Our aim is to follow the example Jesus set and provide support to those in need through the provision of healthcare services. We do this by working with partners around the world who are doing this in health-resource poor places and sharing the Good News of God's saving grace through God’s people in their local communities.
Whilst our purpose remains the same as it always has been, it has been exciting to see how God has been working through MMN over the last few years as we continue to support those involved in medical mission. The way that we serve our partners and supporters has constantly changed as the world around has changed and this continues to be the case.
We want our name to clearly represent what we do. After much deliberation and prayer, we are changing our name to Medical Mission Network as we believe this captures the essence of who we are, what we do and where we are heading.
Medical and Mission sum up what we have always done and what we want to continue doing. We want both to be evident in the work that anyone we connect with is doing. It is not just medical and not just mission, it needs to be medical mission.
In the beginning we supported individual medical missionaries who were sent to many parts of the world and established mission hospitals. Over time this approach has changed and now our focus is on working with local Christian organisations who are wanting to share the Gospel through the provision of healthcare services, education and training. The small change is to now be Mission rather than Missionary as we now primarily support projects rather than individual missionaries.
For many years we helped many mission hospitals and clinics by sending out the goods that they needed through container shipments. Now many of these goods can be sourced locally much more economically, so our focus is to support them financially through grants. We are now sending far fewer containers than we used to due to the reduced demand, receiving far fewer donated goods and the increasing cost and bureaucracy. As a result, we have decided that the warehouse will close at the end of this year and we will organise shipments in a different way.
The one thing that has remained constant through all of this is that the most important way we can support medical mission is through prayer. We provide a network for our mission partners to communicate what God is doing through them so that you can pray more effectively. We share these stories and prayer needs in this magazine and through email, social media and apps like PrayerMate with the aim of mobilising a network of faithful prayer partners like you.
When we pray, God often prompts us to give to support the work of medical mission and we provide a safe and secure way to do this.
Over the last few years we have expanded into other areas where we can serve medical mission through connecting partners who have specific needs with those who might be able to help them. We have worked with partners to inspire medical students to experience working in a mission context overseas and have supported them financially through our elective bursary scheme.
We want to develop this further so that we can provide a resource base for medical mission that can connect Christian medics with mission organisations/training providers; provide materials to support these medics as they think about medical mission and how they can prepare themselves for it; connect partners who have specific needs with those who might be able to help them. Therefore, we believe Network is a better name for us as it gives us scope to develop in whatever ways God opens up for us in the future.
We are excited to see what opportunities God opens up for us to serve those involved in making Jesus Christ known through the provision of healthcare. We look forward to continuing with you on this journey as you pray for and give to our partners and the ministry of MMN as we seek together to serve Him to extend His kingdom and see many lives transformed.
We remain committed to supporting those in Zambia and Angola with shipping vital supplies to them. One thing that will change is that we are streamlining the way we do this as the warehouse will close at the end of the year. If you send us goods to ship then we will be in touch within the next week to give your more details of what these changes are.
We are excited to see what opportunities God opens up for us to serve those involved in making Jesus Christ known through the provision of healthcare. We look forward to continuing with you on this journey as you pray for and give to our partners and the ministry of MMN as we seek together to serve Him to extend His kingdom and see many lives transformed. Look out for the new visual identity that will be coming out shortly (sneak preview in the video) that will reflect the change of name and the way we believe God is leading us in this ministry.
Charity details - the charity number, website, email addresses and postal address all remain the same with no change.
Donations - our bank details will remain the same so that will not affect any donations that are made whichever method you choose to donate. If you donate by cheque it would be helpful to use Medical Mission Network or MMN as the payee.
Legacies - if you have kindly included us as a beneficiary in your will then, if it is not too much trouble or cost, it would be good to ensure you have the correct name, Medical Mission Network, and charity number, 1200235, as that will make it easier for your executors as otherwise it may take them longer to connect with us. To reassure you, the legacy will not be invalidated if you are not able to do this.
Donated goods - the lease on our warehouse is running out shortly and we have taken the decision to streamline how we run the shipping operation. From 1st January 2026 we will no longer be able to receive goods at our current warehouse facility. We remain committed to supporting our partners in Zambia with the shipping of goods so we are setting up alternative arrangements with other organisations to do this.
New process for donated goods (including glasses) – we will have a new process that will come into effect from 1st September 2025 to handle donations of specific goods that are still needed to be shipped. This will help us all to put the right processes in place before we will not be able to receive any goods directly. For those of you who send us goods for Zambia and/or Moldova we will be in touch with you to outline what this process will be. If you do not receive this then please get in touch and we will make sure you do.
Stamps – will remain the same and we will continue to receive any stamp collections or used stamps.
New visual identity - our new look will be launched in the coming days that will reflect the change of name and the way we believe God is leading us in this ministry.
We are hosting a number of drop-in sessions on Zoom over the next few weeks where we can explain how God is leading us in more detail and give you opportunity to ask any questions that you may have to give you a better understanding of our direction of travel.
Drop in Zoom sessions to hear more about how God is leading us in more detail and give you opportunity to ask any questions that you may have to give you a better understanding of what is happening.
Wednesday 25th June – 7.30pm
Thursday 26th June – 7.30pm
Friday 27th June – 10.00am
Wednesday 2nd July – 2.30pm
Monday 7th July – 10.00am
Thursday 10th July – 2.30am
Tuesday 15th July – 7.30pm
The Zoom details will be the same for each session:
Meeting ID: 897 252 5712
Passcode: 881078
