Barbara Stark Baxter, MD made a call in 1983 to the Dallas County (TX) Medical Society (DCMS) to ask about physician volunteer opportunities in Dallas. The director of DCMS had never had such an inquiry. He referred Dr. Baxter to Los Barrios Unidos, a clinic in the West Dallas Barrio. Unfortunately, administrators at the clinic feared that having a volunteer physician would jeopardize their...
Medical Ministry International has been working for over 47 years to seek out the poor and provide them hope for the future. Our Programs have led to us to over 70 countries around the world and over time our focus has moved from just providing care, to now providing care while being intentional to build capacity for the future. We seek to come alongside...
Love, not just any love, but a love that is never ending. This week there are followers of Jesus that will gather together to honor the sacrifice that changed our lives forever. There are many distractions in life that have sought to dilute the message or change its meaning all together. This will never happen, why? Jesus lives inside all of us who believe....
Over the last few days, we once again are seeing mother nature reaping havoc on the world. Cyclone Pam has struck the island of Vanuatu and some of the poorest of the poor are left with nothing. Medical Ministry International has been working with an informal partner in Vanuatu determining how MMI and our network of facilities and programs can help the efforts to...
My Assistant, Rachel is a very kind and considerate lady. She has such a passion to help people and she also is regularly worried about those around her. She shared with me recently one of her daily readings that I thought was so appropriate for those of us working in ministry and continually worrying about all that is going on throughout our team. 27...
The concept of being a “missionary” continues to be a confusing subject to some. There are those that believe a missionary is one who sacrifices their gifts and moves to an area of need to help the less fortunate. Others believe it is a part of the Great Commission to seek out and win people to Christ. The answer is left to the individual...
We spend a lot of our time trying to live each day, handle issues at work, and also the challenges at home. We become so engrossed in all of these activities that sometimes we forget to take a step back and realize all that is really going on around us. The most important aspect to taking this step back is to see how God...
Many people over the years have come to know Medical Ministry International by going on a medical brigade to serve the poor for a couple of weeks. Short-term trips were the founding component for the ministry, but today MMI is so much more. What may be overlooked is the expansive number of MMI Health Centers and Training Programs that the ministry uses to develop...
The last few years the Medical Ministry International Team has been working to build on the success of the past, but also establish the foundation that will allow the ministry to thrive for another 45 years. This is not an easy process and one that comes with many challenges along the way. We have been blessed to assemble a team of outstanding people of...
Over the last week we have been excited to announce that Medical Ministry International has expanded to Holland and to Canada. This combined with our National Office in the United States has provided 3 National Offices in support of the International Ministry that is headquartered in Texas, USA. We are very excited about this expansion of visibility, coordination, and partnership to serve the poorest...