Solar Panel Project
Sixty-five percent of United Methodist pastors in Mozambique don’t have electricity in their parsonage. Solar panels can solve this problem. When installed on local church parsonage roofs, the panels provide clean and sustainable energy to the home below.
Stateside, we often think of solar power as a luxury. In Mozambique, this is one of few options for providing power to isolated and rural areas. Their minimal maintenance, long lifespan and weather resistance makes solar panels an investment worth making in both the parsonage property and the environment.
Making this connection provides opportunities for both ministry and daily life, including:
Enabling children to complete their homework in the evening.
Allowing pastors to continue their work and worship preparation after the sun sets.
Extending church activities – including special services, outreach programs and meetings – into the evening hours.
Implementing time- and money-saving technologies, like refrigerators.
Providing cell phone recharging stations to the community as a means of outreach.
The cost of installing solar panels is $2,500 USD per parsonage. Our Mozambican partners hope to equip 50 parsonages with panels. So far, your generosity has provided 18 parsonages with solar panels.
Your gift of any size, combined with those from Mozambique Initiative supporters across the state, will make a real difference in the lives of pastors and their families in Mozambique.
If you would prefer to donate in the form of a check:
Make the check out the “Missouri Annual Conference." Checks labeled "MI” in the memo line will be pooled and used where needed most in Mozambique unless otherwise designated. Mail your check to:
Missouri Annual Conference
3601 Amron Ct
Columbia, MO 65202
All donations and distributions are managed and audited by a London-based accounting firm. Donations are distributed quarterly, in order to reduce transaction fees. Each Mozambique Initiative fund, with the exception of 8140 and 8150, will benefit from a 10% tithe on programmatic expenses for administrative expenses in Missouri and in Mozambique for the Mozambique Initiative. If you have any questions about the donation process or how funds are distributed, please contact us.