About Marion Medical Mission.

Marion Medical Mission (MMM) is an ecumenical, Christian, front-line, hands-on, volunteer, non-profit organization founded by Tom Logan and his wife, Jocelyn, that responds to Christ’s call to serve by working hand in hand with God’s people in Africa, stressing self-help and sustainability.

Tom Logan grew up in a family where social justice was an integral part of their Christian faith. His father, a Presbyterian minister, opened their home to refugees from Korea, Hungary, Cuba, Palestine, and Japan. After high school in the 1960s Tom traveled through Africa, working with Dr. Albert Schweitzer. Those experiences, combined with years of activism registering voters in the Civil Rights movement, instilled a desire in Tom and Jocelyn to help those who could not help themselves. This background led to the formation of MMM in 1985. The Logans had learned that many organizations spent part of their donations on overhead cost. They wanted to create something that would make an impact AND use 100% of donations to accomplish its mission and to support an organization that met a physical need while remaining Christ-centered.

MMM remains true to this vision today, sending all designated funds to their purposes and all undesignated funds to the mission field in Africa in obedience to Christ’s command to “love your neighbor.” Initially, MMM was founded to support surgical training in remote African mission hospitals, working with Dr. Kenneth McGill, a missionary doctor for Presbyterian Church (USA). When Dr. McGill moved from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Malawi in 1990, MMM’s volunteer team headed there too.

While in Malawi, the Logans became aware of the great need for safe drinking water. Tom was with Dr. John Knowles, a missionary doctor at Ekwendeni hospital, when they came across a well that had never been installed. Dr. Knowles was upset that the government wasn’t following through on their promises of clean water for the people. Tom turned to him and said, “Why don’t you do it?” Dr. Knowles pointed the question back, saying “Why don’t YOU?” The Logans were convinced, realizing that a lack of clean, safe drinking water was the root cause of many of the medical problems their volunteers were treating. As a result, MMM shifted its focus from curative medicine to preventative medicine through the provision of functional wells.

By only drinking water during Lent, we hope you have begun to value what we take for granted:  safe, clean drinking water.  We hope you will make a donation to Marion Medical Mission so that others may also benefit from this resource.