Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer. The stories in the 2013 Mission Yearbook were gathered around the question of Jesus to his disciples, “How many loaves have you?” from Mark 6:38. The book is filled with stories of God’s abundance in the face of overwhelming needs and a scarcity of resources.

Today in the Mission Yearbook: July 5, 2013

PAKISTAN (continued) - The Christians in Pakistan are discriminated against and for 31 years were offered virtually no opportunity for higher education. The church leadership was aging. With little or no education, entire families were locked into poverty for generations. The Christian colleges, such as Forman Christian College (FCC), had been nationalized in 1972 and no longer served the Christian community. Indeed, when FCC was returned to the PC(USA) in 2003 there were only four Christian faculty members and 20 Christian students.

A small number of Pakistani Christians and several representatives of the PC(USA) worked tirelessly from 1994 until 2003 for the denationalization of FCC.

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