Episode 7, Liberia with Charles Jones
We are excited to invite you to our next episode of Provisions: Table Conversations! Our guest will be Rev. Dr. Charles Jones, Area Director for Europe, the Middle East, and Liberia. Charles will share with Kristy about the culture and history of Liberia and you will learn more about some of the recent crises in the country as well as the food. Kristy had the opportunity to interview Charles while attending the European Baptist Federation’s annual gathering in Riga, Latvia. Listen to that conversation, now.
You can also learn more about the food and take a short quiz to see what you know about Liberia, by clicking the corresponding links. Thank you for joining us at the table again!
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“Provisions” is a one-hour virtual table where we gather to learn about culture, food, ministry, and the things that unite us around the world. It is a chance to meet and speak with people from different backgrounds while also learning about the ways that their culture has influenced things like food, language, and worship. Kristy Engel and Melanie Baggao will invite a friend(s), from one of the many places they have lived or visited, to share with the table. You will hear from them, firsthand, about life in that particular place.
We would encourage you to read Table Life, by Rev. Dr. Greg Mamula. “This new book presents a uniquely holistic approach to table fellowship as a spiritual discipline… Table Life is an intentional and interactive process of reflection and action, meals and mission, listening and storytelling, scripture and perspective, communion and neighboring. These disciplines connect the individual with Christ, the local church, their neighborhood, and their community contexts.”
About the hosts:
Kristy Engel is the Global Consultant for Health with International Ministries, ABC-USA. Her work has taken her to more than 30 countries and she has worked with partners during natural disasters and medical emergencies. She is a pediatric nurse practitioner with a masters certificate in International Nutrition through Tufts University and the United Nations University. She trains churches and partners in ABCD (asset based community development) and uses this model throughout the world.
Melanie Baggao is a Global Servant with International Ministries, ABC-USA. She lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon where she teaches English at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary. She is a graduate of Biola University and taught middle school for ten years before moving to the Middle East. She is involved with ministry at INSAAF, a community center for migrant domestic workers in Beirut, and she helps with leading worship at the International Community Church.
Link to Greg’s book, Table Life:
https://www.amazon.com/Table-Life-Invitation-Everyday-Discipleship/dp/0817018158/ref=sr_1_1?crid=L5HK3IN56OM6&keywords=table+life+book+greg+mamula&qid=1651627857&sprefix=table+life%2Caps%2C134&sr=8-1 [https://www.amazon.com/Table-Life-Invitation-Everyday-Discipleship/dp/0817018158/ref=sr_1_1?crid=L5HK3IN56OM6&keywords=table+life+book+greg+mamula&qid=1651627857&sprefix=table+life%2Caps%2C134&sr=8-1]
