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. How often have you wondered, where are the young adults in the PC(USA)? Wonder no longer. The 2014 Presbyterian Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is devoted to the theme of young adults in the church. Its stories, many told by young adults, lift up how Presbyterians of all ages are engaging and joining with Presbyterian young adults in reforming the church for Christ’s mission.

Today in the Mission Yearbook: July 31, 2014

PAKISTAN (continued) - As director of assessment and institutional research at Forman Christian College in Lahore, Pakistan, a former mission coworker felt a deep sense of God’s calling to work for justice for the repressed Christian community in Pakistan. He and other administrators redesigned the admissions standards at Forman Christian College to make them fairer to minority students (Christians; many from poor families). He statistically combined results from annual exams students take at the end of 11th and 12th grade with those from a new online standardized admissions test in math and English. Because the annual exams in Pakistan are systematically biased against Christian students, Forman Christian College decided to give more weight to the new admissions test for minority students. Doug was delighted by the accuracy of his prediction that eight additional Christian students would gain admission to Forman by implementing this policy ...

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