Jeff and Tammi
joined the CMF team in Kenya on July 3, 2007 to serve as the field
business administrator in Nairobi.
They both came from a small town in northern Indiana. In 1994, Jeff received a bachelor's in public finance with a minor in economics from Indiana University. He has worked in a variety of finance related positions in the banking and investment industries. Tammi received her bachelor's in liberal studies, with emphasis in psychology and sociology, from Purdue University in 1999.
They have 3 children: Emily (1998), Elliott (2000) and Edison (2006).
They both came from a small town in northern Indiana. In 1994, Jeff received a bachelor's in public finance with a minor in economics from Indiana University. He has worked in a variety of finance related positions in the banking and investment industries. Tammi received her bachelor's in liberal studies, with emphasis in psychology and sociology, from Purdue University in 1999.
They have 3 children: Emily (1998), Elliott (2000) and Edison (2006).
CMF
missionaries have been working in Kenya since 1977, primarily among the
pastoral Maasai and the nomadic Turkana. CMF's goal is to
plant
reproducing churches among these unreached people. Our
missionaries have lived among the people they serve, speak the language
of
the people, and are considered active in the communities in which they
live. Our CMF teams are involved in leadership training,
literacy, public schooling, development projects, and medical work to
minister to the whole person. A new team began ministry among
the
urban poor of Nairobi late in 2003 to transform lives and
communities. Through a vehicle known as Community Health
Evangelism (CHE) entire slums are being changed through community
development and home grown self help programs. This program
is beginning to take hold in rural areas as well with the help of
Community Christian Church.
Jeff and Tammi's desire is to use their skills to assist CMF's Kenya team and the national Christian church in Kenya (Community Christian Church) in administration and logistics management. Our vision is a Christ-centered, self-sustaining, missional church led by spiritually mature and relevantly educated leaders.
The Browns want to be the hands and feet of the Body of Christ as they serve others. It is with confidence in God's leading that Jeff and Tammi are continuing to seek partners to support this ministry through financial support, steadfast prayer, and personal encouragement.
Living
and working in Kenya requires a great deal of legal paperwork and the
process to obtain documents needed for our team to do the work we do is
quite time-consuming. The field business administrator (FBA)
in
the capital city enables the missionaries to remain on location longer
to accomplish ministry goals by handling all of the legal, government,
and financial needs of the team. The FBA position is not a
typical or traditional role in the mission field, but it meets a great
need among those missionaries who are serving in typical and
traditional
roles. Our job is more of a 9-5 job that operates during normal
business hours- however, we are also on call evenings and weekends.
In addition to our primary workload, we are always seeking
opportunities to spread the Gospel message.
