View source for Moser, Henry (1894-1946) and Moser, Emma (1893-1978)

Henry Moser was born in 1894 in Adams County, Indiana and Emma Bixler was born in 1893 in the same county. They both became members of the [[Fellowship of Evangelical Churches|Evangelical Mennonite Church]], applied for service with the [[Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission|Congo Inland Mission]] (Africa Inter-Mennonite Mission), and were commissioned as missionaries in the Evangelical Mennonite Church of Grabill, Indiana early in 1923. They arrived in the Belgian Congo ([[Congo, Democratic Republic of|Democratic Republic of Congo]]) in April of that year.

They pioneered a new station among the Baphende people west of the Loange River in Kwilu Province. Accompanied by [[Sprunger, Agnes (1885-1973)|Agnes Sprunger]] (1885-1973) of [[Berne (Indiana, USA)|Berne, IN]] and Erma Birky (1894-1979) from Hudson, Illinois, they trekked overland with native porters to the large village of [[Mukedi (Democratic Republic of Congo)|Mukedi]], the home of a major chief. A few months later lightning struck their thatch and stick station shelter and destroyed it. In the process of rebuilding with more permanent materials they developed a construction technique that was later widely copied by others. The Mosers are remembered for their enthusiasm for evangelism and a high degree of self-discipline. Their missionary careers ended prematurely when Henry died of a heart attack in 1946 at Grabill, Indiana., while they were on furlough. Emma died in 1978
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