Muslims and Christians:
Partners or Enemies?
Synod of the covenant Fall AssemblyFriday November 2, 2018
1:00 to 5:00 pm
Christ Presbyterian Church
4225 Sylvania Ave. Toledo, OH 43606
Guest Speakers PC(USA) Mission Co-Workers:
Bernie Adeney-Risakotta, Professor of Religion, Ethics and Social science, Indonesesian Consortium for Religious Studies, Yogyakarta, Indonesia and Farsijana Adeney-Risakotta, anthropologist, theologian and faculty member at Duta Wacana Christian University
“Our talk will share about creative ways Muslims and Christians are working together in Indonesia. Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world, but also has a growing and vibrant church. We will address the question of why the church is thriving in the worlds largest Muslim country and what are the threats, challenges and opportunities for the future. Both Farsijana and I will share about our separate ministries, with the emphasis of my work in Muslim universities and Farsijana’s work with villagers who are facing rapid social change.”
Featured Speakers
Participants in the Synod’s Mission to the USA program for 2018
Rev. John Hira
John is the pastor of St Thomas Cathedral Church and the principal of St Andrew’s Theological College. He lives in Dhaka Bangladesh. John will be hosted by Christ Presbyterian Church, Toledo, OH Pastor- Rev. Tom Schwartz Presbytery of Maumee Valley
Rev. Dr. Nosheen Khan
Nosheen is the first Presbyterian ordained women in Pakistan. She is a professor at Gujranwala Theological Seminary, teaching courses in Women’s Ministry. Nosheen will be hosted by Canfield Presbyterian Church in Canfield, OH Pastor- Rev. Larry Bowald Presbytery of Eastminster
Rev. Saman Perera
Saman is the pastor of a congregation and currently the Moderator of the Presbytery of Lanka. He is also the chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Theological College of Lanka, which is the Protestant Ecumenical National Seminary. Saman is the co-founder of a peace organization with a focus on co-existance based on non-violence. He lives in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Saman will be hosted by Worthington Presbyterian Church Worthington, OH Pastor- Rev. Julia Wharff Piermont Associate Pastor Tom Rice Presbytery of Scioto Valley
Korean Pastor’s Family Retreat
We had 28 people from Korean Pastor’s families within the Synod of Covenant. Some of them from Ohio state could not participate in the retreat because schools for children was already open for the semester. We decided to have the retreat earlier in 2019. Many wanted to have one more day so that the decision was made for the retreat to be held July 29-31, 2019 at the same place. For our retreat, Rev. Moon Kil Cho, Associate for Korean Intercultural Congregational Support from PMA gave a lecture about the recent change of the PCUSA, and Rev. Sung Joo Park, Executive Director of the NCKPC talked about how the Korean-American churches should cope with the rapid change of denominational environment. Ms. Carol Jeon from the Board of Pension also gave us a special lecture of how pastors should prepare for their retirement.
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