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Nonprofit of the Month Archives
April 2010-Make-A-Wish of Kansas
May 2010
June 2010-Music Theatre of Wichita
July 2010-Ronald McDonald House Charities® Wichita
August 2010-Global Faith in Action
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Global Faith in Action
Global Faith in Action (GFIA) is an interfaith “Dialogue in Action” emerging organization. Its premise is that too often traditional methods of dialogue create awareness but seldom result in “action”, the kind of action that results in reconciliation, healing and the transformation of relationships. For this reason Global Faith In Action has chosen to design, consult, and practice the Dialogue in Action methodology. Rev. Sam Muyskens, founder of Global Faith In Action says “Dialogue in action is more than sharing our beliefs, even more than being respectful of differing religious beliefs – it is relationship building – it is life changing.”
It is Global Faith in Action’s mission to assist families, congregations, communities, and even countries experience the many “fields” that lie beyond our differences – fields of respect and mutual understanding. A field where people of differing religious ideology and faith practices can come together and focus on commonly held beliefs that are transformative and life changing, such as the golden rule “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
This fall and winter Kansas residents will be participating in some exciting interfaith dialogue experiences sponsored by Global Faith In Action including Dinner Dialogues that will take place within private homes throughout Kansas – at the same time Dinner Dialogues will be taking place in many other USA cities. In early January residents of many faith traditions will be traveling to Israel and Jordan to experience the important religious sites of each religion. On May 1, Wichita will experience its first Interfaith Concert. In addition, Kansas residents will be traveling several times to Haiti building a school, refurbishing a medical clinic, constructing a Computer Technology Lab., and building “dry latrines”.
Global Faith In Action is a “action orientated” organization determined to find common ground where we can all live together in peace.