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Bishop's Africa University Initiative

In I Corinthians 3:6, Paul writes: I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. (NRSV) "Africa University has been built (planted), and I am hoping and praying that we, the North Texas Conference, will be Apollos, by watering the plant, but always mindful that it is God who give the growth."  Bishop Alfred L. Norris, Sr.

Africa University, the sole United Methodist institution of higher learning in Africa, has been educating students from throughout the continent for the past 15 years. The beginning was modest - 40 undergraduates enrolled in agriculture and theology programs. Today some 1300 students from 25 African countries are enrolled in six undergraduate and five graduate fields of study.

 

It is now acknowledged that Africa University is making a qualitative and quantitative difference in the educational, religious, economic and political landscape of sub-Saharan Africa. 

 

United Methodist apportionments are the primary financial support for this remarkable institution and several other avenues have been created for special giving.  Despite all of these efforts, the school continues to face challenges as it grows. The needs are many, but two stand out.

 

The only campus health clinic has not been enlarged since the university opened and is now woefully inadequate to meet growing student needs.

 

Health Science is one of the smaller, but critically important programs at the school. HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria are among the many diseases ravaging the African people. Promoting and encouraging students to study health sciences is of the highest priority.  More Health Science scholarships would train additional public health workers to take basic medical care and education back to their home countries.

 

United Methodists in North Texas will have the opportunity to bring healing and salvation to God's people in Africa by joining in the Lent/Easter 2008 campaign to raise $1 million, half to build a new health clinic and half to fund Health Science scholarships.

 

Through a united practice of prayer, Bible study, and sacrificial offerings during this time when we focus on Jesus' self-giving love and sacrifice on our behalf, we have the gift and challenge of helping save and empower the lives of God's children in Africa. 

To learn more about The Bishop's Africa University Initiative, click here.

To watch 3-minute The Bishop's Africa University Initiative video, click here.

 

To watch the 8-minute Africa University video click here.

 

Click here to go to the 2008 Lenten Study: Transforming Lives/Transforming Africa

 

For on-line giving to the Africa University Initiative