Background
Messer, Donald Edward was born on March 5, 1941 in Kimball, South Dakota, United States. Son of George Marcus and Grace E. (Foltz) Messer.
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Names, Not Just Numbers: Facing Global AIDS and World Hunger (Speaker's Corner)
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Exposing a tragic and ongoing crisis of humanity, this moving book presents the faces and stories of people struggling to conquer hunger and disease. Urging all of us to stop turning a blind eye, Names, Not Just Numbers reveals the stark statistical and political realities of the global AIDS epidemic and world hunger. Donald E. Messer is an educator, author, civil rights activist, and United Methodist clergyman recognized worldwide for his humanitarian service combating world hunger and HIV/AIDS. He is the author of fifteen books, including Ending Hunger Now, which he co-authored with former senators George McGovern and Bob Dole.
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Contemporary Images of Christian Ministry
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Traditionally, the roles of Christian ministry have been thought of as priest, pastor, and prophet. Donald E. Messer adds five contemporary images: Wounded Healer, Servant Leader, Political Mystic, Practical Theologian, and Enslaved Liberator. By combining these new images with the more traditional roles, readers will develop their own personal vision of Christian ministry.
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A Conspiracy of Goodness: Contemporary Images of Christian Mission by Donald E. Messer (1-Jun-1992) Paperback
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A Conspiracy of Goodness: Contemporary Images of Christian Mission
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"A beguiling image for the mission of the Church in our time. It combines the Samaritan parable's deceptive simplicity with a realism about what the Church is up against in this world."--Mark Trotter, Pastor, First United Methodist, San Diego. After describing the biblical mandates for the mission of ministry, Dr. Messer calls church leaders to: -understand the world as God's body -live as a covenant of global gardeners -work as bridge builders -form a company of star-throwers and peacemakers -embrace a community of fence movers
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Cherishing Life & Love: Reflections of Paul Murphy
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52 Ways to Create an AIDS-Free World
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Based on his experiences traveling and working as founder and Executive Director of the Center for the Church and Global AIDS, Donald E. Messer presents 52 ways people from all walks of life can make a difference in this important cause. His suggestions range from big to small and from comfortable to controversial. They include ideas such as talking about AIDS, fighting hunger, digging a well, practicing "zero grazing," and decriminalizing sex. Messer concedes that there are too many needs in the world for one person to solve, but he implores each person to "embrace with passionate commitment at least one task in helping create an AIDS-free world." A portion of the profits from the sale of this book goes to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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Christian Ethics and Political Action
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Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Christian Churches and the Global AIDS Crisis by Messer, Donald E. (2004) Paperback
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Calling Church & Seminary Into the 21st Century
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Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Christian Churches and the Global AIDS Crisis
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Christian Churches and the Global AIDS Crisis More than twenty years into the global AIDS pandemic, the efforts of Christian congregations and denominations have been less than minimal. This book is aimed to awaken Christian compassion in the coming years to this fathomless tragedy. The worst health crisis in the world in 700 years, global HIV/AIDS epidemic is overwhelming in scale: 40 million people are infected worldwide (75% of them in Africa); 7000 people die daily; each day 1600 persons are infected. Some 26 million people have already died. ''At this unprecedented kairos moment in human history,'' says Messer, ''God is calling the church to a new mission and ministry.'' Drawing on his own involvement in global AIDS education in Asia, Latin America, and Africa, Messer uses stories, basic factual information, and theological insights to motivate lay and clerical Christians to assume leadership and form partnerships with Christians around the world in this struggle. Just as individuals must change their behavior to prevent and eliminate AIDS, so must congregations and church leaders. Compassion, not condemnation, is desperately needed, says Messer. But financial resources for education and prevention programs are also urgently required from churches. Messer shows how churches can partner with ecumenical organizations, relief agencies, volunteer mission programs, healthcare programs, and other agencies to engage global AIDS directly and effectively.
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Donald Edward Messer
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Donald Edward Messer, American author, theology educator, administrator. Dempster fellow, 1967-1968; Rockefeller fellow, 1968-1969; named to South Dakota Hall of Fame, 2008, Alumnus of Year Dakota Wesleyan University, 2008; recipient Lifetime Achievement award Magister Medical University, India, 2005.
Education
Bachelor cum laude, Dakota Wesleyan University, 1963. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Dakota Wesleyan University, 1977. Master of Divinity magna cum laude, Boston University, 1966.
Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1969.
Career
Assistant to commissioner Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Boston, 1968-1969. Assistant professor Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1969-1971. Associate pastor 1st United Methodist Church, 1969-1971.
President Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, 1971-1981, Iliff School Theology, Denver, 1981-2000, president emeritus and professor practical theology emeritus, since 2000. Executive director Center for the Church and Global Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, since 2007.
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Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Christian Churches and the Global AIDS Crisis
(Christian Churches and the Global AIDS Crisis More than t...)
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Names, Not Just Numbers: Facing Global AIDS and World Hunger (Speaker's Corner)
( Exposing a tragic and ongoing crisis of humanity, this ...)
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52 Ways to Create an AIDS-Free World
(Based on his experiences traveling and working as founder...)
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Contemporary Images of Christian Ministry
(Traditionally, the roles of Christian ministry have been ...)
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A Conspiracy of Goodness: Contemporary Images of Christian Mission
("A beguiling image for the mission of the Church in our t...)
- Calling Church & Seminary Into the 21st Century
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Cherishing Life & Love: Reflections of Paul Murphy
(Paperback)
- Calling Church &I Seminary Into the 21st Century
- A Conspiracy of Goodness: Contemporary Images of Christian Mission by Donald E. Messer (1-Jun-1992) Paperback
- Christian Ethics and Political Action
- Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Christian Churches and the Global AIDS Crisis by Messer, Donald E. (2004) Paperback
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Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence: Christian Churches and the Global AIDS Crisis
Membership
Active Education communications of the United States, 1973-1979. Co-chairman Citizens Commission Corrections, 1975-1976. Vice chairman South Dakot Commision on Humanities, 1979-1981.
Member Society Christian Ethics, American Academy Religion, Association United Methodist Theological Schools (vice president 1986-1991, president 1991-1992).
Connections
Married Bonnie Jeanne Nagel, August 30, 1964. Children: Christine Marie, Kent Donald.
Awards
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Dempster fellow, 1967-1968. Rockefeller fellow, 1968-1969. Named to South Dakota Hall of Fame, 2008, Alumnus of Year Dakota Wesleyan University, 2008. Recipient Lifetime Achievement award Magister Medical University, India, 2005.Dempster fellow, 1967-1968. Rockefeller fellow, 1968-1969. Named to South Dakota Hall of Fame, 2008, Alumnus of Year Dakota Wesleyan University, 2008.
Recipient Lifetime Achievement award Magister Medical University, India, 2005.