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HistoryEMU was founded by Dr. F.V. Dabold and his wife, Seva, in 1946. Having been involved with the American Sunday School Union following his graduation from college in 1924, Dr. Dabold rebuilt a number of fledgling churches in Iowa, Colorado, and California. When they were forty-four years old, Dr. and Mrs. Dabold felt the Lord calling them to foreign missions. Because of their ages and health no mission board would take them as candidates. With a few friends behind them in the States, they sold their belongings and moved to Uruguay. The Lord greatly blessed, and in a short time they were holding filled services in the capital city of Montevideo. The next year, Dr. Dabold began the first Bible Institute in Uruguay to train the nationals to evangelize their own people. During their lifetime, the Dabolds saw many churches established by the graduates of this Bible Institute. Dr. Dabold went home to be with the Lord on January 17, 1976, six years after his wife passed away. EMU International, Inc. was originally founded as Evangelical Mission to Uruguay. After many years the mission expanded its field of ministry to include countries other than Uruguay, and in 1993 the mission name was changed to EMU International to accommodate these changes. Although the original name is still used with reference to the continuing work in Uruguay, the acronym EMU stands for Evangelical Mission to the Unreached for our other fields of ministry.
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Fred and Seva Dabold |
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