Angola: Targeting the Harvest

Angola is still recovering from a long civil war that ended in 2002. Portuguese is the primary language, yet more than 42 others are spoken, and at least six people groups remain unreached with the gospel.

Missionaries with specialized training—such as doctors, dentists, teachers, and agricultural specialists—are needed to reach these communities. Their skills meet critical needs while opening doors for trust, relationships, and evangelism.

A major barrier to placing missionaries in Angola is distance. The country lies far from Avant’s recruitment bases, and the cost of training and travel can discourage many qualified candidates. This project helps bridge that gap by providing financial assistance for specialized training and short-term exposure trips. These opportunities prepare missionaries who are both practically equipped and spiritually committed to planting and strengthening churches among Angola’s unreached peoples.

Training may include prosthetic limb development, specialized medical training, solar energy installation, well drilling, microenterprise training, and advanced agricultural techniques. Such skills enable missionaries to serve communities more effectively, demonstrate God’s love in tangible ways, and create natural opportunities for the gospel to be heard.

Through this project, we aim to:

• Provide travel assistance for eight missionary
couples to visit Angola.
• Support specialized training for eight
individuals.

By combining exposure and training, we are creating a pipeline of long-term workers who are both spiritually grounded and practically prepared. Our ultimate goal is to see new churches planted and existing ones strengthened, especially among Angola’s six unreached people groups.

This project is not simply about sending workers; it is about equipping the right workers to target the harvest in Angola—where the need is great and the opportunities are wide open.