What has the FUM Africa Ministries Office accomplished since it was founded in 2005? Where is it headed next?

1. FUMAfrica
Ministries?
Where have we
been?
Whereare we
called to go?

2. Part I
Some of the key successes ofthe
Africa Ministries Office
from its founding to the present

3. The Africa
Ministries Office
wascreated in
2005, guided by
the FUM Purpose
Statement and
Four Priorities

4. FUM’s Purpose Statement:
Friends United Meeting commitsitself to energize
and equip Friends through the power of the Holy
Spirit to gather people into fellowships whereJesus
Christ is known,loved and obeyed as Teacher and
Lord.

5. FUM’s Priorities (worldwide):
Evangelism
Leadership Development
Communication
Global Partnership

6. John
Muhanji
was hired as
AMO
Director

7. TheGrace
family arrived in
Kenya toserve
as AMO Field
Staff

8. The AMO wasformallylaunched in March 2005
in Kisumu.

9. The first task ofthe newAMO staff wasto visit
everyYearlyMeeting and hear their hopes for
what the AMO could be.

10. The General Superintendents became united and
organized exchange programme for themselves.

11. A Kenyan mission team built a church and
school in Uganda.

12. FUM took over management of Kaimosi Hospital, put
on anew roof.

13. A team traveled to Burundito represent FUM at the
Evangelical Friends pastors conference.

14. A grant fromASHA/USAid upgraded equipment at
Lugulu Hospital.

15. FUMhelped reconcile the factions of Uganda
YearlyMeeting

16. A borehole wasdug at Katapokori in Turkana

17. IDPs on Mt Elgon received relief from Friends in
April 2007.

18. FUM helped host the World Gathering of Young
Friends in Mombasa.

19. TheEast African
Faith & Practice
book was
translated to
Kiswahili.

20. Samburu Mission became a fully Samburu-led
effort.

21. The wholeFUM General Board met in Kakamega in
February 2007

22. A Church planting movement has begun on Mt
Elgon.

23. FTC has built stronger partnerships with the Yearly
Meetings

24. Post-
election
violence led
to the
creation of
FCPT

25. TheNational
Education Secretary
worked for twoyears
to assist Quaker
Schools and YM
Education Secretaries

26. Girls in Turkana and Samburu havebeen
sponsored to attend secondary school

27. A Peace
Curriculum was
developed for
Quaker primary
and secondary
schools.

28. FUMstood
with
Tanzania
YMin
recon-
ciliation and
renewal

29. A new Quakermovement has emerged in Kyela
Tanzania

30. A new workis starting with the Toposa people in
South Sudan

31. TheLeadership
Develop-ment
Programme
trains Friends in
servant
leadership

32. Lindi School built a storeywith funds from
Western YM (USA)

33. Biosand water filtersmake safe water available
to everyone.

34. Manyvolun-
teers have
come for
short and
longer term
service.

35. ManyAfricans have participated in international
conferences

36. Kaimosi Hospital was handed over to the
National Council of Churches of Kenya to be
rebranded as a “Jumuia” Hospital

37. The SEEDS project is investing for long-term
financial sustainability.

38. Part II
Whydoes the AMO exist
(in 13 points)?

39. 1. to promote and strengthen Quakerism in Africa, to
seegrowth (numerically and spiritually)

40. 2. to unite African
Friends to work
together as a
team

41. 3. to support the
development of a
healthy model of
leadership among
African Friends

42. 4. to build fellowship,
sharedidentity and
mutual accountability
among AfricanFriends
through effective
communication

43. 5. to mobilize African Friends to “go into all the
world”in mission (to see themselves as a sending
churchrather than a missionfield)

44. 6. to facilitate healthy relationships between African
Friends and Friends in other parts of theworld

45. 7. to preserve and promote thedistinctive Quaker
faith and spirituality within the African context

46. 8. to support the project partners in best
practices in governance,finance, administration
and programme planning

47. 9. to encourageFriends to channel funds to African
projects through strong systems of integrity and
accountability

48. 10. to strengthen the distinctives of Quaker
education in the Friends-sponsored schools

49. 11. to promote aholistic
approach to missionpractice,
serving the needs of the
wholeperson and the whole
community, and prioritizing
the marginalized in our
analysis and action

50. 12. to collaborate with other Friends and
Christian organizations on shared priorities
Young Quakers
Christian Association
Quaker Peace Network – Africa

51. 13. to develop
African
funding
sources for
Friends work

52. These13 points reflectour sense of God’swill for
FUM Africa Ministries.
Are you called to join in this work?

53. Contact for more information:
Eden Grace,Global Ministries
edeng@fum.org
+1 765-962-7573
John Muhanji, AMO Director
johnm@fum.org
+254735601707