JoinHands
Sharing resources for new church buildings
JoinHands is our program for giving and grantmaking. Through our JoinHands Mennonite Church Building Program, we provide grants to help new congregations acquire their first church building. Mennonite Men has given over 2 million dollars to new congregations for this purpose.
We invite individuals and congregations to give to JoinHands. We especially ask churches pursuing building projects to give as a way of sharing resources and serving ‘fair balance’ with congregations in need.
Paul wrote in his appeal to churches,‘I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you, but it is a question of a fair balance between your present abundance and their need, so that their abundance may be for your need, in order that there may be a fair balance (2 Corinthians 8:13-15).‘
Help us accomplish this fair balance. We can extend grants only as donors give to this program.
Building Places of Faith
Stories
Jesus Embodies Solidarity and Nonviolence
Back in July at Follow Jesus 2025 in Greensboro, I had the pleasure of meeting Michael Martin, a Mennonite man from Colorado Springs, CO. He was…
Walking Together: An Invitation to Men
One afternoon back in 2021, I crossed paths unexpectedly with a guy from church when we both pulled into the church parking lot about the…
Mennonite Men and Indigenous Solidarity
In recent years, Mennonite men have become directly involved in Indigenous solidarity work. Some of this has come to Mennonite Men as an organization through…
Recent Grants
Iglesia Menonita Caminando En Esperanza (Walking in Hope Mennonite Church)
2023-04-05
$10,000
Bogotá, Colombia
Completed
Pending Grants
Past Recipients
See our Grant Recipients List for churches who have received JoinHands assistance. To date, Mennonite Men has given $2,352,769 to 87 congregations in Canada, the U.S., and globally so that they have a building where they can worship and carry out vital ministries.
Resources
Before pursuing a grant, understand the Guidelines for Considering JoinHands Grants and Process for Applying for JoinHands Grants. For those who already received a JoinHands grant, you may download your yearly report form here, or click the button above to fill it out online.
Serve With Other Orgs
Along with giving, we invite serving in various ways for creation care, disaster service, gender equity, peace building, social justice and violence prevention on our Serve page.