Friends missionaries speak in chapel, classes for Quaker Focus Week
David and Debby Thomas, missionaries to Rwanda, Africa, with Evangelical Friends Mission for the past 20 years, will speak in chapel tomorrow (Tuesday) as part of the university’s annual Quaker Focus Week.
While in Rwanda the Thomases were involved in many aspects of ministry, including leadership training, national church organization leadership, church planting, translation, starting a small school, starting two businesses, and holistic community development. During their last eight years in Rwanda the Thomases especially focused on Discipling for Development, a form of holistic community development that combines spiritual and physical aspects of transformation.
Tuesday’s message (10:50 a.m., Bauman Auditorium) will focus on bringing transformation by living as children of light. David and Debby will share about their years of being involved in whole-life transformational development in Africa and encourage students to bring transformation into their own society by living as children of light.
In addition to their chapel presentation, the Thomases also will speak in Paul Anderson’s History and Doctrine of Friends class (Wednesday, Nov. 18, 8 a.m., Stevens 101) and Spiritual Formation class (Thursday, Nov. 19, 2:50 p.m., Stevens 209).
David and Debby have four children, two of whom are students at George Fox, and the couple recently moved back to Newberg. David continues to work internationally with EFM, helping new mission fields develop ministries that are transformational and non-dependent. Debby has a PhD in organizational leadership and is presently an adjunct professor at George Fox.
The George Fox community and the public are welcome to attend any of these events.
Questions? Contact Paula Hampton at phampton@georgefox.edu.