About us
Christian Medical Mission is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ministry that began with a church mission trip to the Dominican Republic in 1995.
Our ministry
Christian Medical Mission exists to promote the love of God through outreach to those who are less fortunate in the Dominican Republic and around the world.
We do so by holding clinics, supporting local churches and organizations and by promoting education in a Christian atmosphere.
Today our work is centered in the village of San Jose Adentro, where CMM groups serve alongside the local community and bring the love of Jesus into the lives of the people who live there.
Our history
In April 1995, Dr. Mark McDonald, a dentist from Concord, New Hampshire, and his friend Jack Meibaum traveled to Constanza in the Dominican Republic to help a group from Grace Bible Fellowship in Concord with evangelistic outreach, a construction project and a medical clinic.
After returning, Mark and Jack both felt God calling them back to the Dominican Republic to continue providing medical and dental care. An eye care professional joined them on several trips to examine patients and distribute eyeglasses. After several trips, they committed to establishing Christian Medical Mission as a New Hampshire nonprofit, non-denominational organization. These three, along with a few others, formed CMM’s original board and began taking groups to various parts of the world for dental and eyeglass clinics and evangelistic outreach.
CMM built homes in San Jose Adentro to use during mission trips and to further its outreach. Over the years, our groups have served through evangelism, construction, food and clothing distribution, eyeglass distribution, education, and medical and dental clinics — and, most importantly, have brought the Gospel to the people of the community.
April 1995
Dr. Mark McDonald, a dentist from Concord, NH, and his friend Jack Meibaum travel to Constanza, Dominican Republic, to help a group from Grace Bible Fellowship in Concord with evangelistic outreach, a construction project and a medical clinic.
After 1995
Mark and Jack feel God calling them back to the Dominican Republic to continue providing medical and dental care. They return several times in small groups, with Mark doing dentistry and Jack assisting.
Early years
An eye care professional joins several trips to examine patients and distribute eyeglasses.
Early years
After several trips, Mark and Jack commit to establishing Christian Medical Mission as a New Hampshire nonprofit, non-denominational organization. Mark, Jack, the eye care professional and a few others form the original board and begin taking groups to various parts of the world for dental and eyeglass clinics and evangelistic outreach.
Over the years
CMM builds homes in the community of San Jose Adentro to use during mission trips and to further its outreach. The houses also host other organizations serving in the area. Jack now lives in the Dominican Republic and has a dental clinic in the community.
Over the years
CMM groups help build an addition on a local school, expand a nearby church, support students going to university, teach English to young adults, build and repair homes, and assist with the community's water supply — and, most importantly, share the Gospel.
2013
CMM's Christian Education building in San Jose Adentro offers English classes for children, computer and cooking classes, and a men's Bible study, and shares water from its rainwater collection system with the community during the dry season. With local youth, Mark maps every home in the area, and CMM develops a survey of each household's medical needs and water filters for local homes.
2015
After the death of CMM's founder, Dr. Mark McDonald (1951–2015), CMM concludes its dental clinics. CMM will always have a heart for dental missions.
2015
CMM launches a newsletter to share news from the field and begins planning a dormitory on its property in the Dominican Republic to house visiting mission groups.
2018
CMM's board broadens its mission statement to encompass the organization's recent outreach in the Dominican Republic and around the world.
In San Jose Adentro
Long-time friends of CMM who live in the community year-round.
Host for visiting mission groups
Ellen is an American who has lived at CMM’s Twin Palms houses in San Jose Adentro for almost two decades. She helps look after the groups that come to serve, from arranging translators to grocery shopping and help with cooking and cleaning. Over the years she has also taught classes in CMM’s Christian Education building.
Dentist, Mission to the Children Dental Clinic
Jack is a dentist from New Hampshire who has lived in the village for more than twenty years. He serves the community as a dentist through his ministry, Mission to the Children Dental Clinic, and knows the community and its needs well. Jack was part of the 1995 trip that started CMM’s story and was one of its original board members.
When I saw the need I knew I had to go back
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