CHRISTIAN MEDICAL & DENTAL SOCIETY

Programs

1. Cmda's global health outreach ministry (gho) coordinated 35 short-term medical, dental and surgical mission trips to developing countries this year, with approximately 787 qualified volunteers seeing 33,949 patients. Gho was blessed to witness approximately 3,658 people profess a new faith in jesus christ. Gho combines evangelistic outreach with desperately needed healthcare to demonstrate the love and compassion of christ in a material way. Gho held 9 pastor training conferences with 184 pastors trained. Gho also held conferences, children's ministry events, marriage enrichment conferences, and 26 public health trainings for many national team members and distributed 197 water filters into communities where we were serving, allowing them to have access to clean water long after our teams leave. Gho is working to continue to implement community empowerment measures such as these to allow communities to have an active role in their good health. Our national partners are continuing to disciple our patients after our teams return home.

   $1,869,997 spentof which $725,704 as grants
   19% of program spending

2. Regional campus & community ministries: cmda staff and members support and serve in a variety of activities on campus (for healthcare students and residents) and in local communities (for graduate physician, dentists and other healthcare professionals). These include bible studies, prayer breakfasts, fellowship groups, conferences, service projects, missions' trips abroad and stateside and virtual gatherings for various specialty groups. Cmda has over 60 community ministries and over 390 campus ministries on healthcare campuses in over 239 cities, with thousands of students and residents participating, including medical, dental, physician assistant, rehab professional, nurses and nurse practitioner, and other healthcare students. Regional directors, area directors, ministry partners, campus advisors and student leaders oversee these activities. Each year, numerous volunteers participate in many cmda outreach programs.

   $5,545,764 spentof which $26,793 as grants
   58% of program spending

3. Conferences and seminars: cmda seeks to encourage, train and equip healthcare professionals and students in their professional lives by providing conferences on evangelism, marriage, bioethical issues, women in healthcare, family and more. National conventions and regional seminars allow members to network with colleagues, hear renowned christian speakers and discuss professional and spiritual issues. Cmda is approved to offer category 1 continuing medical education (cme) for physicians, as well as continuing dental education (cde) for dentists. Cmda offers continuing medical and dental educational credits in the usa and on some gho and mei mission trips, as well as in an annual overseas conference for missionaries and national doctors to provide their required yearly continuing education requirements which may have been difficult for the missionaries to otherwise obtain.

   $1,099,156 spentof which $36,945 as grants$3,720,442 earned by the program
   11% of program spending

4. Other national ministries such as our placement services, endowments, as well as many other various small ministries.

   $276,441 spent$90,500 earned by the program
   3% of program spending

5. Publication and resource sales: life & health resources provides educational materials, books, cds, dvds, and logo items. Cmda members receive the quarterly cmda magazine, cmda today, providing practical ways for members to integrate christian faith and values with their professional practice. Cmda provides updates on legislative actions and news developments in bioethical issues, missions reports, and personal and professional resources which are also replicated on the cmda website. Cmda matters is a weekly podcast offering news, updates and perspectives on issues such as malpractice, witnessing in the workplace, bioethics, and more.

   $219,525 spent$2,972 earned by the program
   2% of program spending

6. Public policy -cmda serves as the collective voice of thousands of christian doctors on bioethical and other health care issues. Cmda promotes a christian perspective on ethical issues and provides medically reliable and biblically sound guidance on healthcare issues. Many turn to cmda for help with critical bioethical issues, such as abortion, conscience rights in healthcare, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, human trafficking, embryo research, and many others. Cmda experts have testified in congress and have conducted hundreds of media interviews for national outlets. The washington office serves as a liaison with the white house, congress, and federal agencies. The washington office provides experts for congressional testimony, legislative counsel, coordinates legal briefs in court cases, and white house consultation; produces commentaries and articles for national media; networks with and assists other pro-life policy organizations; and provides members with updates and analysis on public policy issues. An extensive website offers valuable information on critical issues related to medical ethics and healthcare. The washington office of the christian medical…

   $591,876 spent
   6% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,602,759.