International Partnerships
The international organizations reflected on this listing are currently supported in the church's
mission budget and represent organizations with which we have enjoyed prayer and
participatory relationships.
African Enterprise - South Africa
(http://www.africanenterprise.org) (http://twitter.com/michael_cassidy)
AE is committed to the transformation of Africa through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Our methods include the work of evangelism, reconciliation, leadership training and
community development. We have ministry teams in ten countries in Africa and operate
throughout the continent. We believe in the future of Africa under the grace of God.
Michael Cassidy, founder of AE, shares: Africa is set to become the fulcrum of world
mission in the 21st century. I believe this with all my heart, and am excited to be
a part of the Lord's Kingdom effort to transform our continent. Thank you for praying
and partnering with us to change the destiny of Africa!
NPC contact: Keith Patman
Bethlehem Bible College/Hope Evangelistic Outreach - Bethlehem, West Bank (Palestine)
(http://www.bethbc.org)
Bethlehem Bible College seeks to train and prepare Christian servant-leaders for the churches
and society within an Arab context who model Christ centeredness, godly humility, biblical
wholeness, creative mercy and justice in their jobs and ministries as life-long learners.
The college offers programs in Biblical studies and Christian Education, Tour Guiding and
Media Studies as well as reaching out to the community through the Shepherd Society,
our humanitarian branch. The college is led by Dr. Bishara Awad who has had many years
of experience in education and administration.
NPC contacts:
Carolyn Gochenour and
Jim Ransom
Chisinau Seminary, Moldova (College of Theology and Education) - Middletown, PA
(http://www.binook.com/moldovacte) (http://keysoffice.googlepages.com)
KEYS MINISTRIES channels resources to educate national Christian leaders in theology, education,
social services and small business development for ministry throughout Central Asia and in
Eastern Europe. Nationals then train nationals in areas of the world where Americans have
difficulty going. The church is being equipped, strengthened and encouraged in republics
of the former Soviet Union, Romania and Slovakia to the glory of GOD.
For more about NPC members' involvement with Moldova, click here:
http://npceurope.org/index.cfm?main=Moldova.
NPC contact: Howard Frost
Evangelical Theological Seminary - Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PCUSA) Osijek, Croatia
(http://www.evtos.hr/en/home)
Dr. Peter Kuzmic founded and directs the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Osijek, Croatia,
which is the only evangelical graduate theological institution in Eastern Europe.
As founding president of Agape and New Europe Vision (evangelical relief ministries
in Croatia and Bosnia), he ministers to the physical and spiritual needs of
his fellow citizens.
For more about NPC members' involvement with Dr. Kuzmic and ETS, click here:
http://npceurope.org/index.cfm?main=ETSKuzmic.
NPC contact: Howard Frost
Foundation for Peace
(http://www.foundationforpeace.org)
The FOUNDATION FOR PEACE is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to education in the
United States and to working hand in hand with people in materially impoverished areas
of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Kenya to provide educational support, healthcare access,
economic opportunity and hope. We work together as long-term partners in solidarity to
enable personal success and community achievement. We believe this will result in
sustainable and successful initiatives that relieve the effects of poverty, encourage
personal growth, and overcome injustice.
NPC contact: Charlie Glendinning
Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation
(http://www.hcef.org)
HCEF is committed to the presence and well-being of Arab Christians in the Holy Land
and to developing the bonds of solidarity between them and Christians elsewhere.
NPC contacts:
Carolyn Gochenour and
Jim Ransom
Hank and Mona Paulson
(http://www.newhopeinternational.org)
New Hope International's passion is to build bridges of ministry partnership that mobilize
churches to win the next generation for Christ in Eastern Europe . We empower national
teams in countries such as Moldova, Ukraine , Bulgaria , Romania and elsewhere to share
the Good News of Jesus with children, youth and families through creative and impactful
leveraging of resources, books, materials, expertise and web-based platforms.
It is our privilege to partner with churches such as National Presbyterian using
curriculum such as Alpha to make an eternal difference in the lives of people in need
of hope for their future.
For more about NPC members' involvement with New Hope, click here:
http://npceurope.org/index.cfm?main=NewHope.
NPC contact: Howard Frost
Our Lady Queen of Peace (Regina Pacis)
(http://www.birzeitchurch.ps/en-index.php)
A Roman Catholic community of Palestinian Christians in the West Bank town of Birzeit,
this church works to improve the education, housing, and other material needs of their
Palestinian community, as well as enriching their individual spiritual lives.
The parish offers a message of hope and reconciliation through Jesus Christ in this
very troubled part of the world.
NPC contacts:
Carolyn Gochenour and
Jim Ransom
Unsung Heroes - South Africa
(http://www.unsung-heroes.org)
Unsung Heroes, led by Lance Carr and Madoda Nzima, is a ministry which seeks to awaken
South Africa to a new dawn of outreach to those who live in poverty, who are infected
or affected by HIV/AIDS or have become orphaned. It is a dawn in which grass roots
African ministries are being equipped at a spiritual and organizational level to
better serve our people who are in such great need. Our passion is to follow the
discipleship model of Jesus by engaging in the active and intentional mentoring of
these community leaders who are unknown and unrecognized. They are the true
Unsung Heroes and it is them that our organization serves.
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