Robert Cousins

View: From the Margins to the Centre - The Diaspora Effect

Robert came to Canada from Northern Ireland when he was in his twenties. He felt led to study at Tyndale (OBC), where he met and married his wife Sheila. They served together with the Africa Inland Mission (AIM) training hundreds of national leaders for church ministry and later helped to start Nassa Theological College in Tanzania. Returning to Canada, Robert served as Personnel Director of AIM for several years before being seconded as Director of MissionPrep, an organization that prepares missionaries and international workers for intercultural ministry abroad.

For nearly 20 years he was the director of the Tyndale Intercultural Ministries Centre and works with AIM Canada as an urban consultant for multicultural leaders engaging in global mission.