1. Introduction: The Brethern in Christ are an Anabaptist group affiliated with Mennonite World Conference. They have an active church membership of over 3000 in Cuba, and are organized legally as the “Sociedad Misionera Cubana Hermanos en Cristo”. They have over 140 congregations  that meet mostly in house churches. Only 5-6 of these groups actually have a small church building. In most of these churches  attendance is above membership numbers. In addition most have satellite groups (cell groups) that they formed. They hope that these satellite groups will eventually organize themselves into church groups and start their own satellite groups - that is how they grow.  

2. The need: The need seems to be never-ending as Cuba is - at this point in time - a very poor nation with a restrictive government. Economic opportunities are very limited if not totally absent. There is practically no opportunity to create income apart from a low salary of $15/month save for the black market. Infrastructure improvement is therefore an insurmountable challenge for the churches.