Advancing Indigenous Missions is very pleased to announce that Dr. Grant Richison has been appointed speaker/writer with us as of September 2010. Dr. Richison has served on the council of AIM since 2000. We also welcome Joyce Richison as his personal executive secretary.

Following the momentous Bangladesh Leadership Training Seminar (LTS) with 550 indigenous missionary delegates in March 2009, Dr. Richison clearly sensed that he wanted to do whatever he could to help our ministry. His assessment was summarized in the following observation. "AIM is working with Indigenous Missions to create the conditions necessary to support awakenings. I want to be a part of seeing the considerable growth of indigenous churches be solid and increased."

Following the 20 year tenures as Senior Pastor of Grant Memorial Church in Winnipeg, and theologian with Campus Crusade for Christ, Canada and International, I cannot think of anyone I would rather welcome to the staff of AIM. He is a superb New Testament teacher, ideal to conduct seminars with indigenous missionaries around the world.

Dr. Richison has already had a considerable impact on our team: developing verse by verse commentaries of numerous books of the Bible, leadership development on our LTS teams over the past two years, strategic mission planning, evaluating international projects, and networking with effective ministries in many parts of the world. Dr. Richison is also assisting us in selecting emerging expositors to mentor and to develop in the coming years.

At the LTS in Orissa (November 2010), Dr. Richison called the delegates to the wonder of the two finely crafted books that God has given to prepare us for suffering: Job in the O.T. and 1 Peter in the N.T. We were encouraged that the most noble and the greatest honors are because God has chosen us to suffer for His Name. I know of no other more capable messenger than Dr. Richison to bring out the precise meaning of the original text. These delegates for God to the tribal people of Orissa are meeting a tireless worker as he uncovers the beauty of Jesus.