Meserete Kristos Church (MKC) in Ethiopia has been working towards fulfilling the Great Commission by sending missionaries to reach least reached people groups in Ethiopia and beyond. By God’s grace, they are seeing many new fellowships started! After the churches are planted, many of the groups are able to build their own worship center by mobilizing local resources. But in some remote areas, believers require outside help to help them procure the needed building materials, especially in areas where most of the first believers are women or youth.
You can partner with the MKC missionaries by contributing to this effort to establish church planting centers in unreached areas of Ethiopia. For each $1000 contributed, MKC is able to help local churches complete a new building.
Shalom Seminary (FATES) in N’Djamena, Chad, supports the work of training Christian leaders in a majority-Muslim context for sensitive, life-giving relationships with their neighbors. An EMM Christian-Muslim Relations Team member teaches courses at Shalom and encourages peacebuilding and witness across this divide. Needs at the seminary include student tuition assistance, teaching materials, and facility maintenance.
The Mennonite College of East Africa (MCEA) in Nyabange, Tanzania is a ministry of the Tanzania Mennonite Church (KMT). Started as a Bible school in 1936, for the past few decades it has operated as a theological college and the primary training institution for KMT leaders. The certificate and diploma programs it offers are critical to KMT’s mission of developing leaders for a growing church.
Contributions are needed to help the college achieve various benchmarks for accreditation, including necessary infrastructure, textbooks, and travel costs of visiting professors. A gift toward the work of MTCEA is an investment in the future of the Tanzania church.
American Murids is a major new ethnography of an African Sufi Muslim immigrant community in the United States. It is particularly timely given the current contentious discourse concerning Muslims and immigration. By listening to what Murids say about themselves, author Jonathan Bornman gives us the first-ever look at how the spiritual and ethical values of Murids in the diaspora influence the ways they interact with other communities in New York City. Making this book available in French opens new avenues for peacebuilding in the way of Jesus with people in Europe and Africa. To learn more visit the publisher’s website. To learn more about the team, visit the Christian-Muslim Relations Team website.
Use this form to make online payments for cross-cultural mission training registration.
Since 1963, David and Grace Shenk worked together to bear witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ through word and deed. A signature focus of their ministry was the work of Christian-Muslim relations. You’re invited to join in the continuation of this legacy by becoming a founding partner in this endowment. Funds generated by the David and Grace Shenk legacy endowment will help us connect with our global partners, mentor a new generation of young leaders, and to create resources for equipping the church and Christ followers for a healthy relationship with Muslims. Learn more here.
Outreach to Somalis continues to be a great need and a significant challenge in East Africa. This fund helps to support the work of EMM partners as they share the good news of Jesus with Somalis refugees within their borders as well as in Somalia.
Thank you for your interest in the Unexpected Peace documentary. As you may know, stories of peacebuilding rarely make it to the big screen, but these stories need to be told. We invite you to join us in responding to Jesus’ invitation to be peacemakers and ministers of reconciliation.
Please would you consider a generous gift to Unexpected Peace today? Your generosity will help to share stories to touch people’s hearts and open their minds to new ideas about forgiveness, peacemaking, and reconciliation.
To learn more about the Unexpected Peace documentary visit unexpectedpeace.com.
To learn more about EMM’s Christian-Muslim Relations Team visit emmpeacemakers.org.
Alexander and Maria* work in a transformational business and an international school. Alexander also serves as the regional representative for Central and South Asia. They serve in Central Asia with their children.
*Names changed for sensitivity reasons.
Andrés and Angélica seek to be winsome ambassadors of the Messiah Jesus for people in North Africa and South Europe:
*Names changed for sensitivity reasons.
Sarah serves alongside EMM workers and the Mennonite church leaders in The Gambia. She participates in discipleship, training, and evangelism among the many unreached people in the region. As an active member of the community, she assists in children’s programming and community resourcing.
Jonathan serves globally as a consultant for churches and leaders, especially in the area of teaching/training Christians how to build life-giving relationships with Muslims through dialogue, peacemaking, witness, and hospitality. He leads EMM’s Christian-Muslim Relations Team.
Michael serves in Lebanon, Pa., with his wife, Deborah, and their two children. Michael has experienced the life-transforming power of the gospel in his personal life, and he desires to extend the hope of Christ to others by reaching out to the forgotten members of society, including people in his city who are returning from incarceration or rehabilitation from substance abuse. He understands the obstacles to reconnecting with society and building meaningful relationships. It is his deepest desire to come alongside men, supporting his community through social relationships and mentoring, and also by networking among ministries and city services.
John and Debbie have served in many ministry roles over the years. John oversees an after-school children’s program in several village centers, teaches and disciples local Christian leaders, and provides a local village trash service. Debbie is involved in public health education and frequently sees patients who have not been able to get help elsewhere.
Darrel and Miriam* and their family serve with an international church that has become a home to people from many nationalities. Darrel provides pastoral oversight, and Miriam is involved with the development of various church ministries, including reaching out to immigrants. Darrel also serves as the regional representative for West Europe.
*Last name omitted for sensitivity reasons.
Angie Earl serves as a volunteer worker with EMM’s Christian-Muslim Relations Team, which equips Christians to build life-giving relationships with Muslims through dialogue, witness, peacemaking, and hospitality.
J.C. is a non-resident worker, serving as the director of All-nations Association of Bible Schools.
Elizabeth* is learning a Central Asian language and culture so that she can use her storytelling skills to both honor and share the people’s stories and to share the stories of Jesus with them.
*Last name omitted for sensitivity reasons.
Elizabeth will serve in an international school in the Middle East as a secondary school teacher. She will also be learning some Arabic.
In partnership with VMMissions, Elliot is participating in Advance, a 9-month, international discipleship and service opportunity.
Eric and Janelle* are working with Soli Deo International church in the heart of Eastern Germany. Their church community is made up of refugees/asylum seekers, international university students and German nationals. A significant part of their ministry focuses on neighborhood relationships and outreach, prayer and intercession, small group/Bible teaching and hospitality.
*Last name omitted for sensitivity reasons.
Genevieve is serving as an Advance Leadership Intern.
Kandace is engaged in language study and relationship building in Cambodia. She is involved in a variety of dynamic friendships and discipling relationships in which she seeks to help university/post-grad students discover God‘s purpose for their lives as they grow in relationship with Jesus.
Phil and Linda serve Ukrainian refugees in a cooperative ministry with a number of local churches and other missionaries in Bucharest, Romania. They are theological educators, having trained pastors and other Christian leaders since 1986 in Ukraine, Serbia, Bulgaria, Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands. They intend to move to Ukraine to serve with Zaporizhzhya Bible Seminary after the Russian war against Ukraine is over.
Tim and Julie serve in Belize. They support the local outreach of the Garifuna churches in southern Belize — helping to envision and develop new ministries, mentoring leaders, and walking with an emerging youth movement. They are building relationships with the leaders of the broader Christian community in Dangriga to determine what supportive ministries are needed.
Sonya serves in administration at Crossroads-Torchbearers Albania which facilitates an international Bible school and Christian summer camps for children and youth. She serves alongside the Erseke Evangelical Church in ministry to disadvantaged children through an after school program and children’s home.
Jan serves in Prague through teaching English, building local relationships, and discipling youth and young adults in her local congregation. She strives to model a biblical lifestyle in post-Christian Europe and nurture others into the freedom and life that Jesus offers.
Karen serves in the Czech Republic by building local relationships and discipling women in the local community. She strives to model a biblical lifestyle, to be a living example of Christ’s transforming power, and to share the freedom and joy that Jesus offers.
William serves globally providing discipleship training, leadership development, and mutual learning and encouragement with EMM’s partners.
Daryl and Jen serve in Costa Rica, supporting the local discipleship network VidaNet. They serve on the leadership team of VidaNet and give leadership to the daily operations at Casa VidaNet. Daryl assists with organizing finances and administrative responsibilities for VidaNet. The programs of VidaNet provide long- and short-term discipleship and leadership training for young people from Central and North America. Jen serves as hospitality coordinator for VidaNet, planning and preparing for individuals and groups who stay at Casa VidaNet. Jen also serves as a counselor for El Nido, VidaNet’s crisis pregnancy center which provides support and resources for mothers and children in crisis.
Steve and Bethany, and their family, are serving with the Life Enrichment Church in Thailand, expanding the reach of God’s Good News by cultivating the next generation of disciples.
Michael and Nancy walk with people as they discover God’s purpose for their lives and grow in relationship with Jesus. They partner with a Christian non-profit focusing on the prevention of childhood sexual abuse and the development of a local Christian retreat center.
Donations may be sent to Old Road Mennonite Church, 5795 Old Philadelphia Pike, Gap, PA 17527, along with a note designating it for the ministry of Nancy and Michael Hostetter.
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Neighbors Community Center is a multicultural gathering place for connecting, learning, and celebrating.
There are a variety of programs at Neighbors Community Center to welcome those who have lived in Lancaster for many years and also our new neighbors from across the country or around the globe. Current programs include Global Women’s Village, English as a Second Language classes, after-school tutoring, and Make Space for Your Story.
The Impact Fund is essential to all areas of EMM’s mission. It enables EMM to recruit and send workers, cover some of the cost of worker support, communicate with constituents, provide salaries and benefits for the staff who support these activities, and much more. A charitable gift for which you do not indicate a preference will benefit the Impact Fund.
Jeremy and Jennifer* serve as regional representatives, walking alongside the people of Southeast Asia.
*Last name omitted for sensitivity reasons.
Jonas and Hannah* serve in intercultural church planting and mentoring church planters in Germany.
*Names changed for sensitivity reasons.
Gerry and Donna are volunteer workers, who travel to Vietnam and other international locations to train pastors and church workers. They also develop curriculum from an Anabaptist perspective for post-high school learners.
To contribute toward the program expenses of the Keeners’ work, checks may be mailed to:
Eastern Mennonite Missions
PO Box 8617
Lancaster PA 17604
Memo line “SE Asia Program Ministry/G&D Keener.”
Matthew is serving as an Advance Leadership Intern.
Michael and Ruth serve as members of the Christian-Muslim Relations Team, having served previously for nearly 10 years in South Asia. During this time they lived and worked in a Muslim community. This deep background experience is critical to understanding Muslims and gives them something to draw upon as they equip others for fruitful and life-giving relationships with Muslims. During those years in South Asia, they were devoted to prayer as one of their primary ministry functions. Their gifts and experience help the CMRT continue to grow in prayer and equipping others in prayer as a vital part of mission.
Valerie serves as a mission intern with EMM. She is serving as an administrative assistant through VidaNet.
Nick serves as a mission intern in eastern Germany. As a post-communist area with a significant immigrant population, this context provides unique opportunities and challenges. Nick hopes to reach out to people of diverse backgrounds with Christ’s love and to disciple them as they find purposeful life in Him. Nick looks forward to showing hospitality and providing opportunities for fellowship through the local church context.
*Last name omitted for sensitivity reasons.
Wendell and Melanie and their family serve in Costa Rica, mentoring and making disciples as directors of VidaNet. They are regional representatives for Central America, overseeing all of EMM’s programs and personnel in the region.
Peter and Christy serve in France, jointly appointed with Mennonite Mission Network. Peter is also a member at large of the Christian-Muslim Relations Team, encouraging churches and individuals through teaching, preaching, writing, and example, to build meaningful relationships with Muslims.
*Last name omitted for sensitivity reasons.
Vojta serves as a volunteer prison chaplain, where he leads Bible studies based on the book of Philippians, as well as meeting with inmates one-on-one. In addition, he holds various teaching and equipping roles in multiple contexts. Stacy teaches English lessons and is intentional about building relationships within the community, particularly in their daughter’s preschool. Together, Vojta and Stacy serve as Discipleship Coordinators in their local church, as well as mentoring and discipling believers and creating a welcoming space for people to gather in their home. They are also moving forward with planting a house church with the vision of seeing multiplication of house churches. Vojta and Stacy also serve as the Regional Representatives for Eastern and Central Europe for EMM.
John and Jeanette are engaging in language and cultural study and prioritizing learning about community needs in their first term. Their long-term goal is to focus on discipleship, church planting, and community development.
Sebastian* is participating in Advance, a 9-month, international discipleship and service opportunity.
Carissa serves as a mission intern in Guatemala. She also serves with Hope for Home, which is a Christian organization that focuses on caring for children with special needs and their families, as well as addressing the systemic issues that cause special needs in children in Guatemala. Carissa helps to provide direct care to the children in one of the children’s homes, and also uses her nursing skills to assist with Hope for Home’s multiple outreach ministries, which include a child sponsorship program, rural village ministry, nutrition programs, and women’s health clinics.
Mark and Sarah serve as the primary EMM link with the Life Enrichment Church, walking with them to deepen their biblical/theological understandings, encourage the vision for multiplication, provide pastoral care for the church leaders, and facilitate opportunities for deeper relationships with the broader Anabaptist world.
Nate and Krystle serve in The Gambia. They model healthy Christian family life to the community, connect with the existing Mennonite Church for ongoing discipleship and training while they also learn and receive from them. They also focus energy into being a witness to the surrounding unreached people groups where they live.
Fernando is learning language and culture, while engaging in evangelism and discipleship among Isaan people of Thailand, many of whom are hearing the Gospel for the first time.
Fernando esta aprendiendo el idioma y la cultura, mientras participando en la evangelización y el discipulado entre la gente de Isaan en Tailandia, muchos de los cuales están escuchando el Evangelio por primera vez.
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Jennifer will accompany believers in Marseille, France, as they disciple new believers and train leaders.
Alan and Carol have lived in Wales since 1999. They have been involved in church development, teaching English, discipleship training, and more. They are a part of a missional community in Cardiff, where they strive to model a biblical lifestyle in a post-Christian culture.
Jon and Heleen served for three years in Mattru Jong, Sierra Leone. During this time, they worked effectively and amiably with their national colleagues and launched a ministry to children with trauma and disabilities that continues in their absence. They now serve as volunteer workers with EMM, following up with relationships in Sierra Leone, supporting the continuing development of the ministry (Nyandengoh!), and leading short-term trips to the region.
Leon and Naomi serve globally, providing theological teaching, leadership development, and encouragement to EMM’s partners.
You can help support an after-school program called Foleza (The Little Nest) and House of Hope Children’s Home run by the Evangelical Church of Erseke, Albania, for disadvantaged children. Funds will be used for program, daily living and staff expenses related to these 2 ministries for children who attend Foleza and/or are a member of the House of Hope family.
Austin and Griselda serve at the Honduras VidaNet base. Austin provides leadership to the team there. He also mobilizes the church through mission and leadership courses. Griselda coordinates the Honduran El Nido prenatal center, which disciples and educates young mothers. She is also in charge of hospitality at the base.
In rural Cambodia, an after-school children’s program is changing lives. Children ages seven to 14 can take part in a program that provides math tutoring, Khmer language skills (many enter the program not even knowing the basic alphabet), and Scriptural education.
Children are introduced to the Bible — learning about Adam to Jesus in one year! Christian character values such as honesty, respect for others, and honoring one’s parents are emphasized.
The “character teachers” are all committed local Khmer Christians who love kids. Games, skits, and play times provide fun for the children. The program is unapologetically Christian; parents know and understand their children will be learning about Jesus, singing Christian songs, and learning from God’s Scriptures. Parents or caretakers attend a parenting session.
Every child in the program is required to attend the local schools: the program provides each with a school uniform, a book bag, school supplies, and a set of play clothes. A local compound in the village is rented for a few hours a day. Used motorcycles must be purchased so teachers can travel between villages.
The program has just been expanded into two new villages, and parents are very eager to get their children involved. 120 new children have been signed up — more than expected!
$115 covers the full cost of one child participating in the program
$900 provides a teacher with a used motorcycle for traveling among villages
$18, $82, $115, $800, other
“Leadership development and theological training for pastors continue to be pressing needs of the Vietnamese church. While some Bible schools were legally recognized since 2004, there is still a huge shortage of adequately trained leaders, pastors and teachers. There is a lot of catching up to do as a result of 30 years of near total restrictions on training. Some of those restrictions continue to this day,” says Gerry Keener, an EMM non-resident missionary who teaches in a ministry training institute started by the Vietnam Mennonite Church. “The Mennonite training institute in Vietnam provides a framework in which we can train Mennonite leaders as well as share Anabaptist-oriented curricular materials with other denominations.”
The Vietnamese believers are energetic and dedicated to the Lord and His kingdom. Biblical and theological training are vital to provide enough leaders and teachers for the growing evangelical community and to stabilize the church.
$50 pays for textbooks and study materials for one student for four one-week courses
$100 pays for one student’s transportation and food for a week-long course
$200 pays to translate the teachings of visiting teachers in the classroom
“I have resolved to faithfully follow Christ all my life. I want to be faithful to obey the Lord’s teaching and to use His Word in edifying His household.” — Nguyen Dinh Vu, evangelist in Vietnam
$25, $50, $150, other
“The flow of refugees into Germany, already very high, is expected to increase in a way we’ve never seen before,” said an EMM worker in Halle, Germany. At Begegnungraum der Kulturen (The Meeting Place of Cultures) – an immigrant ministry through local church Soli Deo in Halle – refugees receive aid in their hour of need. Many arrive traumatized and fearful. But everyone who comes to the immigrant center is treated with dignity and respect, welcomed despite being strangers and foreigners in a new country.
Europe is seeing an influx of refugees from politically destabilized regions in North Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Since 2010, immigration has doubled in parts of Europe. Refugees may be Muslims, and they may be persecuted Christians. Marah is a single mother struggling to raise two children on her own. She arrived in Halle, Germany, from North Africa, with a price on her head for dishonoring her family. Fadiyah, abandoned by her husband, is from Sao Tome. Illness has added to the burden of taking care of her three teenage sons.
At Begegnungraum der Kulturen, practical help is offered – from setting up a household in Germany to applying for government paperwork. German language courses, music lessons, and a safe place to socialize and make friends help with the immigrants’ transition to a new country. “Germany is being stretched almost beyond its limits,” said the EMM worker in Halle. “While Germany has welcomed more refugees per capita than any country in Europe, there has been a minority speaking out against the refugees who are arriving. Now is the time for the evangelical church to join together and welcome the tide of refugees in the name of Jesus.”
Give towards immigrant ministry in Halle, Germany. Any amount will help.
$20 helps a refugee family buy groceries
$50 helps buy a tank of gas or pay the electric bill
$100 helps with a month’s rent
$20, $50, $100, other
Most children in the West African country of Guinea-Bissau do not have the opportunity to attend preschool. Regular public schooling starts at age 7, but tends to be inconsistent, with frequent teacher absences and school closings. School preparation is a significant need in order for children to be able to succeed in getting an education.
In 2011, the Mennonite Church in Catel, a small town in Guinea-Bissau, decided to use their few resources to address this problem. They started one preschool class in the church building; over the past decade this has grown into a 3-classroom school with more than 60 students enrolled. Students come not only from Catel but from surrounding villages for the quality education and the kindness of the staff. Students are taught in Creole (the local language) and are introduced to Portuguese, the language of the public school. Most importantly, all the teachers are followers of Jesus. Bible stories and Christian teaching are an integral part of the curriculum.
The preschool is a strategic way for the Mennonite Church to share Christ’s love with their animistic and Muslim neighbors. Up to 80 percent of the students who attend come from non-Christian families; the preschool experience is often their first introduction to the gospel.
Each family pays tuition for their children to attend, but due to the economic constraints, these fees cover only a portion of the total cost to run the school. A donation of $100 will subsidize one student to attend the preschool for an entire year.
Quechua children in Peru face discrimination in local schools due to their ethnicity and their evangelical faith. The Peruvian Mennonite Church decided to establish an alternative to the local school system by founding PROMESA, which offers an academically advanced, Christian education that also frees children from experiencing discrimination at school.
Two reasons to give to PROMESA:
New building
The school started in 2005 with 11 students; today, nearly 300 children, both Quechua and non-Quechua, are enrolled. Many children were being turned away due to lack of space and insufficient facilities, so the church purchased land in the mountains outside Cusco to construct a new school building. Volunteers from Engineering Ministries International (EMI) have created a three-phase construction plan. Walk through the planned campus here.
$500,000 is needed for site preparation and phase one of building classrooms. With our support, many more Peruvian students can have access to a safe, high-quality, Christian education.
Scholarships
You can help a bright child with insufficient resources get a high-quality Christian education! It takes $1000 to sponsor one student for an entire school year, but any amount helps.
In this short video, learn about PROMESA through the story of 15-year-old Jhon Erik — and find out ways to help this Christian school achieve its future goals.
$50 helps PROMESA expand and reach more children
$200 moves PROMESA closer to a larger facility
$2,000 is a generous gift promoting education!
$50, $200, $2,000, other
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