Woman-to-Woman Worldwide 2003 Colombia
Update from Global Ministries on the Colombia Situation, November 2005 
After visiting the Council of Evangelical Churches of Colombia (CEDECOL) and its Restoration, Life and Peace Commission (CRVP) three times this year (two by the Area Executive and one by the Progam Associate), Global Ministries is in the process of appointing a Global Ministries missionary of missionaries to CEDECOL to work with the Restoration, Life and Peace Commission, to provide pastoral support, in accordance with the ciricial presence criteria of the CGMB. In July, Ricardo Esquivia, National Coordinator of CRVP, attended the General Synod of the United Church of CHrist in Atlanta, Georgia.
The women's Network of CEDECOL was the recipient of a CGMB Award of Affirmation. Originally, the award was to be presented to the President of the Women's Network, Carmen Acosta, during the General Assembly of the Christian Church, but she was not able to attend the assembly since her visa was denied. The Program Associate for Latin America and the Caribbean, therefore, visited Colombia and presented the award to the Women's Network. The goal of the Network is to provide women with education, economic development, human rights, leadership development, and training on skills for self-sustenance and physical safety.
Update on Luz Gloria
May 2005
Luz Gloria was one of the women we met during our 2003 visit to Colombia. She continues living in Bogota. Initially she had some difficulties with the senior pastor of the church where she was working, because he had a problem with women in leadership. Lately she has been very dedicated to strengthening her church and was ordained as pastor and guides a new congregation that she helped start, which is located in northern Bogota.
Luz Gloria continues to be connected to the Women's Network and the CEDECOL commission for peace and human rights in general. She has worked in the coastal region of Montes de Maria, leading workshops and seminars about inner health with groups of displaced families. She is a very valuable person, dedicating her life to the work of God's Reign. She is respected and loved by those with whom she works and by her colleagues in the peace commission of CEDECOL.
-Our thanks go to Jane Sullivan-Davis of Global Ministries for supplying this information.
How did you make a difference?
By donating to Global Women Connecting (GWC). The Global Women Connecting (formerly World CWF) Service Project for 2004 to 2008 was chosen as a result of this Woman-to-Woman Worldwide trip. The Executive Committee of Global Women Connecting in their meeting in Brighton, England on July 25 to 26, 2004, voted that the 2004 to 2008 service project would be the Women's Network of the Council of Evangelical Churches of Colombia (CEDECOL). Thank you for your help.
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