In 1996, Argonia Friends Church developed a sister church relationship with a church in Rwanda, Africa, by sending money to help construct the church's 40' x 69' burned brick building. The church, Butaro Friends Church, sits on seven acres of land in the Ruhengeri Prefecture (county) close to the Ugandan border in northern Rwanda. There are seven churches which comprise the Butaro Monthly Meeting.

Fabian (at left talking with EFM missionary, David Thomas), a graduate of the Great Lakes School of Theology in Bujumbura, Burundi, is pastor of this large and growing congregation. Butaro Friends has six daughter churches on nearby hills.

Along with worship on Sunday mornings, the members of Butaro Friends Church minister to the students and teachers at the Friends secondary school (like high school) in Butaro. The school has approximately 580 students (at right) and employs 16 teachers. Many of the students are orphans of the 1994 genocide.

Argonia Friends gives through EFC-MAYM to the ministry of Evangelical Friends Mission, the missions arm of Evangelical Friends International. Pastor Mike Neifert serves on the EFM Board, traveling to meetings twice each year.

The purpose and passion of Evangelical Friends Mission is to lead our people worldwide to live so close to Jesus Christ that we will worship, serve and obey God as faithful witnesses. We live and die for the cause of fulfilling the Great Commission in the spirit of the Great Commandment. We exist to fuel a worldwide multiplication movement of worshipping, God-glorifying Evangelical Friends Churches through evangelism, leadership development and missionary-sending.