Monrovia, Liberia
New Community Health Center
Denise Maxwell has a heart for the impoverished area of north Monrovia, and her busy clinic is evidence of the kind of care she’s committed to offering.
There are other clinic options in the community, but patients come here because there’s something different about the New Community Clinic. Besides the outstanding care and comfort provided by more than 30 employees, it’s the only clinic around where patients hear the Word of God.
"I enjoy the way Luke Society is spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ all over the world through Christian medical staff that are rendering health services by saving lives physically, medically and spiritual, which is the holistic ministry," she said. "The Luke Society family also prays for peace, healing and prosperity for conflict zones and many other problems.
Denise began her ministry in 2007. The clinic provides consultations, laboratory testing, maternity services, immunizations and has a small area for in-patient care. The New Community Clinic sees more than 800 patients per month.
The ministry also does outreach work with the local schools and has daily devotions in the waiting room with patients.
Denise Maxwell
About the ministry:
Name: New Community Health Center
Location: Monrovia, Liberia
Director: Denise Maxwell
Partnership: 2007-present
Staff: 51
Our mission:
“Our mission is for people to have their physical and spiritual needs met. Physically, they are sick and we want them to get better. Spiritually, they may not believe in Christ.”
Why I love being a director:
“The greatest joy for me is caring for someone and seeing them recover. It’s a mission work and I’m there to serve. You should be a leader that is a servant.”
About Liberia:
Population: 5.2 million
Size: 111,369 sq. km, or slightly larger than Tennessee.
Capital: Monrovia
Borders: Atlantic Ocean to the west and south; Sierra Leone to the northwest; Guinea to the north; Côte D’Ivoire to the east.
Religious groups: Christian, 85.6%; Muslim, 12.2%
Primary language: English
Literacy (age 15+): 48.3%
Physician density: 0.04 doctors per 1,000 people.
Population below international poverty line: 50.9%
Life expectancy: 65.1 years
Infant mortality rate: 45.9 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Major exports: Rubber, timber, iron, diamonds, cocoa, coffee.
Climate: Tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool nights; cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers.
Terrain: Mostly flat to rolling coastal plains rising to rolling plateau and low mountains in the northeast.
