okahum
Indian Bible School was founded in 1948 by the Christian and
Missionary Alliance as a residential school providing Bible training
to Native Americans. Over the next 30 years, students from many
tribes came to Mokahum to study, going on to become pastors,
missionaries and Christian leaders in communities and reservations
all over North America.
After Mokahum’s closure in 1978, the school sat
vacant for nearly 30 years. In 2006, the Alliance offered to give
the property to Oak Hills Center for Indian Ministries for the
reestablishment of a Native training center.
The new Mokahum Ministry Center is a community where
Native Christians can come to receive mentoring, ministry training,
and biblical education that will prepare them for life and service
in the body of Christ. It is a safe place where followers of Jesus
Christ can together build a strong foundation to withstand
adversity, to grow in love for God and others, and to serve Christ
faithfully.
“Mokahum” comes from an Ojibwe word meaning
“sunrise” or “new day.” Our vision for Mokahum Ministry Center is
that Native people will come here to experience their own new
beginning, moving forward with hope into the future God has planned
for them. We wish to build a learning community that will in turn
build the church as Native students become equipped to love and
serve Jesus Christ within their own culture and around the world.
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