Ann and Bill Clemmer

Joelle has dreamed of becoming a doctor since she was a young girl.   The obstacles she faced however were not determination or intelligence….but rather gender and a humble family background. Medicine is a male-dominated profession in many parts of the world including Congo which to bo » read more

Today’s missionaries are following in the footsteps of hundreds of American Baptist missionaries with innovative ministries.  International Ministries and AB Women’s Ministries are co-sponsoring the 2011 Mission Encounter Tour of South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo from Apri » read more

Dr. Clemmer works with a health-care initiative called SANRU III, a faith-based medical relief and development program that provides medicines, supplies and medical help to those areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the most critical needs.

Missionary doctors like to write journal entries about their patients; and I suppose I am no exception. This story of Naomi (not her real name) typifies a problem that is gaining more and more attention in the media in recent months; a condition that many women in Africa suffer from an » read more

"Christmas in the Congo" is in some ways as different from “Christmas in the United States” as the weather in Maine is different from that in Kinshasa this time of year (90 degrees, rainy, and humid).  In fact if you visited a typical town or village in Congo on Christmas Eve…..you woul » read more