Segou, Mali
Mission Saint Luc
Dr. Bourama Sidibe grew up about as distant as one could be from a career as a Christian medical doctor. But as everyone knows, God works miracles.
Born in a Muslim family in rural Mali, Sidibe’s life changed when he received his first Bible from a Catholic priest as a teenager. The Lord worked on his heart, and he became a medical doctor with a special calling to help heal lives physical and spiritually.
Mission Saint Luc formed a partnership with the Luke Society in 2015. Sidibe operates a full-service clinic in Banankoro, but also makes visits to numerous villages to bring health and a greater understanding of Jesus to places who have never received the Gospel.
“God is Love, and He has shown us his love by giving us his one and only Son to save and bring us into His kingdom, and he wants us to love each other,” Sidibe said.
He lives out that mission to love through not only his medical services, but by planting churches, starting discovery Bible studies and providing spiritual guidance to people in the hospitals, prisons and the universities.
Dr. Bourama Sidibe
About the ministry:
Name: Mission Saint Luc
Location: Segou, Mali
Director: Dr. Bourama Sidibe
Partnership: 2015-present
Staff: 12
PMT: Drs. Kyle and Diane Krall; Steve and Mary Holman.
Our mission:
“Our mission is to follow Christ's pattern in reaching out to the unreached people, strengthening the faith of disciples and caring for needy people in our community. We touch the lives of people holistically through physical, spiritual and social cares, preaching the word, teaching principles and healing the sick people in our region.”
Why I love being a director:
“I love caring for patients with compassion and identifying myself with them. I am also delighted leading Muslims to the faith in Christ through the sharing of the Gospel and helping them to become disciples makers in their communities.”
About Mali:
Population: 20.1 million
Size: 1.2 million sq. km, or about twice the size of Texas
Capital: Bamako
Borders: Senegal and Mauritania to the west; Algeria to the northeast; Niger to the east; Guinea, Côte D’Ivoire and Burkina Faso to the south.
Religious groups: Muslim, 93.9%; Christian, 2.8%
Primary language: French
Literacy (age 15+): 35.5%
Physician density: 0.13 doctors per 1,000 people.
Population below international poverty line: 42.1%
Life expectancy: 62.0 years
Infant mortality rate: 62.3 deaths per 1,000 live births.
Major exports: Cotton, gold, livestock.
Climate: Subtropical to arid; hot and dry from February-June; rainy, humid and mild from June-November; cool and dry from November-February.
Terrain: Mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in the south; rugged hills in the northeast.
