{"id":7587,"date":"2015-06-09T14:49:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T18:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=7587"},"modified":"2015-07-10T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T17:23:43","slug":"what-is-africa-university-what-is-shared-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=7587","title":{"rendered":"What is Africa University?  What is Shared Ministry?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Africa University&#8230;.<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_7590\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umc.org\/news-and-media\/africa-university-graduates-are-changing-the-continent\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7590\" class=\" wp-image-7590\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Africa-University-_LloydShowingProjectsMap.jpg\" alt=\"The Rev. Lloyd Nyarota, an Africa University graduate, points to a map of community development projects underway through the Norway-Zimbabwe partnership. Photo by Vicki Brown, UMNS.\" width=\"355\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Africa-University-_LloydShowingProjectsMap.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Africa-University-_LloydShowingProjectsMap-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rev. Lloyd Nyarota, an Africa University graduate, points to a map of community development projects underway through the Norway-Zimbabwe partnership. Photo by Vicki Brown, UMNS.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if we could train up a team of experts who could help people all over Africa to provide sources of\u00a0 clean water, build churches, build schools, and divert young people away from an impoverished destiny by giving them a college education?<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, the United Methodist Church is doing these things day in and day out.\u00a0 One of the &#8220;causes&#8221; supported by our Shared Ministries is the Africa University.\u00a0 Instead of sending Americans to Africa, African graduates from this university are making a huge difference in the lives of ordinary people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jesus called us to care for those in need&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, \u00a0 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Matt 25:35-36<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We can&#8217;t do those things very well all by ourselves.\u00a0 We may not even be able to travel from Pitman to Africa, but through the Shared Ministry of the United Methodist Church, we can make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Africa University is more than a line on the Shared Ministries budget.\u00a0 The UMC website recently posted a two part report about Africa University and its graduates who are helping people (on our behalf).\u00a0 Check it Out:<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/www.umc.org\/news-and-media\/africa-university-graduates-are-changing-the-continent' class='big-button bigorange' target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Part 1<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <a href='http:\/\/www.umc.org\/news-and-media\/africa-university-graduates-feeding-educating-their-homelands' class='big-button bigorange' target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Part 2<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After reading the articles above (and looking at the slideshows of pictures), try the following quiz&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id='quizArea'>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\njQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n$( function($){\nvar quiz = {\nmultiList:\n[{ ques: 'Other than\u00a0 pointing at a map, what is\u00a0Rev. 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