About us

Africa Inland Church Tanzania, was born at Nassa village, Mwanza in 1909. Earlier in 1887 missionaries from Church Missionary Society(CMS) had arrived at Nassa Village to open a church.

Our Mission

A church that worships God, preaches and teaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ properly and serves man in his perfection based on the Word of God.

Our Vision

All people worship God in Spirit and Truth and they live a life of contentment.

Background

Africa Inland Church Tanzania, was born at Nassa village, Mwanza in 1909. Earlier in 1887 missionaries from Church Missionary Society(CMS) had arrived at Nassa Village to open a church. For more than twenty years CMA missionaries had served in the Lake zone of Tanzania (than Tanganyika) opening churches.

For some reasons they decided to move to Uganda but they did not want to desert the young congregation. They looked for someone to carry on the work from where they had reached.

Africa Inland Mission (AIM) was already working in Kenya so CMS asked AIM if it could send a missionary to Tanzania. On June 29 1909 Rew. Emil Sywulka and his wife Marie Sywulka were received by CMS missionaries at Nassa to take over the ministry.

Purpose of the Church

The objectives of AICT are as follows:

  • To love, worship and glorify God.
  • To spread the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ anywhere in Tanzania, in Africa andin the whole world.
  • To teach people the Word of God and baptising those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
  • To officiate marriages of Christians who are followers of AICT and their spouses who are followers of other churches with the same faith as AICT, who are blameless in the church and to bless their children.
  • To conduct funeral services on the basis of the Bible and AICT services procedures.
  • To involve all Christians in the works of the Church and the Nation, Spiritually and Physically and Mentally.
  • To hold spiritual revival meetings specifically preaching the Gospel
  • To pray to God for various needs.
  • To serve people spiritually, physically and mentally in their environment:
    • Spiritual services;
    • Physical, mental and environmental services;

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