Our Life At Princeton Lance Woodruff Remembering Connections through War and Peace Then there was Paul
Verghese, PTS Class of 1954, known more formally as Paulos Mar Gregorios.
He was principal of the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kottyam, Kerala,
India; the metropolitan of Delhi of the Indian Orthodox Church; and
president of the World Council of Churches (WCC). I met him at the Thai
Red Cross Center in 1968 during an East Asian Christian Conference
assembly near Bangkok (where later that year Thomas Merton died in an
accident) and really got to know him at the WCC “Salvation Today?”
conference in 1972. An article appeared in Inspire (a magazine for alumni/ae and friends of Princeton Theological Seminary) in Summer/Fall 2001 Volume 6 Number 1 (Lance Woodruff Lives in Thailand, where he is a journalist and development communicator focusing on universities, seminaries, and educational opportunities for refugees and displaced persons, particularly in Burma, the Indochina countries, the Middle East, and Africa. He is an Episcopalian layman and worships at three churches: the Presbyterian-related Church of Christ in Thailand’s international Church in Bangkok (where he preached on July 8); Christ Church, Bangkok, an Anglican parish; and Calvary Baptist Church, an American Baptist-oriented Burmese congregation. His wife, Corina, is from Burma) |