PAK7 International Council Appointed

Bish­op Humphrey Peters address­es the Lahore gath­er­ing.

The PAK7 Inter­na­tion­al Coun­cil was announced at the Lon­don and Lahore Char­ter Meet­ings. The PAK7 Work­ing Group accept­ed the rec­om­men­da­tions of its Nom­i­nat­ing Com­mit­tee after weeks of prayer­ful delib­er­a­tions. Bish­op Michael Nazir-Ali was elect­ed Chair­man; Bish­op Nazir-Ali is the Direc­tor of the Oxford Cen­tre for Train­ing, Research, Advo­ca­cy and Dia­logue. He served as Assis­tant to the Arch­bish­op of Can­ter­bury and as Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary of the Church Mis­sion Soci­ety. He is the author of many books and arti­cles on Chris­t­ian-Mus­lim rela­tions as well as med­ical ethics. Dr. Farhana Nazir was elect­ed Deputy Chair­man; she serves on the fac­ul­ty of Gujran­wala The­o­log­i­cal Sem­i­nary. Rev. Dr. Cur­tis Young was elect­ed Sec­re­tary; Dr. Young is Senior Pas­tor of Church of the Atone­ment and serves on the Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee of the Asso­ciate Reformed Pres­by­ter­ian Church Syn­od. Dr. Ter­ence Ascott, founder and CEO of SAT-7 and pio­neer of the “John 17 mod­el” brings a wealth of media min­istry expe­ri­ence and wis­dom. Bish­op Humphrey Peters, Mod­er­a­tor and Pri­mate of the Church of Pak­istan brings a depth of knowl­edge of Pak­istan and a big heart for all the peo­ples of Pak­istan.

Rev. Zee­shan Sadiq stud­ied in the Unit­ed States as well as in Pak­istan, and serves as the Sec­re­tary of the Asso­ciate Reformed Pres­by­ter­ian Church in Pak­istan. Mr. Adnan Azhar Sand­hu is the Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Pak­istan Sun­day School Min­istry and a Lau­sanne Move­ment Cat­a­lyst. Last but cer­tain­ly not least is Dr. Maq­sood Kamil, the esteemed Vice Prin­ci­pal, Gujran­wala The­o­log­i­cal Sem­i­nary. Gor­don Bell has had the priv­i­lege of serv­ing as the PAK7 Cat­a­lyst. Sev­en oth­er women and men also serve on the Inter­na­tion­al Coun­cil.

The PAK7 Inter­na­tion­al Coun­cil is made up of 15 dis­tin­guished men and women of God, the major­i­ty of whom are Pak­istani. Col­lec­tive­ly they bring a wealth of knowl­edge and expe­ri­ence in vision­ary lead­er­ship, Chris­t­ian min­istry, Pak­istani cul­ture, tele­vi­sion and media min­istry. We praise God for this major answer to prayer!

Inter­na­tion­al Coun­cil mem­ber, pas­tor Curt Young address­es Char­ter Meet­ing par­tic­i­pants.

SAT-7 founder and CEO shared sto­ries about start­ing SAT-7 and some lessons learned.