Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury
Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury
Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury
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US COOPERATIVE<br />
ORGANIZATIONS<br />
vision with a resounding, “Yes!” Their affirmations<br />
have taken on a myriad <strong>of</strong> forms. For<br />
example, during the 72 Hours Project at the turn<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Millennium, over a million people in 40<br />
countries participated in 200 projects for peace.<br />
Highlights included a 12-day interfaith pilgrimage<br />
across Pakistan <strong>and</strong> the celebration <strong>of</strong> 1 million<br />
signature on a petition to ban h<strong>and</strong>guns in<br />
Rio de Janeiro.<br />
Headquarters<br />
P.O. Box 29242, San Francisco, CA 94129-0242<br />
Tel. (415)561-2300 Fax (415)562-2313<br />
Media Contact, Kristin Swenson<br />
STAFF<br />
Executive Director, Rev. Cn Charles P. Gibbs<br />
Peacebuilding, Barbara H. Hartford & Sarah<br />
Talcott<br />
Global Fundraising, Philanthropy, Jennifer Kirk<br />
& LaTonya Trotter<br />
Membership <strong>and</strong> Organizational Development,<br />
Sally Mahe & Cory Robertson<br />
Visions for Peace Among Religions Project,<br />
Nancy Nielsen<br />
Annual Giving <strong>and</strong> Knowledge Management,<br />
Sarah Talcott<br />
Financial Manager, Ray Signer<br />
GLOBAL COUNCIL<br />
President <strong>and</strong> Founding Trustee, Bishop William<br />
Swing<br />
AFRICA<br />
Malawi, Joyce N’goma<br />
Ug<strong>and</strong>a, Despina Namwembe<br />
Mozambique, Sabapath Alagiah<br />
ASIA<br />
Pakistan, James Channan<br />
Korea, Jinwol Lee<br />
India, Mohinder Singh<br />
EUROPE<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s, Annie Imbens<br />
United Kingdom, Deepak Naik<br />
Germany, Karimah Stauch<br />
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN<br />
Argentina, Rosalia Guiterrez<br />
Mexico, Jonathan Rose<br />
Chile, Gerado Gonzalez<br />
MIDDLE EAST<br />
Isreal, George Khory<br />
Isreal, Yehuda Stolov<br />
Egypt, Mohamed Mosaad<br />
MULTI-REGIONAL/NON-GEOGRAPHIC<br />
Yol<strong>and</strong> Trevino<br />
Jack Lundin<br />
Munirah Shahidi<br />
NORTH AMERICA<br />
United States <strong>of</strong> America, Don Frew<br />
United States <strong>of</strong> America, Kay Lindhal<br />
United States <strong>of</strong> America, Heng Sure<br />
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THE PACIFIC<br />
New Zeal<strong>and</strong>, George Armstrong<br />
Philippines, Bonifacio Quirog<br />
Philippines, Shakuntala Moorjani-Vaswani<br />
TRANSITION ADVISORY COMMITTEE<br />
Iftekhar Hai<br />
Rita Semel<br />
Bob Walter<br />
United States Conference for the<br />
World Council <strong>of</strong> <strong>Churches</strong><br />
The United States Conference <strong>of</strong> the World<br />
Council <strong>of</strong> <strong>Churches</strong> was formed in 1938 when<br />
the WCC itself was still in the “Process <strong>of</strong><br />
Formation.” Henry Smith Leiper, an <strong>American</strong><br />
with many national <strong>and</strong> international connections,<br />
was given the title <strong>of</strong> “Associate General<br />
Secretary” <strong>of</strong> the WCC <strong>and</strong> asked to carry out<br />
WCC work in the U.S. After the World Council<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Churches</strong> was <strong>of</strong>ficially born in 1948 in<br />
Amsterdam, Netherl<strong>and</strong>s, Leiper raised millions<br />
<strong>of</strong> dollars for WCC programs.<br />
Today the U.S. Conference <strong>of</strong> the WCC is<br />
composed <strong>of</strong> representatives <strong>of</strong> U.S. member<br />
churches <strong>of</strong> the worldwide body. The U.S.<br />
Office <strong>of</strong> the WCC works to develop relationships<br />
among the churches, advance the work <strong>of</strong><br />
WCC <strong>and</strong> interpret the council in the United<br />
States.<br />
Headquarters<br />
475 Riverside Dr., Rm. 1370, New York, NY<br />
10115 Tel. (212)870-3260 Fax (212)870-2528<br />
Officers<br />
Moderator: The Rev. Dr. Bernice Powell Jackson<br />
Vice-Moderator: Rev. Tyrone Pitts<br />
Vice-Moderator <strong>and</strong> Secretary/Treasurer: Ms.<br />
Anne Glynn Mackoul<br />
Vellore Christian Medical College<br />
Foundation<br />
The Vellore Christian Medical College<br />
Foundation supports the wide range <strong>of</strong> programs<br />
at Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore,<br />
Tamil Nadu, India, by securing contributions for<br />
its major capital equipment <strong>and</strong> construction<br />
goals; grants for program educational, research<br />
<strong>and</strong> health care programs; <strong>and</strong> funds to support<br />
scholarships for medical nursing <strong>and</strong> allied health<br />
students at Vellore <strong>and</strong> senior faculty study outside<br />
<strong>of</strong> India. The Board also facilitates opportunities<br />
for North <strong>American</strong>s to volunteer at CMC <strong>and</strong> fosters<br />
working relationships between CMC <strong>and</strong><br />
institutions in the U.S. Print, DVD <strong>and</strong> electronic<br />
materials about MC’s 100+ years as a leading<br />
medical college <strong>and</strong> hospital are available as part<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Board’s public education program. A capital<br />
campaign to raise one million dollars toward a<br />
new campus is now underway.
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