City of Grace has been involved in HIV/AIDS ministry for more than three years in Malawi.  Along with our Malawian partners (Somebody Cares and Visionledd) and a number of churches in Canada and the United States, we are now working alongside 1,200 pastors in 33 communities in the rural, peri-urban and urban areas around Lilongwe (the capital city).  Our ministry together with our North American and Malawian partners includes caring for over 7,000 orphans and vulnerable children, drilling wells, building feeding centers and community childcare centers, establishing community gardens, doing HIV/AIDS prevention work with youth and children, helping hundreds of widows with income generating activities, leading AIDS support groups and training pastors and traditional leaders.  God is at work in some amazing ways, and we are excited to see how hope and vision is building in the communities that we are able to be involved in. Jesus and the church truly are the hope of individuals, families, communities and nations!

City of Grace was connected to our ministry partners in Malawi by Churches Together more than three years ago.  Not only was a connection made for us, but even before our initial Vision Trip to Malawi, CT helped us with advice and counsel.  As we have participated in CT meetings over the past years, we have been able to learn from some of the other churches involved in HIV/AIDS ministry, compare challenges and victories and become more effective partners here in North America as well as in Malawi.

If you are a church interested in following Christ’s command to minister to those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa, I would encourage you to contact Churches Together and discover how they can get you on the way to impacting the world in a significant way.

Karl Mueller