WHAT WE DO Hearing African Voices

The church is growing faster in sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else in the world. ASSOMIN is committed to providing a platform to enable African voices to be heard. By giving the African church a bigger voice and sharing news of what God is doing in Africa’s churches and communities, we can learn from each other and be encouraged. Pastoring of Pastors

ASSOMIN build long-term partnerships with African church networks to help them reach their own leadership development objectives, supporting locally-led training workshops for rural pastors, helping church leaders access essential tools such as Bibles in local languages, bicycles and solar power, and providing access to pastoral care and mentoring. Flourishing Communities

ASSOMIN equip African church leaders to serve their communities and tackle poverty, inequality and environmental challenges. The local African church is perfectly placed to promote sustainable development, address food insecurity and climate change impacts so that the whole community benefits. WHO WE INTEND TO BRING TOGETHER As we began to discuss who to invite, we realized we had to form a template that would allow us to rally pastors who are likeminded in what we consider essential areas of agreement without being too ridged, thus alienating pastors in need unnecessarily. We came to agree on these four main tenants to determine those who would be invited: • A commitment to the biblical gospel of Jesus Christ. • A commitment to expositional preaching as the steady diet of a congregation. • A commitment to the centrality of the local church. • A commitment to the call of the pastor to shepherd the souls of his people as one who will give an account. Although members of our group hold various positions regarding polity, baptism, and reformed theology, we decided that disagreements over these issues could coexist with enough like-mindedness to make the fellowship meaningful. We also limited the invitation list to full-time and bi-vocational pastors, lay elders, and associate pastors, because we knew that the inclusion of pastoral interns and pastors-in-training might limit transparency. This is a parameter we still follow. We now have over 200 pastors involved in this fellowship with approximately 45-55 who attend each meeting.

PROJECTS 1.0 Keys to Success Associated Missions Network seeks to succeed in our endeavours by alleviating poverty levels of its members and improving the welfare of their families, communities and Churches by: a) Shares savings b) Having income generating projects ie. Table banking, poultry farming, real estate investments c) Build networks and seek for support towards achieving our objectives 2.0 Start-up Plan a) ASOMIN’S real estate investment plan is to raise capital to buy land which can later be divided into plots for re-sale. The idea is because cost of land in Kenya appreciates very fast. b) Build rental houses, shops for rent that will bring income c) Purchase already built properties for the same purpose of managing them for income generation. d) Set up an office from where to run our operations