Letters from Barbara Nagy
November 2012
September 2012
June 2012
April 2012
November 2011
October 2011
August 2011
December 2010
July 10, 2009
January 12, 2009
October 20, 2008
March 25, 2008
November 29, 2007
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Barbara Nagy
Mission worker in Malawi
Serving at Nkhoma Hospital at the invitation of the
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian/Nkhoma Synod
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About Barbara Nagy's ministry
Barbara was appointed in January 2004 to serve in Malawi. A specialist in internal medicine and pediatrics, Barbara is assigned to serve as a physician at Nkhoma Hospital, an institution of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Nkhoma Synod.
Country context
Located in southeast Africa, Malawi is land-locked and one of the most densely populated nations in sub-Saharan Africa. English and Chichewa are its official languages. Christianity is the dominant religion (55 percent are Protestant, 29 percent are Catholic, 20 percent are Muslim, and 3 percent practice indigenous religions). A mostly agricultural country, Malawi’s main industries include tobacco, tea, sugar and sawmill products. Poverty is pervasive, and some 53 percent of the population live below the poverty line. Most Malawians are subsistence famers, but consistent droughts and floods hamper their ability to produce adequate food supplies. In addition to population growth and difficulty with agricultural production, corruption in government and leadership and the spread of HIV/AIDS pose major problems for Malawi.
About Barbara Nagy
This isn’t Barbara’s first appointment to serve as a physician in Africa. She was a mission co-worker in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then known as Zaire) from 1989 to 1993. “Soon after becoming a Christian,” Barbara writes, “I felt God calling me to mission. It’s both an expression of my faith in Christ’s salvation and an expression of God’s love for all. I feel privileged to be a Presbyterian because of the church’s rich heritage of mission and also because of the many missionaries I have known who have nurtured and inspired me in my faith.”
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Barbara holds an M.D. from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and a Bachelor of Science from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She also has a degree in tropical medicine from the Prince Leopold School of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Prior to her appointment to Malawi, Barbara worked in family practice in Glen Alpine, North Carolina (1995 to 2003), and at Cannon Memorial Hospital in Banner Elk, North Carolina. She served in Tuba City, Arizona, and Rosebud, South Dakota, from 1986 to 1989 as a physician with the Indian Health Service.
Barbara is a member of First Presbyterian Church, Morganton, North Carolina, where she has been active in the children’s choir. She has served as a volunteer physician at the Good Samaritan Clinic in Morganton. She was ordained to the office of elder in 1994 by Arbor Dale Presbyterian Church in Banner Elk, North Carolina.
Barbara is accompanied in Malawi by her three daughters, Melia, Anna, and Happiness.
Birthdays:
Barbara - June 21
Melia - May 3
Anna - July 28
Happiness - March 10
