About SIM and SIMAIR

About SIM and SIMAIR

In 1902, Rowland Bingham headed a team of three missionaries into the

interior of Nigeria to evangelize after malaria had taken the lives of

several others on previous trips. The Lord blessed Mr. Bingham's efforts and

a mission base was established 500 miles inland. Thus, over 100 years ago,

the Sudan Interior Mission was born. Since then the Lord has blessed SIM's

missionary efforts, and over 5,000 local churches have been established,

millions of people have come to saving faith in Jesus Christ, and many

physical needs have been met as well. Many other ministries such as

hospitals, Bible translation, literacy programs, Bible schools,

reforestation projects, community healthcare, and an aviation program have

been established through SIM. In recent years three other evangelical

missions have joined forces with SIM: the International Christian

Fellowship (ICF), the Andes Evangelical Mission (AEM), and, most recently in

1998, the Africa Evangelical Fellowship (AEF). SIM, now "Serving In

Mission," is an international mission organization with more than 1,400

missionaries serving in over 40 countries primarily in Africa, Asia, and

South America. SIM missionaries represent over 30 nationalities and come

from more than 50 denominations. Further information about SIM is available

at our website www.sim.org.

SIM's purpose is to glorify God by planting, strengthening, and partnering

with churches around the world as we evangelize the unreached, minister to

human need, disciple believers into churches, and equip churches to fulfill

Christ's Commission.

Around 1950, it became apparent that an aviation program was needed in

Nigeria. Missionaries ministering in remote places needed the planes, not

only for normal transportation needs, but also for the medical emergencies

that would arise. In 1973, the aviation program was expanded to Niamey,

Niger. For these 50 years SIMAIR has been serving the Lord by providing

safe and efficient air transportation to personnel from SIM, other Christian

mission groups, and occasionally, to other organizations. SIMAIR also

serves missionaries in other countries, such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali,

Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Chad.