Learning from one another, encouraging one another, challenging one another: this guiding principle shapes the 2025 Annual Report now released by the Evangelical Mission in Solidarity (EMS). The report highlights the worldwide work of the EMS fellowship throughout 2025 and shows how churches and mission associations from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East are living out collaboration and shared responsibility across regions and cultures.

The report showcases a wide range of initiatives that embody this spirit of mutual learning and solidarity. These include international study programmes in Japan, India, and Lebanon; the Ecumenical Volunteer Programme; the service of ecumenical co-workers; and numerous projects promoting education, health, poverty alleviation, human rights, and gender justice.

In his review of the year, EMS General Secretary Rev. Dr Dieter Heidtmann emphasizes that the fellowship's strength lies in mutual exchange and learning. EMS sees itself as an international learning community in which all member churches and mission societies contribute their experiences, perspectives, and resources, enriching one another through partnership.

Despite a challenging global environment marked by armed conflicts, the impacts of climate change, and economic uncertainty, EMS was able to continue its work on a sound financial footing. In 2025, approximately €1.8 million was invested in projects and programmes across the worldwide EMS fellowship.