pastoral training

Each year, Meserete Kristos College in Ethiopia must turn away students for lack of funding. Mennonite Church Canada is partnering with the college and its founding church to provide scholarships for these eager students of God’s word. Scholarships of $2,000 USD per student per year are deeply treasured in a country where the average wage for a farmer is $1 - $2/day, and where 1 in 7,000 graduate with a college education.

A gift of $350 will cover the subsidy for one year of study by an African church leader at the Benin Bible Institute. Begun in 1994 at the invitation of African church leaders, the Bible institute grew out of two decades of Bible teaching among the African-Initiated Churches. Many church leaders have graduated from the three-year diploma program in biblical studies and practical theology. They serve more than 74 denominations in this West African country.