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Seminar topics include the following:

An AIDS Perspective

Sex, sexuality and gender
A theology informed by AIDS
An overview of the pandemic
Social forces affecting the pandemic
Living positively (with HIV)
Hot topics Q&A

Particular Populations

AIDS and children
Human sex trafficking
Loving homosexuals well
Working with drug users
AIDS and the African American community

Responses

Caring for people with AIDS
Addressing AIDS through church partnerships
Addressing AIDS through income generation
Being a change agent
Options for AIDS advocacy
Engaging a college campus

 

 

 

 


AIDS Overview

 

This seminar will cover the basics of HIV epidemiology and biology and then focus on HIV treatment with a focus on antiretroviral drugs. Specific topics to be covered include the impact and limitations of treatment, the role of treatment in the bigger picture of global HIV/AIDS and missions, and the future of treatment.

Caring for People with AIDS

What is like to actually care for people with HIV/AIDS day-to-day? This seminar will provide stories and experiences from people taking care of persons with HIV/AIDS both domestically and internationally.

Working with Drug Users to Address AIDS

HIV/AIDS and drug use have always been strongly linked, particularly in the United States. This seminar will  present the stories of people with both a history of drug use and HIV with a focus on understanding both how the two are connected and ways to minister to drug users with HIV/AIDS.

 
 

"Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. "

Matthew 4:23 (NIV)

 
 

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