Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission
Spring 2010 Giving Projects
Please contribute so that these life-giving AIMM ministries can continue to thrive! Your support is crucial in order that the Good News of Jesus would continue to be shared in word and deed. Clearly designate the ministry for which you are contributing, on your check. If that ministry is already fully funded, your contribution will be used to support another vital AIMM ministry.
Thank-you, and may the Lord bless you for your generosity!
Rod Hollinger-Janzen
AIMM Executive Coordinator
BURKINA FASO
Evangelical Mennonite Church leaders have launched several urban church planting efforts in major centers during the last three years. The church has sent Paul Pohégnan to the city of Koloko since the fall of 2008. The AIMM-ICC is providing partial funding for this mission effort. You can help support the growth of God's kingdom in Koloko through your financial contributions. A total of $3,000 is needed this year. Designate your gift for: BF African missionary.
DR CONGO
Scholarship Funds for Evangelical Mennonite
Church of Congo and Mennonite Church of Congo students in Bible/theology, medicine and other fields are urgently needed to prepare individuals to take their place within the mission of these churches. Costs of student support vary widely, ranging between $45 and $100 per month. Please support the future of the Mennonite churches in Congo! Designation: Congo scholarships.
Mennonite Church of Congo (CMCO) has chosen to focus on the construction of a Welcome Center in Tshikapa as a major way of celebrating its 2012 Centennial. While the church will gather construction materials such as sand, gravel, stone, and lumber, as well as making bricks and providing the labor, AIMM has agreed to raise funds for construction materials that need to be purchased such as cement, roofing, and nails along with electrical and plumbing items. You can encourage CMCO's future by walking with them in providing these needed national meeting facilities. Designation: CMCO Welcome Center.
Congo Story Gathering Project Progress Report
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From left to right: Dominique Yona (CMCO); Beleji Mwatha Jackson (CMCO); Jean-Felix Tshimbala Nga Wa Mpoyi (CEM); Gregoire Moele Djenke Kaumba (CMCO); President Damien Pelende (CEFMC- visiting); Jean Boscoe Musakai Kabeya (CEM); Robert Sakayimbo Chibulenu (CMCO); Rod Hollinger-Janzen (AIMM); President Benjamin Mubenga (CEM); Salomon Luku Sa Muya (CEM); President Kalunga Komuesa (CMCO).
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The Congo Story Gathering project celebrates God’s grace at work in the lives of Congolese Mennonite Christians over the past century, by researching and telling some of their stories.
On November 25-28, 2009 in Kinshasa, the Story Gathering Project was launched through an orientation seminar.
All Congolese seminar participants pictured here are researchers except for the church Presidents.
Dr. Fohle Lygunda of DR Congo oriented participants in some basic techniques for collecting oral history. The researchers then learned how to operate the digital recorders and cameras with which they were equipped. They prepared themselves by making lists of persons of interest to interview. They committed, beginning in January 2010, to each carry out 8 interviews per month. Motorbikes (7) were purchased to equip each researcher to reach all congregations and individuals in his area of language capability.
Income: $53,300; Praise God for a great start! Thanks for your support!
Expenses: equipment $16,313; orientation seminar costs $5,800; research transportation fund $3,500; project promotion $2,290: TOTAL= $27,903
Still needed: $77,000 over the next two years for translating, editing and publishing. Your ongoing support is crucial!
Please pray for the researchers- that they would be led to the right people; that their work would indeed serve to give a voice to the voiceless; that their research would enhance the unity of the church; and that God would be glorified through the stories of faithful Christian witness in Congo. Pray also that the right person or persons could be found to transform research interviews into compelling stories.
