INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH
seeking Christ & sharing His love around the world.
FPC OUTREACH PARTNERS “The Kingdom grows as we defeat poverty and disease, as we make peace, as we welcome orphans into homes, as we release the captive and as we share the gospel with the lost.”
TREE OF LIVES To strengthen the African family in our shared battle against HIV/AIDS and poverty.
In 2001, Drs. Richard and Judith Brown, Presbyterian missionaries and First Presbyterian Church of Norfolk members, founded the Holy Family HIV/AIDS Center on the grounds of Nazareth Hospital in Kenya. First Presbyterian Church began the Tree of Lives ministry in 2004 to support the work of this vital clinic. Since then, Tree of Lives has expanded to include other programs that support the African family through HIV/AIDS awareness. In 2020, the Tree of Lives Kenya NGO was approved by the Kenyan government. Tree of Lives and Tree of Lives Kenya will work together to further our shared battle against HIV/AIDS.
GLOBAL STUDENT FRIENDSHIP A place to foster new relationships and to help with practical, personal and spiritual needs
The Global Friendship organization is located near Old Dominion University. It is run by Kurnia and Lian Foe. It has served more than 10,000 international students, visiting scholars, and immigrants since 2005. The Global Friendship organization helps furnish more than 300 apartments of our international students each year and they host weekly melas and gatherings. If you would like to learn more about how you can get involved, please call 757-309-0808 and the email is drkurniafoe@gmail.com
The Outreach Foundation SYRIA & LEBANON PARTNERSHIP Engaging followers of Christ for his work in the world
For over 40 years The Outreach Foundation has connected congregations and people in the United States with church partners around the world in Christ-centered evangelistic mission. At the core is identifying and helping fund projects and people making an impact for Christ. More than projects, they view their work as centering on relationships. Outreach is like “connective tissue” in the body of Christ. In making connections, we see what gifts we have to share with each other, and what we can learn from each other. FPC has been working with the Outreach Foundation, supporting the mission and ministry of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon. Our Presbyterian family in that region is facing unprecedented challenges due to Covid and economic collapse. Through it all, the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon has overseen the vital mission and ministries of its 40 congregations with great hope and purpose.
MISSIONARIES SHARING CHRIST'S LOVE AROUND THE WORLD.
CHRIS HAYNES Missionary to the Czech Republic
Chris Haynes is a missionary serving in the Czech Republic under the auspices of Presbyterian-Reformed Ministries International (PRMI). He serves on the teaching team at an international church in Prague where he also regularly leads the Alpha Course. He offers a weekly Bible study for international students and helps with Scripture Union’s English camps. He serves as a teacher for PRMI’s Dunamis Course in Europe (Czech Republic, UK, Estonia, and Belarus) as well as PRMI’s Liaison to the Vatican.
