Liberian immigrant who fled war seeks to build first school for his village
Isaac Monah (left) and Scott McGraw, a Presbyterian who sponsored Mohah’s emigration to the United States in 2002. CINCINNATI — Isaac Monah knows how valuable education is and how difficult access to it can be in many parts of the world. That’s why he’s trying to build a school near his home village in Liberia.
There was no school anywhere near the rural village where Monah was born in 1970, so as a young boy he moved to Tolee, a city where his uncle lived, to attend school. “I lived there for two years in an apartment with 12 other people, the young man says. [Full story]
LOUISVILLE — A top-ranking retired Presbyterian military chaplain wrote today to the head of the Presbyterian Council on Chaplains and Military Personnel (PCCMP) in the wake of the horrific mass killings at Fort Hood, Texas, yesterday rejecting “the natural and immediate response of retribution.” [Full story]
BERLIN — The opening or fall of the Berlin Wall was an unexpected event for the people most directly affected, but even more so for the world at large. The ecumenical movement was no exception. [Full story]
[WCC] The Berlin Wall fell in many places
‘Political, social shock waves’ were universal after Nov. 9, 1989 collapse
Presbyterian News Service announces ‘Project Overture’
Series of articles will track an overture from rough draft to floor of GA219
History as it happens
2010 Mission Yearbook now available
[ENI] Faith leaders have ‘widest reach’ on environment, says U.N. head
November 5 | GAMC | General Assembly Mission Council launches new residency program for first call pastors
November 3 | GAMC | Piece work equals peace work
November 3 | GAMC | Presbyterian Health, Education and Welfare Association seeks nominations to recognize social justice ministries
November 2 | GAMC | Changes to Open Book Bible Exegesis examination are announced
New exam structure goes into effect August 2010
|
