BACKGROUND OF
EQUESTRIAN MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL

HISTORY

EMI began in 1995 with eight founding members who felt a real burden for sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and uniting Christian horsepeople across the nation and around the world. The first meeting was held at Georgetown College in Kentucky. Besides the founding members, four other people attended as observers and encouragers.
Since then, the membership has grown and expanded with members reaching not only coast to coast in the United States, but also in other countries. It currently staffs two part-time individuals to maintain the database records of memberships, publish the bi-monthly newsletter, maintain this website and respond to inquiries from the site.

STRUCTURE

Board of Directors

President
Vice President, Treasurer

Steering Committee

State Chapters
President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary

Fellowships
President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary

THE LOGO

The logo was the result of the steering committee and the Board of Directors asking themselves, over a period of two years, what is EMI? Here is what evolved:
At the center of our logo and most prominent in its appearance is the cross of Jesus Christ. This symbolizes that at the center of all we do and most prominent is Christ. We are a ministry organization and we minister with Christ at the center of all we do.
At the side of the cross and smaller in dimension, is the horse. Not any particular horse, or breed, just a horse because any equine discipline or breed is welcome. The horse is not the center of our activities so it is not in the center of the logo. It is secondary to the cross but instrumental in our organization.
Then finally we have the circle with the words Equestrian Ministries International in it. This represents the people, all of us, that are joined together around the central figures of the cross and the horse. We are joined in a circle by our love for Christ first and foremost, and secondly, our love of the horse. Our logo was designed to move from the center out involving the three things, which make EMI what it is; the cross, the horse, the people. When those three are brought together in their proper perspective, we have Equestrian Ministries International.