Sister Parish in Irindi, Tanzania

In 1987, the St. Paul Area Synod of the ELCA began a partnership with the Iringa Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. The goal was to educate pastors in the rapidly growing Iringa Diocese.

Since then, the partnership has grown into a grassroots movement where local churches are matched with congregations within the Iringa Diocese. To date, sixty partnerships have been formed with the goal of providing prayer, communication, scholarships for secondary and post-secondary education, exchange visits, and financial support.

St. Timothy is partnered with the Irindi Parish. We help support their ministry in many ways, including with prayer, secondary students scholarships and evangelists education. Since 2003, several members of St. Timothy traveled to Irindi as ambassadors from our congregation to learn, witness, and share with our brothers and sisters in Christ in Tanzania.

Click here to learn more about 5 members' Tanzanian experience in August, 2009!

Supporting Mission Work in Cairo, Egypt

The St. Timothy congregation is pleased to sponsor Peter and Michele Johnson, Middle East missionaries currently living in Cairo, Egypt with their three sons. 

Peter began his service in July 2008 as the regional representative of the Middle East for the ELCA Global Mission Unit. His responsibilities include facilitating relationships with companion churches and regional ELCA representatives, and serving as pastor and supervisor to regional missionary personnel. Michele assists with communication initiatives.

The Johnsons are members of Nokomis Heights Lutheran Church in Minneapolis where Peter served as pastor for four years. Peter and Michele are graduates of Gustavus Adolphus College. Additionally, Peter holds a Masters of Divinity and MA in Islamic Studies from Luther Seminary, and Michele has an MBC in public relations, marketing, and communications from the University of St. Thomas.