The Estonian church appealed to the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries and the United Methodist Church in 1995 for help in completing the center. Estonian officials agreed the loan would be repaid using contributions received through the Advance, the denomination's second-mile mission giving program. The matching grant was made available through the board's Millennium Fund and was received by the Friends of Estonia USA as a challenge gift to help complete the center. It also will be home to the first soup kitchen and outreach center in Tallinn, where thousands are homeless and poverty is rife. Conversations revolved around donor fatigue, pledges and annual conference donations.
Indigenous people stay with the people, they identify with the people.
1008 19th Ave. S., Nashville, Tenn. 37212-2166. Designate Sanctuary, BMC, Estonia with the contribution.