PC(USA) - Worldwide Ministries: Zimbabwe


	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 some ECOs related to Zimbabwe. For a complete listing visit Mission Funding's Web site and type Zimbabwe into the search box.


	Children and Youth Children of Africa The PC(USA) supports the various efforts of its partners in Africa as they engage in ministering to children in need. Programs reach out to orphans, street children and education and skills-building opportunities.

	047937		Goal: $100,000


	Education Justo Mwale Theological College Justo Mwale Theological College, owned by the Reformed Church in Zambia, is situated approximately 10 km. east of the city centre of Lusaka. It is governed by representatives from the Reformed Church in Zambia, the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe, the Presbyterian Church of Zambia and the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (Lundazi Synod).

	051833		Goal: $1,000,000

	United Theological College Scholarship Assistance During the decade of the 1990s the United Theological College in Harare, Zimbabwe, has experienced growth both in its student population and in its stature as a quality theological education center. Funds are needed to underwrite improvements to the college’s classrooms and student and faculty housing and for new scholarships for the growing student body.

	424102		Goal: $20,000


	Other Support Programs: Christian Council of Churches, Zimbabwe The Christian Council of Zimbabwe has an excellent refugee and relief program with increasing needs. Theological education is a very high priority in light of self-government and the needs of the churches for pastors.

	324002		Goal: $45,000

	Regional Liaison for Southeast Africa Gifts to this ECO provide travel and operating expenses for the work of the regional liaison in supporting partner churches and programs, mission personnel, involvement of PC(USA) presbyteries and congregations, and organizations and mission networks in the region, which includes Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

	051735		Goal: $15,000

	The Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa The Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA) is the result of the union of two churches — the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa and the Presbyterian Church of South Africa. It is the largest PC(USA) partner church in Southern Africa, having presbyteries in Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa and is a reflection of the racial, cultural and socioeconomic diversity in this region of Africa. As such the church faces a number of challenges and opportunities for ministry in the countries it serves. Gifts to this ECO will help the UPCSA with rural development, lay and pastoral training and development, evangelistic outreach and ministries of racial reconciliation.

	047906		Goal: $50,000



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