This report focuses on the role that religion plays in relationship to violence, most specifically the form of violence used to attack important centers and symbols of American power on September 11, 2001. It also examines actions that have been, or can be, mounted to counter such violence and the role religion plays in supporting or challenging those counter terrorist actions.
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Use this card as you pray for mission co-workers Betsey and Eric Moe. This card includes a photo of them and a description of their ministry in Guatemala. Betsey is serving as a facilitator for the Intercultural Encounters Program of the Protestant Center for Pastoral Studies in Central America (CEDEPCA). CEDEPCA provides North American church groups, theological seminarians, and college/university students the opportunity to discover Guatemala in all its diversity, beauty, and complexity, and to experience the everyday life of Guatemalans through immersion programs. Betsey is part of the team that receives visiting groups, plans and facilitates their educational …
Use this card as you pray for Mission Co-workers the Rev. Bob and Kristi Rice. The card includes a photo and overview of their work. Bob and Kristi serve alongside partners in ministry in South Sudan. Bob teaches theology and ethics at Nile Theological College, training future pastors and leaders. Kristi serves as economic development advisor for community development projects of the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church. They are encouraged that the church in South Sudan seeks to be a light for Christ and a voice for peace in the midst of suffering and conflict. Bob and Kristi seek …
Use this card as you pray for Mission Co-workers the Rev. Choon Lim and Yen Hee Lim. The card includes a photo of them and an overview of their work. Choon and Yen Hee Lim were appointed as mission co-workers in 1991. For six years, they worked on the islands off the coast of South Korea in the “Island Medical Mission” of the Presbyterian Church of Korea. In 1997, they went to Taiwan to develop a ministry among aboriginal college students in Hualien with the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan. In their third assignment, Choon is the PC(USA) regional liaison …
Use this card as you pray for mission co-workers David Cortes and Josey Saez Acevedo. The card includes a photo and overview of their work. David and Josey are working in partnership with the Presbyterian Reformed Church in Cuba. David is teaching New Testament and Greek at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Matanzas, while Josey will assist the Cuban church in Christian education efforts. “Our earliest memories of our sense of call to ministry have been in the area of education,” David says. As natives of Puerto Rico, David and Josey share some ethnic and cultural affinities with the …
I work to accompany the leaders and people of the Presbyterian Church of Honduras as they participate in theological education and organizational development as a relatively new denomination in a country riven with violence and poverty. I think of myself as a chaplain, listening reflectively and actively. I don’t often teach, but I walk with those who are learning. I don’t lead, but I am a friend to those who do. I seek to be a pastoral presence to the leaders of a church striving to be a light in darkness, a city on a hill.
Use this card as you pray for Mission Co-workers Barry and Shelly Dawson. The card includes a photo and overview of their work. Barry brings to mission service extensive ministry experience as a counselor and pastoral caregiver in international settings. He has serviced Presbyterian congregations in the United States and multi-cultural churches in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. “With eyes of faith, I can see that the providential hand of God has been shaping my life experiences and preparing my ministry to be used in the role of Regional Liaison for Southeast Asia,” he says. Shelly, a registered nurse, …