African Inland Mission (AIM) archives launch
The Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (CCCW) and Cambridge University Library
are pleased to invite you to attend a special event to celebrate the opening of a
major archive collection, the
African Inland Mission (AIM) archives.
This event will be held on Wednesday, 6 November at 2pm
in the Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity.
This important historical archive collection contains the records of the British Home Council of Africa Inland Mission (AIM), which began working in British East Africa in 1895. Some of the mission’s workers and converts were graduates of the University of Cambridge, including the Kenyan-born philosopher
John Samuel Mbiti (1931–2019).
Brian Stanley, Professor Emeritus of World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh, will give
opening remarks. The event will include an exhibition and introduction to the collection with Kevin
Roberts, the lead archivist for the project. Kate Tilson from the Faculty of History at the University
of Cambridge will also say a few words on her experience of engaging with mission collections. The Rt Rev Dr Graham Kings will emcee. This event is open to the general public.
F. Lionel Young III, a senior research associate at CCCW, collaborated with the University of
Cambridge and Africa Inland Mission to preserve this historic collection. With special thanks to
Jacqueline Cox, the Keeper of the University Archives, and John Wells, Senior Archivist, for their
interest in this project.
Light refreshments will be served.
We then invite you to stay on for the 4pm Henry Martyn Day Lecture for 2024 by Brian Stanley: “Whatever Happened to Missionary Enthusiasm? The Transformation of Protestant Globalism from Bishop Selwyn’s Cambridge Sermons in 1854 to Today.”
