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.
Many older Isaan people spend their time watching the house and property while the rest of the family goes about their work. They often enjoy listening to the radio and especially to the Isaan music which is so deeply ingrained in the hearts of Isaan people. The “Life’s Answers” radio programs, a 33 episode series produced by Brethren In Christ, uses Isaan music, Bible storying in Isaan language and testimonies of Isaan people to proclaim Good News. Jesus is the answer for your life! Will you join us in sharing this Good News over the radio? A gift of $60 allows us to air these one hour programs every day for a month, on a radio station that reaches a geographical area of at least 200,000 people.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ligilisi Laureni Bungiu (Hopkins Evangelical Church), Hopkins Village, Belize
Region
Africa & The Middle East
Location
The Gambia
Scripture Verse
"And Jesus came and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.'" (Matthew 28:18-20)
