As a church that was founded more than a century ago, MAB has a long history of sending missionaries and Christian workers overseas.
In that time, more than 100 people have gone overseas from our church, to work in 25 different countries around Asia, Africa and the Pacific. Some have been on short term missions, while others have worked overseas for up to 30 years.
We now partner with a number of missionaries who work in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, providing prayer and encouragement and, for some, financial support.
In the same way, we also support the Baptist Mission Fellowship (BMF), an organisation that supports the NZ Baptist missionary Society.
Over the past several years, MAB has sent teams on short term missions to hill tribe villages in Northern Thailand and now supports four teachers (more on Project Thailand and La Mai Coffee below).
We encourage you to find out more about Global Missions – whether it’s financially supporting missionaries, keeping up to date through the Global Missions News website, or going overseas.
There are many exciting opportunities to participate in both long and short term missions around the world with different organisations.
To find out more, or sign up for the latest news, the Global Missions team would love to hear from you. Please contact missions@mabc.org.nz.
MAB is helping to fundraise for four teachers’ salaries in remote hill tribe villages in Thailand.
About four years ago, we partnered with other churches and Bright Hope World to help Thai village farmers affected by poverty in a remote part of northeast Thailand.
Since then, we’ve sent teams of people on a series of short-term trips to the Thai village Krey Mo Kee, to build toilets and a school building and conduct medical clinics.
We continue to support this village and others in the region with fundraising that goes towards teachers’ salaries.
Read more about MAB’s time in Krey Mo Kee.
We love coffee, especially when it helps to provide Thai village farmers with much needed income.
After our Sunday services, we serve La Mai Coffee at the barista cart. The coffee is grown in northeast Thailand in a rugged, mountainous area commonly known as the golden triangle.
La Mai coffee is bought for a fair trade price, and is helping farmers switch from growing opium to coffee beans.
Also, any additional profit goes to a charity called Rahab Ministries which rescues women from Thailand’s red light districts.
