Overview

From 1985 to 2002, Tenth Man, the church facility-building program of Mennonite Men in cooperation with one of our predecessor agencies, the Commission on Home Ministries (General Conference Mennonite Church), provided grants of nearly $1 million to support the construction of more than 40 church buildings in Canada, the United States or overseas. Now operating under the name JoinHands, the program invites individuals and groups to contribute regularly in order to provide grants to congregations seeking to build their first church meeting house. Most grants go to urban, racial/ethnic congregations, and since 1999 a tithe of all grants is set aside to help build church facilities overseas. Although grants primarily are for buildings, in special cases grants may cover seed money for a land purchase.

Mennonite Mission Network participates in this initiative through participating in connection with congregations both inside and outside the United States. Mission Network personnel make recommendations regarding the applications of international congregations, and participate in the final processing of overseas grant requests. They also receive, research, seek counsel for and recommend U.S. congregations for grants.

Partners

• Mennonite Church Canada Witness
• Mennonite Men