Summer 2009 • Vol. 05, No. 01
Reflections on Global Ministries and minds to theology that was done in other contexts. Each graduate was asked to speak at chapel during the final year of studies. As part of a directed study at ADC I read Stan Mooneyham’s book: What Do You Say To a Hungry World? I still remember the haunting scene in which he had been with a person dying of hunger and found that he had no words. I related that scene to my colleagues and professors during my chapel address. I am almost certain that I had nothing profound to say except that faithful discipleship required some sort of engagement with human need.
I take satisfaction when people say: “Thank God for the church.” Gordon King monitors food aid program in Kenya.
will always be grateful for my formation at Acadia Divinity College. We studied theology and reflected on ministry in a manner that embraced the world. Our professors brought their own convictions and backgrounds to the academic disciplines which they taught. Visiting professors included Dr. Abel Masilamani of India. Masi was a brilliant communicator and thinker who taught us to open our hearts
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Over 30 years have passed. I have lived and worked in Bolivia, the poorest country in South America. My wife is a genocide survivor from Rwanda. I have spent time visiting development programs in Latin America,
by Rev. Gordon King ‘77
Asia, and Africa. I have cried many times in sorrow and desperation, sometimes alone and sometimes with others. I still find it hard to articulate an understanding of how our world works and does not work for the bottom billion whose circumstances are even more difficult in 2009 than they were in 1989. I serve as director of The Sharing Way, the relief and development department of Canadian Baptist Ministries. Our mandate is to give hope to the poor through community based programs that are well designed and witness to God’s love. Some of our programs are developed with matching funding from the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. These development programs address the painful issues of hunger by increasing food security in rural areas and providing food aid in times of crisis. This past week we launched a food aid program in Kenya that will meet the nutrition-
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