Y-Malawi? is a groundbreaking model for partnership between a growing number of churches in the US and frontline Christian organizations in Malawi. Together they provide community-wide, sustainable development and transformation in the areas of water and food security, healthcare, education, evangelism & discipleship, leadership development, youth programs, and economic development. Y-Malawi’s mission is to create and implement a replicable mission model which mobilizes churches and engages them to come alongside existing ministries and communities in Malawi to empower life-changing spiritual and tangible transformation within both groups.
FaithQuest Missions is serving as a Y-Malawi Partner in the USA, helping to make connections with people and their churches in the USA and the front-line work in Africa. We organize Vision Trips for churches exploring Y-Malawi as an option for their church and help existing Y-Malawi churches organize their own Serving Trips and events in their churches. We also help the American churches from many denominations to unite as one and work together including quarterly gatherings in several geographic regions here in the USA. In addition to FaithQuest on this side, their are 5 Malawian-based ministry partners:
- World Vision Malawi – As one of Y-Malawi’s key partners, World
Vision Malawi provides community infrastructure, including field personnel and ground support necessary to implement the World Vision and Y-Malawi programs. Operating in Malawi for more than 25 years, they have more than 45 large scale, community based Area Development Programs throughout the nation. - Opportunity International Bank Malawi – Opportunity International provides micro-finance loans, savings, insurance, and investments for over 2 million people working their way out of poverty in the developing In Malawi, Opportunity launched a bank to serve people living in poverty, and partners with Y-Malawi. To reach remote communities, Opportunity uses mobile bank vehicles, ATMs and point-of-sale (POS) devices in local businesses. This allows people to access services right in their own villages, saving the time and cost of travel. Opportunity also offers biometric fingerprint identification on an ID card, keeping a client’s savings secure. Opportunity Malawi clients’ deposits are funding loans in their own communities and stimulating their local economy.
- Fishers Trainers Senders - FTS is a dynamic Malawi-based evangelism and discipleship ministry. Through front-line outreach into village areas they bring the life-changing gospel of Jesus Christ and also locate the young spiritual and community leaders of tomorrow. Their discipleship and leadership development program trains and sends this generation to reach into the communities and have an impact on the generations to come with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
- Evangelical Association of Malawi – Chief’s Ministry – Chief’s Ministry, part of the nationwide Evangelical Association of Malawi reaches out the the hereditary Chiefs and Traditional Leaders of Malawi, leading them toward faith in Jesus Christ and in training them to be godly and wide leaders in their communities. Through village outreaches, regional gatherings, small group sessions, and direct one-on-one training, chiefs are reached for Christ, discipled, and coached. Training covers things like godly leadership principles, countering harmful cultural and ritualistic practices, HIV/AIDS, community health, and marriage and family matters
- Nkhoma Synod – Hospital and Youth Department - The CCAP Nkhoma Synod is the Presbyterian Church in central Malawi, by far the largest denomination and the leader in various vital Christian ministries. Y-Malawi partners with the Nkhoma Hospital for addressing the medical needs in focus areas in Malawi. Churches in the US work through the hospital to facilitate church teams serving in short and long term missions in the Y-Malawi Program Areas. The Nkhoma Youth Department reaches more than 1 million youth that are part of the church in central Malawi. These young people are the next generation, so reaching them for Christ and helping to grow them into healthy, educated, godly leaders is vital to Malawi’s future.
See much more on the Y-Malawi.Org website
Malawi mission trip alumni and and others are found on the Y-Malawi Network website
Inquiries of all types for Y-Malawi can be sent to Info@FaithQuestMissions.org
