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ABOUT US
 Fellowship
International Mission began in 1950 with two ladies
serving as independent missionaries in Morocco, North
Africa.
When Irene
Wenholz and Mary Mellinger wanted to buy a home to care
for needy children, they found that they needed to
affiliate with a legally recognized body in the United
States. Dr. Ralph Boyer,
pastor of York Gospel Center in York, Pennsylvania, and
several other men quickly formed a mission board that
would allow the ladies to secure their purchase.
On November 3, 1950 that board was incorporated as
Morocco Evangelical Fellowship. Today, The Children’s
Haven continues to be a major means of reaching people
for Christ in an otherwise closed country. In 1953 when
the British-based Sahara Desert Mission, founded by Rev.
Frank Baggott, sought an American affiliation, the
council renamed the mission, Fellowship of Independent
Missions. North Africa continued to be the focus as FIM
missionaries now labored in both Morocco and Niger
Republic.
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