One of the main objectives of this call to mission service in Malawi is to improve the quality of education for the children, including those with special needs, of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian. Additionally, this appointment will serve to encourage the education and empowerment of girls, address violence against girls, and facilitate the retention of girls in school, so that they may share in the socio-economic blessings of a quality education. This ministry has the potential to transform communities through the improvement of educational processes. “God has instilled within me a love for the education of children and …
Use this card as you pray for long-term volunteer Donna Sloan. This card includes a photo and overview of her service. https://www.presbyterianmission.org/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=resources Donna is teaching World Religion, Church History and Ethics at Zomba Theological College in Zomba, Malawi. She and her faculty colleagues prepare future ministers to serve in a country where there is only one pastor for every 7,000 Church of Central Africa Presbyterian members. A ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Donna brings wide-ranging professional experience and education to mission service. She has worked as a Registered Nurse, ordained minister, and a college professor, holds masters’ …
In a joint effort with the Malawi College of Medicine, Martha is working with the Nkhoma CCAP (Church of Central Africa Presbyterian) Mission Hospital in their new family medicine residency program, which began in 2016. Previously, Martha worked aw a doctor for 14 years at Embangweni and Ekwendeni hospitals, which are also part of the health ministries of CCAP. During that time, she served on Malawi's Family Medicine Task Force, of which this training program is a fruit. "I am very excited to be able to contribute to the Malawi government's and our partner church's joint effort to meet the …
Use this card as you pray for mission co-worker Tyler Holm. This card includes a photo and overview of his work. Tyler is a lecturer in systematic theology, church history, and Greek at the University of Livingstonia, which is part of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP). Within the CCAP there is one ordained minister per 6,000 church members. Most of the students will be ordained as teaching elders and all will be future leaders of the church and Malawian society. The University of Livingstonia was established in 2004 and currently has approximately 200 students in its residential, distance …
Use this card as you pray for mission coworkers Jeremy and Luta Garbat-Welch. This card includes a photo and overview of their work. Luta serves as a community health facilitator in Malawi, where she is based, and in four other African countries, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Zambia. She helps African partners develop sustainable community health programs. Jeremy, a clinically-trained hospital chaplain, shares his expertise with Presbyterian clergy in Malawi. “We are called to serve God by living holistic lives of faith and health, and sharing God’s message of wholeness to others,” they write. …