Our greatest hope is to be a gospel ministry where our discovery in community health will make disciples of Jesus.

We provide research connections with the same purpose of reflecting Jesus. We provide access to valuable research resources and connections to study gospel-centered community health initiatives.

We empower your innovation while increasing impact and credibility. We connect students and volunteers with training to implement gospel-centered health strategies. We create a vibrant hub of networking and discovery.

The Meros Center is a research and training community where relationships and resources come together to measure, innovate, and share impact in Christian health ministry.

Our Values

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Collaboratively curious (Research)

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Hope-filled dignity (Community Health)

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Courageously transparent (Ecosystem)

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Honor differences in learning (Training)

Abundance thinking (Discipleship)

We believe, teach, confess, and proclaim:

-The Bible is the verbally inspired Word of God, His unchanging and inerrant message to people of all times.
-There is only one God. He is three distinct and individual persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
-God created man holy and without sin. But man, of his own will, fell into sin and thus brought sin upon the whole human race.
-Sin is thus in all people by nature and reveals itself in every transgression of God’s holy will by thought, word, or deed.
-The wages of sin is death and damnation in hell, an eternal agonizing separation from the holy and righteous God.
-But God so loved the world that He sent His one and only Son, Christ Jesus, to redeem the world through His perfect life, His innocent suffering and death, and His resurrection from the dead.
-This glorious fact is received by faith which is worked and nurtured in the heart by the Spirit of God, without our participation, through the means of grace: God’s Word, Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper.
-By faith alone in the atoning work of Christ we are heirs of the glories of heaven. While on earth we want to show our love for Him who first loved us.
-Faith in Jesus Christ is living and active, therefore faith produces good deeds that are pleasing to God and bring Him glory.
-The Lord Jesus Christ commanded His followers to make disciples of all peoples throughout the entire world, and witness to the truth and love of God.
-At our death we shall inherit the full glories of everlasting life with Christ in heaven, where there shall be no more pain or sorrow, and all tears shall be wiped from our eyes.
-We hold true to the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed.

How It Works

Training

Meros provides online interdisciplinary, professional certificates through Wisconsin Lutheran College. The certificates prepare leaders in community health, development, and global missions. The certificate programs fill a gap in community engagement, health ministry, and research training, providing a pathway for students, staff, and church leaders to apply and measure their learning in Kingdom work.

Research

Meros supports Christian community health organizations in conducting research on issues relevant to expanding the evidence around community health ministry. Meros supports a research collaborative  for Christian health researchers, faculty, and students with organizations and projects  that have a mutual interest in a community health ministry topic or issue. Research collaborations include faculty and students from Christian colleges, universities, and seminaries located around the world that desire to work within a biblical worldview.

The unique aspect of the Center will be the placement of the  organization or local church at the front of the research question and the application of its results. The research will lead to field-based innovation labs that foster cross-cultural learning and collaboration. The vision is to establish strategies that are applicable to multiple cultures, settings, and conditions to seek and serve as many as possible. Resources, strategies, and data will be publicly available through the Meros website to increase the translation of research into practice.

Featured Projects

From Listening to Leading

How is your partnership is transforming community health leaders across Africa?

Maureen was already making a difference. Then she joined the Community Health Ministry

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To learn about current and future studies, for general inquiries about training opportunities, to become a Meros collaborator and member, or to just stay in touch please let us know who you are and how to contact you.

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