Global Vision Week
October 29-November 2, 2007
Mission Statement
Global Vision Week seeks to expose the APU community to God’s global perspective in hopes of fulfilling the Great Commission throughout the world.
Chapels
Monday, October 29, 9:30 a.m.
Robert R. Duke, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Undergraduate Religion and Philosophy
Azusa Pacific University
Bobby Duke grew up in Southern California and completed his Ph.D. at UCLA in
2006. While studying in Israel, he found his true loves: his wife Jenny and
the history, language, and geography of the land of the Bible. His research
interests are the Old Testament, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the history of Jerusalem.
His studies in the Middle East have given him a heart for the people of the
region.
Currently, his most important research project is studying the eating and sleeping
habits of his twin babies, Zachary and Jeffrey.
Wednesday, October 31, 9:30 a.m.
Stella Kasirye
Africa Representative, Global Connections in Southern Africa, Willow Creek Community Church
Stella Kasirye has been involved in church-based HIV/AIDS work for more than 15 years. She has held positions with World Relief, the World Health Organization, and other extensive international development agencies. In her current position, Kasirye works with Willow Creek partners in Africa who work with local churches in the areas of HIV/AIDS and poverty eradication. She believes in grassroots development, as well as the Church’s strategic and unique role within the process. Kasirye has a B.A. in Social Work and Social Administration from Makerere University in Kampala and an M.A. in Educational Ministries from Wheaton College. She currently lives in Lilongwe, Malawi with her two adopted daughters, Stella and Sarah, and two young adults who have become her daughters. Kasirye will speak about the partnership opportunities between the global North and the African global South in the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Friday, November 2, 9:30 a.m.
Sammy Mah
President/CEO, World Relief
Sammy Mah is a first generation Asian American serving as president/CEO of World Relief. Mah came to World Relief in 2005 after twenty-seven years as an executive at General Motors in Michigan. He has since been building upon World Relief's foundation and history, continuing its vision, while also utilizing his own business experience and expertise to assist the ministry for the years to come. Mah and his wife, Lorelei, live in Baltimore, Maryland, and are actively involved with their church.
Additional Events
Cultural Events
A variety of cultural events will expose students to the diversity of the world
as the international students at APU sponsor World Market (includes
cultural foods and festival activities).
Missionaries Across Campus (MAC)
Missionaries Across Campus is a way of promoting the idea that the call to missions
is one that reaches to every Christian, whether he or she is planning a career
in accounting, communications, science, or any other field. The MAC program
involves class or residential hall visits by missionaries from organizations
ministering throughout the world.
Missionaries and Missions Agencies
Missionaries and missions agencies are invited to participate in our annual
Global Vision Week. Missionaries will be provided with numerous opportunities
to interact with APU students during this week. It is our hope, that through
these interactions, students will gain deeper insight of their place in world
evangelism and events.
Global Fest
A celebration of cultural diversity through performance, activities, and
food from different regions of the world.
For more information about events, visit the Global Vision Week schedule.
