Global Mission releases list of grants made to international partners in 2021

Global Mission co-executives Eric Miller and Ruoxia Li have announced the grants their office distributed to international partners last year, in 2021. Close to $700,000 was distributed, made possible through donations to the mission work of the Church of the Brethren denomination. Norm and Carol Spicher Waggy, who previously served as interim directors of Global Mission, contributed to the work of identifying grant recipients.

The grants represent financial support from Global Mission and partner groups to the administrative budgets of emerging Churches of the Brethren in a variety of countries, as well as efforts such as church building and health care, among others.

Significant financial support for the grants came from Brethren World Mission and the Brethren Mission Fund. The Royer Foundation contributed a significant amount for the Haiti Medical Project, and Paul and Sandy Brubaker did work to raise funds for that project. The Global Mission office also received and distributed funds on behalf of the Global Women’s Project.

These amounts do not include grants from the Global Food Initiative (GFI) or from the Emergency Disaster Fund (EDF) as directed by Brethren Disaster Ministries staff.

The 2021 grants distributed by Global Mission, listed alphabetically by country:

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): $10,000 in financial support to the administrative budget of the Church of the Brethren in the DRC.

Dominican Republic (DR): $22,000 in financial support to the administrative budget of the Church of the Brethren in the DR, including some expenses for meetings and travel.

Haiti: A total of $478,131 includes grants to the Haiti Medical Project, $80,000 for the purchase of property for the Delmas Church, and $35,000 for the church basement/building in Saut‐Mathurine.