At Tenwek Hospital in Kenya, Dr. Lydiah Ngigi recently described caring for a critically ill child whose family had traveled all the way from Tanzania seeking help. “They do not have money,” she explained. “They do not have any insurance at the moment, and you can see that the child is really sick.” Those moments are why […]
After 60 Minutes, They Stopped In a rural operating room in Papua New Guinea, a 45-year-old woman — we’ll call her L — went into sudden cardiac arrest following surgery for early cervical cancer. Her heart slipped into ventricular fibrillation. The team shocked her five times. They administered medications. They searched for reversible causes. For […]
Grace Macharia remembers what it felt like to be the patient. “As a child, I was in and out of hospitals… I saw the frustration my parents were having to go through.” That experience shaped her future. By secondary school, Grace had made a decision to become a doctor. Today, Grace is one of MedSend’s National Scholars in Kenya, training in her fourth […]
When the Rains Come, the Work Doesn’t Stop In Sierra Leone, the rainy season makes travel harder, clinics busier, and outreach more complex. Yet this is exactly where MedSend-supported physician Dr. Geoffrey Moses continues to serve, integrating health and discipleship in Sierra Leone in ways that reach both body and soul. In a country where maternal mortality remains among the highest in the world […]
The MedSend National Scholars Program is helping train doctors across Africa to serve in places where healthcare is urgently needed. On a recent trip to Kenya, we had the opportunity to visit Kabarak University and record an interview with Dr. Belyse Arakaza, a graduate of the program currently working at AIC Kijabe Hospital in Kenya, whose story reflects both resilience […]
One month after its release, Surrendered Heart: How God’s Calling Shapes Relationships continues to resonate with readers who are navigating calling, service, and the relational realities of global healthcare missions. Written by MedSend CEO Rick Allen, Surrendered Heart was created to address a gap many healthcare missionaries and supporters quietly feel. While much is written about the logistics of missions, fewer resources speak […]
When you meet one of our National Scholars in Cambodia, you quickly understand why this program matters so deeply. Dr. Rothavi’s story begins long before she ever put on a white coat—long before she knew her dream would be possible. Dr. Rothavi grew up wanting to become a doctor, but her family’s financial challenges made […]
“If it’s time for her to go, I trust You. But please, if I can, I want to keep her.” Rebecca Mallay whispered that prayer on the cold floor of a hospital bathroom as her infant daughter fought for her life. Years later, she and her husband, Seth, would cling to the same surrendered trust as they walked […]
Christian medical missions are often focused around a patient in need—but sometimes they begin with a question that refuses to fade. For MedSend-supported surgeon Dr. Suja Brane, that question came in the middle of exhaustion, full clinics, and very real limits. Suja serves in Senegal with the backing of MedSend, which helps make it possible for healthcare […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 6, 2026 RICK ALLEN RELEASES NEW BOOK Surrendered Heart: How God’s Calling Shapes Relationships — A Bold Look at the Hidden Challenges of Global Healthcare Missions FORT MILL, SC — On January 13, 2026, author and MedSend CEO Rick Allen will release his newest book, Surrendered Heart: How God’s Calling Shapes Relationships, a powerful collection of missionary […]
Our predecessors faithfully built institutions that have served for generations. Our challenge is different. We have inherited those institutions into a world they could scarcely have imagined. Population growth, urbanization, changing disease patterns, financial pressures, conflict, climate shocks, and technological change are reshaping healthcare across low- and middle-income countries.
Drawing on new data about the Christian health ecosystem, strategic consultations with global and African Christian health leaders, and field experience across Africa and Asia, this session explores what it will take for Christian health ministries to flourish by 2040.
Together we’ll imagine what it will take for Christian health ministries to flourish by 2040, strengthening resilient institutions, cultivating exceptional local leadership, and mobilizing a broader range of Christian expertise from medicine and nursing to governance, education, engineering, finance, data science, and technology.
How can Christian health ministries become indispensable partners in building resilient health systems that reflect the compassion and hope of Christ? The legacy of the next generation of medical missions will be measured not only by the number of missionaries sent, but by the resilience, flourishing, and Christ-centered witness of systems they strengthen.
