You're invited to a gathering with the Goodmans!

We are excited to come back in the Chicago area for several weeks and we want to be able to catch up with you. Below are two opportunities to get together and share a little of what we have been doing and introduce you to a couple of our outstanding Entrust staff!

You are invited!

Thursday, August 4, 2011
7:00- 8:30 PM Fellowship and update on David and Nancy Goodman’s ministry with Entrust
Special Guest – Dr. John Jusu – More Than A Mile Deep (MMD)
Hosted by Doug and Nancy Adams
2502 Saint Stephens Green, Northbrook, IL 60062 Click here for map
847.564.0423 (Adam’s home)
Please email your RSVP to ngoodman@entrust4.org
Dr. John Jusu will tell his story of how he went from West African Campus Radical to become one of the most influential young Christian leaders in all of Africa as chief architect of a radical new way to train pastors and church leaders.

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Sunday, August 14th
3:00 – 4:30 PM Fellowship and update on David and Nancy Goodman’s ministry
Special Guest – Dr. Elesinah Chauke – More Than A Mile Deep (MMD)
At the Home of Rick and Judy Bayley
1147 Knollwood Road, Deerfield, IL 60015 Click here for map
847.708.0011 (Nancy’s cell)
Please email your RSVP to ngoodman@entrust4.org
Elesinah is one of the most remarkable women you will meet. Not only an exceptional example of a single woman overcoming a multitude of obstacles to earn her doctorate, but now making a huge Kingdom impact in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Chauke is addressing some of Africa’s most pressing social problems by equipping African church leaders to mobilize against the scourge of HIV and address the oppression of women in African culture.

More than a Mile Deep (MMD) is an accredited bachelor's degree program for church leadership to raise up a new generation of leaders for the rapidly growing church of Africa.

JOHN JUSU, MMD Curriculum Administrator

The injustice of having the chance to study in the US was one of the factors that took John on the unlikely path of from student radical to Christian champion of the downtrodden. As the best student in his Christian school, John thought he had earned the promised and much coveted scholarship to a college in the US when it was awarded to another classmate whose family enjoyed a higher status in the community. John rebelled against such hypocrisy, becoming a leader of a student radical movement. When all those under him we expelled, he realized his own folly and began a remarkable turnaround. The greatest surprise was that John ultimately would indeed study in the US, earning his Ph. D from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois.

In addition to being course architect and editor for MMD, John works at the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology, having been contracted to teach Master’s Level courses in the educational studies department. John was the point man in securing accreditation for the institution and is the architect of the school’s extension studies program that is attracting hundreds of students. John is a founding member of the Christian Higher Education Faculty Development Network and also a founding member of the Consortium of Theological Education by Extension in Africa.


ELESINAH CHAUKE, Coordinator of MMD Course Production

Perhaps the course most talked about in MMD’s short history is a course written by Elesinah to help the church in Africa become all that God calls us to in a weary and hurt-filled world. Her preparation for the course, Pastoral Guidance and Counseling in HIV and Aids, was an emotional roller coaster as she researched the devastation and havoc caused by this epidemic. Yet churches across Africa are being given the sort of tools they need to bring hope to families devastated by the spread of this disease.

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Elesinah is a direct product of missionary work. She received Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at age fourteen in a classroom situation. At the age of eighteen she had a definite and clear calling to full-time ministry and ever since has been involved in church ministry in some way.

In 1976 she went to North America to continue studying at Spring Arbor University in Michigan, then on to Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky, returning to Zimbabwe in 1982. She has taught Systematic Theology at the Evangelical Seminary of South Africa in Pietermaritizburg along with courses in New Testament and was also appointed Director of Student Affairs.

In August 2004 Elesinah joined MMD-South Africa as course producer and Coordinator of Women’s Ministry for MMD, plus other related responsibilities. In 2010, in response to the tremendous desire of several churches, she began facilitating MMD courses in Zimbabwe.



We look forward to seeing you!
Blessings,
David & Nancy Goodman