Profile of Miango Rest Home
The Miango Rest Home is situated in Miango in Irigwe land, Bassa LGA. Plateau State. It is a 20 minutes drive from Jos city.
Vision
A beautiful, updated, secure and comfortable enviroment where we minister to people and ensure that they have the opportunity to experience spiritual and physical renewal.
Mission
MRH exists to glorify God by joyfully providing an opportunity for physical and spiritual renewal for SIM missionaries and for meeting the needs of wider Christians communities.
In 1893, three young men with a burden for the people of “the Sudan” (Africa just south of the Saraha)set off to carry the gospel to the remote interior of Nigeria. They were Walter Gowans, Thomas Kent and Roland Bingham. Gowans and Kent died of Malaria and dysentery within the first year.
Roland Bingham persisted and by 1910 there was an SIM workforce of about 20 missionaries in Nigeria. Bingham was convinced that the work of the mission would be enhanced if only the missionaries had a place somewhere in the Sudan where they could refresh themselves; most were in places like Patigi, Egbe, Wushishi. British government officials travelled home often; SIM missionaries could not afford that. Bingham’s idea of rest and refreshment in Africa was a bold and visionary concept!
In 1910, Roland Bingham asked Dr. Andrew Stirett to look for a suitable place in the ‘’highlands’’ to build a sanitarium – the term used in 1910 for a ‘’health resort.’’ No SIM missionary had ever been to the plateau! It took Andrew Stirett three weeks to trek from Wushishi to the plateau! He visited Vom, Bukuru, Naraguta and Miango. He chose Miango as the site for the “sanitarium” the future “Miango Rest Home.”
In December 1911, Rowland Bingham received a large gift from a widow in England named Evelyn Webb-Peploe designated for the sanitarium. It was to be a memorial to her departed husband. The amount was L450 ($1,946). The Rest Home was established in 1913 and in 1916, the main building, Webb-Peploe Hall, was opened for visitors.
Webb-Peploe Hall 1916
Webb-Peploe Hall today, 2018
- 1916 – 1919 – – William and Sarah Appel
- 1919 – 1929 – – Hector & Jesse Kirk
- 1929 – 1967 – – William & Maude Craig
- 1962 – 1965 – – John & Eleanor Nickel
- 1965 – 1972 – – George & Mae Beacham
- 1972 – 1977 – -Dave & Shirley Epp
- 1977 – 1989 – – Jerry & Bev Fawley
- 1989 – -1991 – – Ian & Beth Tremain
- 1994 – 1998 – – Ken & Linda Ward
- 1999 – 2004 – -Greg & Jenny O’Neill
- 2004 – 2006 – – Jamie & Laura Newson
- 2006 – 2008 – – Carsten & ZsuZsa Leimeroth
- 2008 – present – – Emmanuel & Mary Benedict
Miango Rest Home has 45 permanent staff and 20 casuals, always ready to serve. Whether guests come to Miango Rest Home for physical rest, spiritual refreshment or to sharpen their skills, we know that one way or another they expect to leave Miango Rest Home fully REFRESHED! So we have given an additional meaning to our well known acronym MRH. Sometimes we say, “MRH means Making Refreshment Happen!”