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Delivering Medical Treatments and a Gospel Message in Liberia

News--Liberia April 2025

Thanks be to God and all his mercies! We have just returned from our fifth Three Rivers Outreach Medical Mission to Liberia in west Africa. Many thanks to you all and to the clergy of St. Philip’s Church for your donations and prayers....

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World Mission Day at St Philip’s: February 23

News--Chris Royer

With Guest Preacher the Rev. Dr. Chris Royer, Executive Director of the Anglican Frontier Mission What is “frontier mission”? An honest question! And one that is often overlooked by the Body of Christ. Frontier mission is, in Chris Royer’s own words, “taking the gospel where the church is not.” How does Anglican Frontier Mission (AFM) reach these very difficul...

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Special Rector’s Forum and Meet and Greet: Uganda Christian University Partners

News--Guest speakers

We are excited to have Mark Bartels and Dr. Charity Alinda from Uganda Christian University Partners, one of St. Philip’s world mission partners, joining us at the Rector’s Forum on Sunday, February 9. They will be speaking on the ministry of UCU and its impact on East Africa, with a Q&A session included....

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Monthly Mobile Medical Clinic at St. Jean-Baptiste Offers Regular Care for Mothers and Children

News--Medical clinic Haiti

A mobile clinic held last month at St. Jean-Baptiste, our sister church, in Plaine Mapou, Haiti, focused on prenatal exams and care for malnourished infants. Many soon-to-be mothers received check-ups, and clinicians administered Medika Mamba, a therapeutic food for malnourished children, and sent it home with parents, too....

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Alleluia! Sing to Jesus! His the Scepter, His the Throne ...

News--Theo Rwanda

A few weeks ago, on All Saints Day, I stood with dear African friends, Theo and his wife, Paula, while singing the beautiful hymn “Alleluia, Sing to Jesus.” In verse one, the lyricist writes, “Hark! the songs of holy Sion thunder like a mighty flood; Jesus out of ev’ry nation hath redeemed us by his blood.” Truly, Jesus has redeemed us out of ev’ry nation. His ...

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World Missions Team Announces New Partner: Three Rivers Outreach Medical Mission

News--Bet and Vinnie Rhodes

Three Rivers Outreach Medical Mission is an outgrowth of Three Rivers Outreach, which was founded 10 years ago by Shawn and Sonny Dupre, who began visiting Liberia in 2007 as part of a St. Andrew’s Mt. Pleasant mission team and later moved there permanently. The name is drawn both from three rivers they’ve spent so much time boating, swimming and fishing in––the Wa...

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Dufatanye Organization Director To Visit St. Philip’s

Events--Godfrey Karema

One of our world mission partners is the Dufatanye Organization (DO) in Rwanda, a truly amazing Christian organization which is improving the lives of widows, orphans, and families in impoverished communities, many of whom are suffering as a result of genocide and AIDS. The founder and director, Karema Godfrey, will be visiting the States over the next couple of weeks an...

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St. Jean-Baptiste: Update on Our Sister Church in Haiti

News--St. Jean-Baptiste Cornerstone

While the news from Port-au-Prince focuses on the violence and political chaos that continue to be very upsetting, we wanted to share a brighter side of the conditions in Haiti. The eleven churches and schools in the La Gonâve Haiti Partnership continue to flourish on the island of La Gonâve, which is located 16 miles across the bay from the Haiti mainland. In the past, ...

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School of Medicine at Uganda Christian University (East Africa)

News--UCU SOM

Uganda Christian University (UCU), a faith-based Anglican institution, was founded in 1997 on the Mukono campus of Bishop Tucker Theological College, which was established in 1913 by British missionaries. UCU was granted a charter (full accreditation) from the government of Uganda in 2004, the first private university in Uganda to receive full accreditation. ...

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Persecuted Christians need our Prayers

News--Open Doors USA kidnapped

It is difficult for us here in beautiful Charleston, the “Holy City,” to fathom the reality that there are 365 million brothers and sisters in our world who can lose their jobs, homes, and very lives just for believing in Christ or even owning a Bible. Yet we must not turn away from these horrific facts no matter how hard they are to think about. We must pray regularly...

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