Africa is a continent in crisis: 15,000 Africans die each day of diseases such as malaria, TB and AIDS. The AIDS pandemic has left 11 million children orphaned; recent ethnic conflicts have claimed millions of lives; one half of Africans live in extreme poverty, making it the poorest region in the world; nations struggle to recognize basic human rights and are burdened with widespread corruption.

Understandably, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, in his recent book The End of Poverty, describes Africa as “the world’s most distressed region.” Yet the Church is very much alive in this massive continent of 750 million souls, and Africans are a people of inspiring faith despite the many hardships that they face. MKLM missioners in Africa bear witness to Christ’s healing love through our mission service to God’s poor.

Click on a project name below to learn more about our missionary work focused on Africa.