2024 has been a record-breaking year in terms of MDE’s membership and volunteer base, including the formation of a new partnership and the expansion of our service offering.
Our marketing efforts have borne fruit this year across MDE’s referral networks and social media platforms. We’ve added 15 new members and 14 new volunteers from various locations worldwide.
We have also formed some exciting new partnerships, including a mission organization, which has engaged us to serve the business needs of their BAM members on the field. This partnership has strengthened our global network and provided us with opportunities for growth and innovation. We now serve BAM and DME members in 18 countries, with new members joining us this year from Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Scotland, Nicaragua, Russia, Costa Rica, and Malaysia.
One area of innovation in 2024 has been to provide our members with skilled advisory services in language acquisition and cultural learning. Making money and making disciples in a cross-cultural context requires a high-level of fluency. Those who have used our advisory services have been encouraged and empowered to reach their goals.
Less glamorous but also important, we’ve improved the feedback cycles on our communication with our members and volunteers. The active engagement of our volunteers has helped us serve our member community more efficiently and responsively- two of MDE’s key organizational values. And we’ve now launched our first country-specific member networking group, allowing BAMers to stay connected to each other, collaborate on business opportunities, etc.
Thank you for your continued support and for being an important part of the BAM and DME movement. We are looking forward to the start of another year of growth, innovation, and partnership. We anticipate 2025 will be the year MDE launches its own venture, which will then serve as a template new BAMers can choose to bring with them to their place of call.
Your financial support enables us to continue to grow and serve more unreached areas around the globe. You can join our support team here. Thank you!