Honorable Bishop Lyght,
May the peace of Christ be with you!
Thank you for including me in this message. It is with thanksgiving that I share my church pays 100% of its apportionments to the Central Pennsylvania Conference. I am also thankful that the Central Pennsylvania Conference is one that also pays 100% of its apportionments to the global church.
It is indeed an honor and privilege to support and serve the African University through our gifts. We will continue to pray that our support continues to be a fragrant offering to God's glory.
Peace,
Missy Miller
Administrative Board Chairperson
Wesley Chapel UMC
Fairfield, PA USA
Africa University :
Educating Global Leaders. Hope for the Future.
Africa University, located just outside of Mutare, Zimbabwe, is the first fully accredited United Methodist-related institution on the African continent established by the 1988 General Conference. The university opened for classes in 1992 with 40 students and currently has an enrollment of about 1,200 students representing 22 countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.*
From the beginning, Africa University’s mission has been to provide quality education within the Pan-African context. Students of the university acquire general and professional knowledge and skills. They are encouraged to grow in spiritual maturity and to develop sound moral values, ethics and leadership qualities.
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Africa University currently offers bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in six faculties - agriculture and natural resources, education, humanities and social sciences, health sciences, management and administration and theology. The Institute of Peace, Leadership and Governance offers postgraduate diploma and master’s programs. United Methodist congregations support the university through the Africa University Fund and other donations. Individuals also support the university. Graduates of Africa University go on to excel through careers in medicine, business, national politics, education, agriculture and the church. Their education helps them to harvest hope across the continent and around the world.
HOW CAN I HELP AFRICA UNIVERSITY?
Benefits of 100-percent apportionment remittance to the Africa University Fund:
• You annually support the transformation of Africa by educating nearly 1,200 African students from 22 countries.
• You empower more than 2,700 graduates to improve the economic quality of life across the continent.
• You support the call to ministry of future pastors who will lead spiritual growth and renewal of the African nations.
• You make development of distance-education learning opportunities possible.
• Through the Africa University Fund apportionment, United Methodist congregations have a unique opportunity to support the university with consistent funding each year.
YOU GIVE HOPE. When your congregation contributes 100 percent to the Africa University Fund, you educate students and nurture their hopes to become world leaders. Encourage your church to pay 100 percent of the Africa University Fund apportionment this year. Your financial gift is a gift of hope.
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For more information, visit www.africau.edu and www.support-africauniversity.org.
