Imagine someone digging out your tooth with a nail or knife. In South Sudan, you don’t have to imagine. It is a reality. There are no dentists in South Sudan. In fact many Sudanese people do not know what the word means. Many suffer silently from dental problems and in severe cases die trying to dig out a troublesome tooth using crude objects such as rusty nails.  

Imagine being a believer who has never owned or even touched a Bible. Or imagine being a passionate leader longing to share Christ with your un-reached community but not owning the most important tool, a Bible.

Christian Mission Aid’s Christian Outreach program seeks to reach un-reached people groups in Kenya, Uganda and Sudan with the Gospel. Under this program we also plant churches. In these remote areas services are held under trees or in the open air.

Christian Mission Aid has planted over 4,000 churches since it began 20 years ago.  These are churches led by lay leaders and pastors in very remote areas. Due to the remoteness of these areas and lack of funds, most of the leaders have not been able to further their formal training. Though zealous for the Gospel,

Christian Mission Aid (CMA) has always been at the forefront reaching thousands of Africans with the Gospel of Christ.  Working in remote areas of East Africa, CMA has conducted Bible training, evangelism and leadership classes equipping hundreds of rural pastors to reach thousands in their communities. The only means of transport in these remote areas with rugged terrain is by bicycle. 

Clouds of dust rise high in the air and from a distance, there is the excited chatter of children making their way to Vacation Bible School. Their mothers urge them on, “Harakisha. (hurry) It is time!” No one wants to be left behind. The children come by the hundreds; some of them carrying maize, millet, and other grains as form of payment. Nobody is turned away. 

“I just want to serve God with all I’ve got,” Michael, a preacher in Dajo South Sudan, shared with a staff member at CMA. Because of its remoteness, Dajo is one of the most forgotten places in South Sudan. Out of a population of 21,000 people, only about 2% are literate.

Seven hundred deaths daily and over two million orphaned children. These are some of the shocking statistics reflecting the magnitude of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Kenya. Most people living with HIV/AIDS not only face stigma, but are also very poor. They can hardly afford one meal a day, let alone buy medicine to fight opportunistic infections.

Imagine someone digging out your tooth with a nail or knife. In South Sudan, you don’t have to imagine. It is a reality. There are no dentists in South Sudan. In fact many Sudanese people do not know what the word means.