Our Vision
To faithfully lead the way in mobilising effective and holistic urban evangelism in partnership with world evangelical Christians to win the continent of Africa for Christ.
Our Mission
To evangelise the cities of Africa in word and deed in partnership with the church.
Our Core Values
Authority of Scripture
We hold to Christ’s sacrifice and love for us to bring us to eternal life as outlined in the bible and we subscribe to the Lausanne Covenant.
Commitment
We are committed to honoring God along with our partners, effective evangelism, discipleship, peacebuilding, social action and sustaining our work.
Excellence
We are committed to achieving best outcomes through skill, innovation, authenticity and continuous improvement in all we do.
Integrity
We reflect integrity in our accountability to supporters and beneficiaries, trustworthiness, incorruptibility and honesty.
Unity
We believe in unity witnessing to our faithfulness to God’s command, and which is reflected in good teamwork, synergy, respect, conflict prevention, and partnership with churches and other strategic partners.
Claimed for Christ
Our History
As a young South African man, just 21 years old, Michael Cassidy had a heart for his people and felt the Lord calling him to city-evangelism in Africa. During the summer of 1961, he set out on an exploratory visit to 31 major cities of Africa, a trip in which God’s vision for Michael became clear. On a long walk on the beach, Michael drew an outline of Africa in the sand and wrote “Claimed for Christ” inside it. His experience is recounted in the book African Harvest: “He wrote in his diary; ‘I asked God for 50 years of ministry in Africa.’”
Graduating from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1963, Michael returned to South Africa with a small team and his work began. The first city-wide mission was held in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and from there the work expanded slowly across the continent. A second team was established in Uganda in 1971 under the leadership of Bishop Festo Kivengere. Today AE has teams in twelve African countries: Ghana, Uganda, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Zambia.
Lynn Nwagbara
Carlton Deal
Gilles Gagli
Annette Van de Walt
