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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 Theological College of Eastern Africa (MTCEA) 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.
Ana is participating in Advance Global, a 9-month, international discipleship and service opportunity.
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.
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.
| Region | Africa & The Middle East |
|---|---|
| Location | Sensitive |
| Appointment | Long-term |
| Home congregation(s) | Groffdale Mennonite Church, Leola, Pa., Ig. Crist. de la Paz (Hnos. Men.), Asunción, Paraguay, Ig. Ev. Hnos. Menonitas Peñarol, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Scripture verse | “… God was in the Messiah, reconciling the world to himself…. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation…. So we are Messiah’s ambassadors …” (2 Cor. 5:19-20) |
