Dear friend, My heart is full of gratitude. I know that your prayers, encouragement, and partnership are the fuel that keeps Eastern Mennonite Missions (EMM) moving forward. We are constantly
Five hundred years ago, a handful of believers dared to reimagine discipleship — not as a cultural inheritance, but as an embodied response to Jesus. Their practices proved life-changing.
Church planting is something I have felt called to for a long time, even before I left for the Czech Republic. Before coming to Prague, I was a member of West End Mennonite Fellowship, where church planting is a vital part of the DNA. For a season, I was involved in one of their church plants, knowing that it was important to learn how a church plant works practically before trying something overseas.
Kingdom Teams (K-Teams) were dynamic experiences this summer for the students being served through a migrant education program, the K-Teams staff, and the youth who joined the teams.
After two years in Chad, I was confronted by an angry stranger who told me to leave his country. He’d assumed we were French, but did not back off when he learned we weren’t.
Hold a seed in your hand and marvel at the miracle of life in miniature. Packed into the tiny package is all the potential, not only for expansive growth, but also for generations of reproduction.
The Anabaptist movement celebrates its 500th anniversary this year. In these five centuries, Anabaptist churches have been multiplied around the world, making it a truly global movement.
Lena Kauffman served as a participant in the 2023–24 Advance cohort. She is currently serving as an Advance staff intern for the 2024–25 Advance team. EMM Digital Communications Coordinator Julia Tsai interviewed Lena about her experience stepping up to take on a staff role.
EMM’s strategic focus is to identify, equip, and send missional leaders to serve on multi-generational and multi-ethnic teams who invite people to follow Jesus as maturing, multiplying disciples and nurture transforming communities of worship.
“That would be the worst job in the world!” I thought when I first heard of “recruiting full-time intercessors to join overseas church-planting teams.”
