Extra Commitment Opportunities

There is a channel through which gifts can be designated for specific items that support the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s work around the world. These are called Extra Commitment Opportunities (ECOs). You can give directly to an ECO account online or by mailing your check designating the name and account number of the particular item you have chosen to:

PC(USA) Individual Remittance Processing
P.O. Box 643700
Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700

Your gift will go directly into the ECO Account designated, and you will receive a letter indicating that your gift has been received and will be used for the purpose intended.

Below are several Extra Commitment Opportunities related to Germany. For a listing of giving opportunities in other countries in the region visit Mission Funding's Web site and type Europe other specific counties into the search box.

Evangelism

Kurds live throughout Turkey, Iran, Syria and Iraq. Germany, though, has 500,000 Kurdish migrants and refugees and 50,000 of them live in Berlin. PC(USA) mission co-workers lead in witness and service among Kurdish people in Berlin.

Mission Personnel

Jay and Nancy Adams have served for more than a decade at the Black Forest Academy (BFA) in Kandern, Germany, an intermission boarding school that primarily serves children of missionaries where Jay has been supervisor of the Personnel Office and Nancy supervisor of the Resource Center and head librarian. Since the fall of 2006 they have been continuing the task of recruiting staff for BFA, a full-time ministry, from their home in North Carolina.

Azizollah Sadaghiani — Refugee Worker

Aziz Sadaghiani, with a background in social work and refugee resettlement, serves the Persian-speaking Iranian people who leave Iran and settle in Europe. Germany has favorable laws for refugees, and Aziz helps the Iranians work through the legal system to obtain asylum. Aziz is a member of the Persian Presbytery of Iran.