford have suffered from rapid
neighborhood decline and abandonment; however, a great deal of
redevelopment is underway.
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Ministry:
Participants will each develop an internship, most of which will be
supporting roles to the local churches. Opportunities for ministry
include starting a cell/discipleship group with people who have been
reached by previous AIM trips, developing a nurture program for
teens who attend Space (youth evangelistic concerts), holiday clubs,
Going Bananas (like a one-day VBS), school assemblies, working with
primary and secondary schools, joining and leading a housegroup,
supporting Alpha course (a discipleship class), community action,
visiting elderly members of local church congregations, and
assisting with Sunday services across a team of churches.
Read
trip reports & see pictures from current and previous FYM trips
to England
Click on a date for more information:
Fall 2008
If you have any questions contact us by email
or phone, 1-800-881-2461.
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