Missionary Information

The union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar on April 26, 1964, formed the United Republic of Tanzania in East Africa. Zanzibar is an island about 20 miles off the Tanzanian coast in the Indian Ocean. Tanzania’s area is three times the size of New Mexico. It borders Kenya and Uganda on the north; Burundi, Rwanda, and Democratice Republic of Congo on the west; and Mozambique, Zambia, and Malawi on the south. Tanzania remains one of the world’s poorest countries, heavily reliant on foreign aid, with many of its people living below the World Bank poverty line. Tim Simoneaux founded the United Pentecostal Church of Tanzania in 1980. Since 1988, the work has expanded from having churches in eight regions to now 15. According to the 2006 Annual Field Report, the UPC of Tanzania has 7,744 constituents, 95 ministers, and 104 churches and preaching points.

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Bio: The son of home missionaries and an alumnus of Conquerors Bible College, Jim Robertson and his wife, Latitia, were pastoring in British Columbia when he became involved in the A-Team for Tanzania. Involvement led to burden, the burden to a definite call to Tanzania. As a result of their call, the Robertsons were appointed as career United Pentecostal Church missionaries to Tanzania in 2002 at the General Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Following a lengthy deputation and delays in receiving resident visas, the Robertsons arrived in Tanzania in 2006. They have four daughters. The younger two, Tessa and Kandra, accompanied them to the field.