Africa Grants

Teaching Christian Education in Grahamstown, South Africa

Dorothy Linthicum, Staff
Virginia Theological Seminary
To teach Christian education at the College of the Transfiguration in Grahamstown, South Africa.


>>Final Report: Teaching Christian Education in Grahamstown, South Africa (2005)

Church of the Ascension Internship (2007)

Stephen Shaver, MDiv '07
General Theological Seminary, for an internship at the Church of the Ascension, Dallas, Texas working with its local Dinka and Igbo communities.

>>Final Report: Church of the Accension Internship (2007)

Training in the Diocese of North Mbale in Uganda (2005)

The Rev. Noah R. Shuwu, MTS
Virginia Theological Seminary
For a training program for 86 people who will work to nurture children in the church and evangelize those outside the church in North Mbale diocese.

Internship in the Diocese of Mpwapwa Tanzania (2006)

Caron Gwynn, MDiv
Virginia Theological Seminary
A cross-cultural internship at the Anglican Church community in the Diocese of Mpwapwa Tanzania, to learn about the church, culture, the Christian communityâ embodiment of the Gospel lived out alongside other existing religion practices.

Medical missionary outreach in Uganda (2006)

James and Mary Giles, MDiv '05
Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry
To travel to Uganda to help strengthen the ministry partnership with the Kellerman medical missionary team by providing agricultural, organizational, and medical skills, and spiritual support.

Hebrew Courses for Renk Bible College, Sudan (2005)

Dr. Ellen Davis and the Rev. Richard J. Jones, Faculty
Duke Divinity School and Virginia Theological Seminary
To send two teaching teams to Renk Bible College in Southern Sudan for an intensive program in biblical Hebrew.

>>Final Report: Hebrew Courses for Renk Bible College, Sudan (2005)

Work in the Diocese of Maseno North, Kenya (2005)

Amity Carrubba, MDiv
Episcopal Divinity School
To work with orphan feeding programs, teach at St. Philipâ?™s Theological College, and offer pastoral care at Maseno hospital in the Diocese of Maseno North, Kenya.

Course on Anglican Spirituality (2005

Ann P. Bonner-Stewart, MDiv
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
To teach a course on Anglican Spirituality at St. Philipâ?™s Theological College in Kisimu, Kenya.

Pilgrimage and fundraising assistance in Tanzania

Pamela Wesley (Gomez)
Director of Development Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
To participate in a pilgrimage to Tanzania, Africa, to witness the challenges of the Diocese and Bishop, and to help the Bishop and his staff with funding questions.

African studies in Kenya (2003)

Gerald L. Warren, MTS '04
Virginia Theological Seminary
Participation in a three-week immersion course at Maryknoll Institute of African studies in Nairobi, Kenya, prior to travel to two African countries to identify ways to facilitate partner relationships in worship, mission and education.

Ministry of presence to rape victims in South Africa (2001)

Mpho Andrea Tutu, MDiv '02
Episcopal Divinity School
A ministry of presence to rape victims and their families by lay people drawn from the Anglican seminary and area churches in the Diocese of Grahamstown, South Africa, to provide pastoral support as victims negotiate the legal process.

Evangelism in the Diocese of Kigezi (1999)

The Rev. Jovahn Turyamureeba, MTS '99
Virginia Theological Seminary
A program to train Archdeacons in the diocese to do the work of evangelism for a revitalized life in the Diocese, and an increased number of members in the church.

Extension of Seth C. Edwards Memorial Theological Institute (1999)

The Rev. Edward H. Thompson, MDiv '00
Nashotah House
A project to make the program of the theological institute in Monrovia, Liberia, available in remote areas of the country to train catechists and other lay leaders for the ministries of the church.

Youth training in the Diocese of Khartoum (2001)

Lomole James Simeon, MTS '02
Virginia Theological Seminary
A training program in youth work and management for the youth leaders of the Diocese of Khartoum in the Sudan to equip them with leadership, managerial, and evangelism skills to prepare them for future church leadership.

Ministry in Sudan (2002)

Kristina Robb-Dover, MDiv '04
School of Theology, University of the South (Sewanee)
A visit by a team of School of Theology students to nurture ties with the Christians of Adjumani, assess the needs of their orphanage and seminary, conduct Christian education classes, and provide the children at the orphanage with food and clothing.

Teaching conferences to the youth of the Church of Sudan (2001)

Robert Paul Price, MDiv '01
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
Teaching conferences for over 200 youths in northern Bor (Sudan) and at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya to equip and form the future lay and ordained leaders of the persecuted Sudanese Church.

Internship to South Africa (2000)

Rebecca O. Pearson, MTS '01
Virginia Theological Seminary
A cross-cultural/world mission summer internship in the Anglican Diocese of Christ the King in South Africa, and subsequent reflection colloquy with other interns on the experience and its application to preaching/teaching the Gospel in the Episcopal Church.

Computer training for Dioceses in the Church of Uganda (1998)

Barrie S. Mosher, Spouse
General Theological Seminary
Technical and educational support for diocesan staff in Uganda to enable them to utilize their computers in advanced word processing, database management, spreadsheet techniques, and e-mail.

African studies in Kenya (2003)

Sarah F. Midzalkowski, MDiv '04
Virginia Theological Seminary
Participation in a three-week immersion course at Maryknoll Institute of African studies in Nairobi, Kenya, prior to visits to various dioceses in Tanzania.

Pastoral care in the Grahamstown Hospice

William T. Hocker, MDiv '06
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Serve as a supervised provider of pastoral care services to patients and their families in the Grahamstown Hospice in South Africa.

African studies in Kenya

Kathleen P. Gannon, MDiv '05
Virginia Theological Seminary
Participation in a three-week immersion course at Maryknoll Institute of African studies in Nairobi Kenya to identify fresh initiatives for evangelism and education.

Work with orphans and AIDs-afflicted children

Lisa C. Flores, MDiv '05
General Theological Seminary
Work with infants and children at the Fikelela Children's Center in Khayelitsha, South Africa, who are orphaned and/or have HIV/AIDS

Ministry to Sudanese (2003)

The Rev. David J. Davis, MDiv '04
School of Theology, University of the South (Sewanee)
Travel to Uganda by a team of seminary students to strengthen the ministry partnership with displaced Sudanese in Adjumani.

Strengthening companion diocese relationships (2004)

Rosemary Beales, MDiv '05
Virginia Theological Seminary To build opportunities for companion-parish evangelical witness between the Diocese of Maryland and the Diocese of Accra in Ghana.

Mission work in Nigeria (2002)

Stephen Arbogast & Stephen Smith, MDiv '03
Berkeley Divinity School at Yale
A summer project with the clergy, seminarians, and lay people of the Diocese of Ibadan North in Nigeria to help provide opportunities for Christian education and training through classes, seminars, and retreats, and a "clergy school."

Textbooks for Africa (2004)

Gail Avery, MDiv '05
Episcopal Divinity School Provide textbooks for children and schools in South Africa, involving outreach and youth groups from 49 New Hampshire parishes.

Writing a Seminary Course (2003)

Jeffrey R. Adams, MDiv '04
Virginia Theological Seminary
Write and produce a curriculum for Uganda Christian University in applied Christian political thought using sources from the global North and global South.

Training for a New Diocese in Tanzania (2002)

The Rev. Jacob Erasto Chimeldeya, MTS '03
Virginia Theological Seminary
A training program for clergy and lay church leaders to equip them for ministry to the growing number of Christians in the Diocese of Mpwapwa and to establish criteria by which to monitor and evaluate future training.

Training lay and ordained ministers in Uganda (2000)

The Rev. Jonathan Byamugisha, '01
Virginia Theological Seminary
A program to raise up and train lay and ordained ministers to take the Word out into the provinces in the church in Uganda.