On July 12th we will be holding a one-day celebration of our one hundred and twenty fifth anniversary. To mark this occasion we are holding two events at Oak Hill College. From lunchtime, there is a half-day conference for students and health professionals to find out some of the ways in which they could be involved with mission. There will be a range of speakers, including Eldryd Parry of THET, speaking on the current health needs of the developing world, Marion Knell on taking families overseas, Andrew Ferguson on the professional issues facing those working abroad, plus many others. There will also be exhibitions from Christian mission and aid agencies, and opportunities to meet with others working in the field, all making this an essential event for anyone interested in Christian healthcare mission.

Celebrating 125 years of MMA HealthServe
There will also be a service in the evening celebrating 125 years of MMA HealthServe. Please do join us as we remember God’s work over the past century and a quarter through the many medical men and women of God who have served in overseas mission. Bill Gould, formerly of InterServe in Nepal, will be preaching.

Registration for the day costs £5 (free to students, unwaged or overseas workers), and covers a buffet lunch and refreshments.

Anniversary Appeal
In the coming twelve months, regardless of any administrative changes, we are aiming to increase the amount of support we give to mobilising health professionals to serve in the areas of greatest need worldwide. Although we are planning to merge with CMF, most of these areas of work are ones that we already undertake jointly with CMF, and will continue regardless of the process of merger.

To this end, we have launched an appeal to raise £50,000 in the next year. This money will be used thus:

Student Grants
(£25,000)
We aim to provide 125 grants to enable healthcare students serve Christ overseas: Many will go on to work in the developing world long-term as a direct result of their experience.

Postgraduate Grants
(£9,000)
As part of our work we seek to give study grants to Christian healthcare professionals working in overseas mission enabling them to be more effective in their work. This is vital in keeping highly skilled workers equipped and motivated to work in the mission field long-term.

Healthserve Pages
(£7,500)
Tracking down information related to healthcare and medical mission can be difficult, especially whilst overseas. The HealthServe Pages meets that need, both as a physical book, and as a searchable database on our website.

Student Training Days
(£4,000)
A full days training to motivate and equip healthcare students for world mission. Run with CMF, TSCF, CSNM and CDF, these training days are specifically focused on how to prepare for and make the most of an overseas elective.

Developing Health CDROM
(£3,250)
This developing world focused CD-ROM will meet the training needs of healthcare workers where quality teaching resources are limited. This is based on the course contents of the Residential Refresher Course.

Refresher Course
(£1,250)
Our annual Refresher Course, run with CMF, trains and prepares 30 healthcare professionals to work in the developing world as Christian healthcare missionaries.



We hope to raise this money from charitable trusts and the gifts of individual supporters. Thanks to the support of many individuals and churches, we have raised nearly £3,000 towards supporting student elective grants, and have received £4,500 towards the total from several trusts. We still have some way to go. Please prayerfully consider whether you can give towards our vision to serve and release yet more Christian health professionals into missionary work around the world.

For example - £5 will pay for one copy of the HealthServe Pages or two copies of the Developing Health CD-ROM to go to a missionary overseas. £10 will cover the cost of a student attending an Elective training day, £30 will pay for a health professional to attend one day of the Refresher Course, and £100 will cover nearly half a grant to a student going on an elective.

For more information on ways to give to the work of MMA Healthserve, click here.