MINISTRY

The Ministry Team is led by Michael and Ann Elliott. each year they work with pastors, church leaders, and local congregations to strengthen and encourage them in their personal lives and in their ministries. The team hosts community-wide worship services; Schools of Ministry providing training for pastors and church leaders; marriage and family conferences; and men’s and women’s programs. 

MEDICAL

Working with local doctors, our medical team conducts free medical clinics; provides assistance to local physicians; works with local hospitals; provides medical care to remote villages; and provides medical care to our missionaries, as well as, pastors and church leaders.

CHILDREN and YOUTH

The Children and Youth Team is led by Tiffany Walker. The goal of this team is to teach valuable life lessons that will develop the character of the children. This team uses a variety of activities to reach out to the children and youth of the community. The team incorporates sports, games, illustrated teaching, music, clowns, and puppets in their ministry outreach.

CONSTRUCTION

The construction team performs minor repairs for the local churches and hospital. Whether repairing the plumbing, addressing electrical problems, painting rooms at the local hospital, or building chicken farms in the local community, this team is having a positive impact in the communities in which they are working.

CHILDREN’S SHOES

The Shoe Project Team is led by Tiffany Walker. The need for shoes, especially among the children in the villages, is staggering. Working with local church leaders, and leaders from the local government, the team distributes thousands of pairs of shoes each year to needy children in communities and villages. Our team also distributes bars of soap, toothbrushes, hairbows, bracelets, necklaces, and candy to the children in the villages.

CLEAN WATER

The water filtration project is led by Randy Kunkel. Clean drinking water is greatly needed, especially in the villages. Water sources are not safe to drink and are often shared with livestock. As a result of not having access to clean water, there is a negative impact the health of the people. Our team sets up water filtration systems in schools, churches, and remote villages. Each filter, when properly cared for, will last approximately ten years and will produce over one million gallons of 99.9 % clean water. We can see the dramatic changes in the health of the people living in the region as a result of access to clean water.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Touching Africa Ministries has distributed school supplies for approximately 1,500 students in villages near the community of Gilgel Beles. We have distributed school supplies for hundreds of students from villages surrounding the community of Meki. We are helping the teachers with teaching aids and supplies, as well as, providing chalk boards for their classrooms. We have also installed water filtration systems in each school to provide clean drinking water for students and teachers.

FEDRAL PRISON

Touching Africa Ministries assigned one of our missionaries to work in the community where the federal prison is located. The prison houses 700 inmates which includes seven women and two children. The prison warden has given us great favor allowing us to share the gospel with the entire prison population, guards included. Each year, our team provides Bibles for the church within the prison led by one of the guards. We also provide  school supplies for the prisoners continuing their education, soap, tooth brushes, sports equipment, toys for the children and feminine products for their mothers who are serving time in the prison.

National Directors Engida and Kebene, host a television show on MO’AA TV called Maaddii Maatii, which focuses on issues related to marriage and family. The show airs three times a week and can be seen across Ethiopia, in America, Canada, and throughout the Middle East.

MARRIAGE and FAMILY CONFERENCES 

National Directors Engida and Kebene, host Marriage and Family conferences in churches across Ethiopia. In addition to addressing issues related to building and nurturing healthy marriages and family life, Engida and Kebene host training programs for children and youth teaching them about their responsibility in building healthy family relationships. They also host conferences addressing topics designed to help those who are preparing to enter the covenant of marriage.

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH

In 2022, Touching Africa Ministries planted Grace Bible Church in an unreached area of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Grace Bible Church will serve as Touching Africa Ministries’ home church. There will be a strong emphasis on missions both in training, sending, and supporting missionaries. Kebene, will serve as the lead pastor of the church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and the overseer of the network of Grace Bible Churches planted by TAM’s missionaries.

CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL PROJECT

Education is one of the most important keys to overcoming the cycle of poverty and laying a solid foundation for success in life. We have selected 32 children who come from extremely poor families and some are living with family or friends because they have been orphaned or abandoned. The children who have been chosen to  participate in our program have never had the opportunity to attend school due to their impoverished circumstances. This pilot program is located in Addis Ababa and is the prototype for the Children’s Educational Projects we plan to implement in communities where we are working.

How It Works
Touching Africa Ministries will provide each child with a full public school scholarship which includes: school fees; school uniforms; shoes; medical care and school supplies. The children are expected to attend a Saturday morning program where they will be taught English, character development, Bible lessons, health and nutrition. The program will conclude with a nutritious meal.

Child Sponsorship
You can sponsor a child for only $25 per month or $300 per year.

MISSIONARIES ~ CLAIMING THE BORDERS  

We have 53 missionaries and over 500 emerging leaders working along the border of South Sudan in the Metekel Zone. We are told that there are approximately nine million people living along this border region who have never heard the story of Christianity. The people are pagans who worship nature; involved in witchcraft; or they are Muslim. Our missionaries are finding that these people are very open to Christianity. To date, our missionaries have planted 2,025 churches in this region.

In 2023 we opened a new region near Meki, which is in located in south-central Ethiopia. Meki is in the East Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region. We have eight missionaries assigned to this new region. To date they have planted eight new churches in this region.

Missionary Sponsorship
Sponsor a missionary for $100 a month or $1200 per year

SCHOOLS OF MINISTRY

Touching Africa Ministries hosts a bi-annual School of Ministry in Addis Ababa providing training, and encouragement for pastors and church leaders. The conference affords opportunities for participants to study God’s Word together, fellowship with their ministry peers, and to pray together for the work of ministry in capital city of Addis Ababa. 

Touching Africa Ministries hosts a bi-annual School of Ministry in Meki providing training, and encouragement for pastors and church leaders. The conference affords opportunities for participants to study God’s Word together, fellowship with their ministry peers, and to pray together for the work of ministry in the East Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region. 

Touching Africa Ministries hosts a bi-annual School of Ministry in Dembi Dolo providing training, and encouragement for pastors and church leaders. The conference affords opportunities for participants to study God’s Word together, fellowship with their ministry peers, and to pray together for the work of ministry in the greater Dembi Dolo region.