Jade and Shelah Acker | Uganda
Jade and Shelah Acker are Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel who live and serve in Uganda, where they are committed to doing holistic ministry through Refuge and Hope International, an organization they started in 2004. Each year, Refuge and Hope serves more than 1,000 refugees through the Center of Hope, as well as through skills and business training programs, youth and women’s ministry, spiritual development and social work programs.
Learn more at www.cbf.net/acker.
This Week's Field Personnel, Engagement Partners and Staff Member Birthdays
Chaplains (CH) and Pastoral Counselors . . .
July 3: Elizabeth Ellis, Crestwood, KY (PC), Brenda Lee, Williamsburg, VA (CH), Ascanio Peguero, Fort Worth, TX (CH) and Leland Parks, Louisville, KY (CH)
July 4: José Jimenez-Abrams, Austell, GA (CH)
July 5: Coy Callicott, Louisville, KY (CH), Jeff Fryer, Murfreesboro, TN (CH) and Amy Dills-Moore, Atlanta, GA (CH)
July 6: Debbie Kubo, Arlington, TX (CH)
July 7: Barbara Dail, Greenville, NC (CH), Steven Flowers, Waynesboro, VA (PC) and July 7 P. Randall Wright, Rockhill, SC (CH)
July 8: Renato Santos, Miami, FL (CH), Steve Sexton, Knoxville, TN (CH) and Robert Summers, Lexington, KY (CH)
July 9: Miriam Dakin, Lynchburg, VA (CH) and Charles Godfrey II, Charlotte, NC (CH)
Church Starters . . .
July 3: Bill Sloan, Albuquerque, NM (CST)
Field Personnel (FP) and Engagement Partners . . .
July 6: Shelah Acker, Uganda (FP)
Staff Members . . .
July 5: Mark Snipes (S-Virginia)
July 8: Ruth Perkins Lee (S-Global)
July 9: Sam Harrell (S-Global)
July 2: Kyle Tubbs (S-Oklahoma)
What We Can Do. . .
Pray for Jade and Shelah and their work on our behalf in the Uganda. Pray especially for refugees suffering from hunger and for Refuge and Hope as it strives to meet needs in a challenging situation . . .
Give to help support missions around the world . . .
Go wherever God leads you . . .