Non-profit mission and relief organization with around 300 projects in church development, child welfare, medicine, education and humanitarian aid.
EBM INTERNATIONAL K.d.ö.R.
Wustermark (Elstal district)New on Amplifa
About EBM INTERNATIONAL
EBM INTERNATIONAL is a non-profit mission and relief organization headquartered in Wustermark-Elstal (Brandenburg). Founded in 1954 as the European Baptist Mission, the organization works with 30 Baptist member unions and partners on four continents and implements around 300 projects with an annual budget of approximately 4.5 million euros. The five areas of work are church development, support for endangered children, medical care, competence and education promotion, as well as humanitarian aid and disaster relief; more than 100 staff members are engaged in the projects worldwide. Focus countries are in Latin America (including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Peru), Africa (including Cameroon, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic) as well as India, Portugal and Turkey. The mission office in Elstal employs nine full-time staff; four regional representatives work in the project regions. Since 2019, the organization has been a public-law corporation of the state of Brandenburg.
- Site
- Wustermark
- Processes
- Church development, Support for endangered children, Medical care, Competence and education promotion, Humanitarian aid and disaster relief, Voluntary service
- Founded
- 1954
- Employees
- 13 (11.45 FTE)
- Industries
- Non-profit mission and relief organization
Location
Wustermark (Elstal district)
DEMission office / headquarters
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1954
Founding of the European Baptist Mission (EBM) in Zurich by German, French and Swiss Baptists; head office initially in Bad Homburg; initial focus of work in Africa, especially Cameroon
- 1969
Founding of MASA (Missionary Actions in South America) by Pastor Horst Borkowski
- 1979
MASA becomes part of the EBM
- 1997
Relocation of the head office to Wustermark-Elstal
- 2009
Integration of the Hans-Herter India Aid; renaming to EBM INTERNATIONAL
- 2011
Start of work in Turkey with the missionaries Ertan and Marlene Cevik
- 2019
Granting of the rights of a public-law corporation by the state of Brandenburg; new constitution adopted in Bülach/Switzerland