MedSend to the World Grant Recipients This year, the voices of MedSend to the World Grant Recipients reminded us why this mission matters. Doctors serving in the world’s hardest-to-reach places are bringing life-saving care and the love of Christ to those who need it most. These are the voices that inspire us. Longevity Project Participants Serving […]
Artwork by E, age 10 See The Mission Field Through Their Eyes These drawings were made by the children of MedSend Grant Recipients—kids growing up in remote corners of the world while their parents bring healing and the love of Christ to those who need it most. When you give to MedSend, you’re not only […]
Guest Post by MedSend-supported doctor Viral Hemorrahagic Fever Has Come to Ethiopia It has been a truly stressful season in Ethiopia. We were coming off a stretch of hosting many visitors and the normal pressure of busy hospital work, when on November 11 my house worker informed me that her neighbor had died suddenly. He was […]
There are places in the world where the gospel cannot be preached openly, where no missionary visas will ever be granted, and where millions live without even basic medical care. Yet in these same places, God is at work—reaching the unreached through healthcare. More than 3.1 billion people remain unreached by the gospel. At the […]
Guest Post By MedSend-supported psychologist Dr. Eveylen Badillo Cordero On January 11, 2025, I had the opportunity to lead a group of 33 volunteers from Catacumba Church in Aguadilla, PR, along with three community leaders, and conducted an evangelistic feeding outreach in La Vía, an impoverished area in their town. La Vía is a hillside community […]
In rural Uganda, babies are born into overwhelming odds. But thanks to MedSend support, nurse Kacie Forrest is standing in the gap offering life-saving care in moments where every second matters. Kacie works in Bundibugyo General Hospital’s NICU and maternity wards. There, she sees God’s love in action every day. One of the most unforgettable […]
When Dr. Franka Aguko was just a schoolgirl, she helped care for her mother after surgery. Cleaning wounds and dressing bandages sparked something deep inside her—a call to medicine. But it was a moment years later, during her undergraduate studies, that truly changed everything. A woman in severe pain came to the hospital needing […]
Guest Post by MedSend-supported RN, Caitlin Lawrence, serving in Bolivia “Can you hear me now?” I felt like the old Verizon commercial where the guy keeps asking if the person on the other end of the line can hear him. The little boy sitting in front of me quickly whipped his head around and started […]
How the National Scholars Program Empowers Doctors Like Faith Lelei “To me, providing healthcare without spiritual care is incomplete,” says Dr. Faith Lelei. “That is one of the reasons I love working with MedSend—because of the realization that healthcare is a platform to share the love of Christ.” Faith’s journey began with a simple but […]
In the heart of Malawi, MedSend-supported doctor Christina Miller is proving that sustainable change happens when training local leaders to serve their own communities. After giving a talk in a rural village on preventing childhood illnesses, Christina was met with a challenge: “That’s a great talk, but what are you going to do for […]
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.
