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French and Swiss Mennonite missionaries began work in Chad in the early 1950s under the Europäisches Mennonitisches Evangelisationskomitee (EMEK; European Mennonite Evangelization Committee) and Sudan United Mission (SUM). They work with the Église Evangélique au Tchad (Evangelical Church of Chad) in cooperation with three other, non-Mennonite, mission boards. Mennonite missionaries have taught Bible and theology; taught high school courses; and have worked as medical personnel, Bible translators, evangelists, and maintenance personnel. In 1986 EMEK and SUM were sponsoring a Bible and theology teacher, a rural development worker, an evangelist, and two nurses in Chad. By 1986 Mennonite missionaries had not established a Mennonite church nor emphasized Anabaptist theology in particular.

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) became involved in 1973, but stopped working temporarily from March 1980 to August 1982 during the worst of the civil war. In 1986 nine MCC workers in Chad were engaged in rural communities through agriculture, health classes, and water resources activities.

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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 5, p. 133. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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