NPC STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS
Relationship that members of the church have with various mission organizations
with a significant Christian witness as reflected in our core mission values and principles.
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
Central Union Mission - Washington, DC
(http://www.missiondc.org)
Established in 1884, Central Union Mission is one of America’s oldest social service ministries.
It serves homeless men, families living in poverty, children from at-risk neighborhoods and
the growing Hispanic population of the city. Its mission is to glorify God through proclaiming
and teaching the gospel, leading people to Christ, developing disciples, and serving the needs
of hurting people throughout the Washington Metropolitan Area.
NPC contact:
Serge Duss
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
Community Council for the Homeless at Friendship Place - Washington, DC
(http://www.cchfp.org)
Friendship Place provides the homeless in Northwest Washington DC a continuum of care,
including street outreach, case management, referrals, psychiatric care, medical care,
benefits assistance, and transitional and permanent housing. National Presbyterian is
one of twenty founding congregations, and we support CCHFP financially and with volunteers.
NPC contact: Amanda West
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
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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