Evangelism is our support of seminarians and local and overseas missionaries.

All of these partners receive funding from First Pres.  In addition, the missionaries and seminarians are the grateful recipients of your thoughtfulness and prayers.

Presbytery and Synod Campus Ministries
Provides funding for college campus ministries all over the United States.

Theological Education Fund
Supports all seminaries connected to the Presbyterian Church according to a need-based formula, thus eliminating the former haphazard giving practice of simply supporting the seminaries of a local church's pastors.

Missionaries

Don, Pam, Austin, Elianna, and Michelle Kearby (donkearby@oci.org) - are living in Nairobi, Kenya. Don is the Field Director for the OC International team in East Africa. They work with four other families, and their work is focused in the countries of Kenya, Uganda, and Sudan.

Doug and Elaine Baker (doug.baker@dnet.co.uk) - are in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where Doug is regional liaison for Ireland and the United Kingdom, facilitating Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) support for programs, relationships, and activities involving partner denominations and agencies.  He is also site coordinator for the PC(USA)'s Young Adult Volunteer program in Northern Ireland.  Messages from Doug and Elaine Baker can be found at http://www.pcusa.org/missionconnections/profiles/bakerd.htm.

Daystar University
Daystar University is a four year, Christian, liberal arts College in Kenya, Africa.  The vision of the school is to help transform the continent of Africa by training young men and women to stay in Africa and be leaders in their fields, while at the same time, living out their Christian values as servant leaders. Contact: Pastor Paul Kirbas

Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
Provides College of DuPage students with prayer groups, Bible studies with international students, and outreach and fellowship activities. Volunteer Opportunities . Contact: Robb Frank

NE Africa Optical Project
Dr. K. and Mrs. S. and family are working with an optical project in NE Africa.  Their focus is on equipping nationals - both optically and relationally - with tools and training to provide eyecare services to the forgotten peoples of their region.  Contact Ben or Jean Crane for more information.

Roseland "Good News" Day Care Center
This day care initiative has provided Christ centered child care for single, teen moms so they can stay in school. They provide diapers, milk, food, and clothing for the children and their moms. The moms agree to attend Bible Study on Fridays. Our visiting team saw first hand all that their advocate and leader, Ms. Pearl Willis, the visionary founder and the director, is accomplishing through Roseland in a challenging, crime ridden area of Chicago! Contact: Pastor Jay Moses

Wicker Park Grace
Wicker Park Grace is a New Church Development of the Presbytery of Chicago, which is in partnership with First Presbyterian.  Under the Leadership of Rev. Nanette Sawyer, Wicker seeks to  be "missional" in her context of the north side of Chicago.  It is a ministry to the "de-churched, " people who have gone to traditional church but found it wanting.  They seek to discover new ways through the arts and corporate disciplines both ancient and new to be path of grace within the city.  Contact: Pastor Jay Moses