Friday, October 2, 2009

Great Alumni

In this post I thought I would profile some great alumni that are making a difference in the service and mission world. Many Messiah alums are making a positive difference in their own ways, but these folks are carrying on the particular kind of work I do in this office beyond graduation.

Peter Greer - President of Hope International
Peter graduated with me from Messiah in 1997. After years of international development work in Cambodia, Rwanda and The Democratic Republic of Congo and an MPP from Harvard, he joined HOPE in 2004. HOPE is a Christian faith based non-profit dedicated to alleviating spiritual and physical suffering through microfinance.

Peter is also a co-author with Phil Smith of The Poor Will Be Glad:Joining the Revolution to Lift the World Out of Poverty, to be released in November by Zondervan. He's kind of like Bono in a dress shirt. And he might hate me for writing that.


Melissa Davis - President of Jesus Politik
Melissa graduated from Messiah in 2006. While here she led the International Justice Mission and Invisible Children chapters through the Agape Center. She also worked with several NGOs in Thailand and led stateside service trips for her fellow students through the Agape Center.
"JESUSpolitik works with local missionaries overseas in areas where there is a lot of need, and often, not a lot of resources. We connect them to larger human rights and missions groups that want to reach the same people in the same area and we get the word out about these collaborated projects in America."

Greg and Bethany Glidden - Priority One Ministries
Greg and Bethany graduated from Messiah in Before joining the P1 team, they taught English in China for three years, earned their Master's Degrees in Missions and Intercultural Studies, and taught in a public school.
"Priority 1 Ministries is a Christ-focused, Bible-based, interdenominational short-term missions ministry providing cross-cultural mission trips for Christian youth through adults who have a sincere desire to assist with the greatest "search and rescue" plan in history."

Come back next month to see 3 more service and mission alumni featured!

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