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Lifestyle/Technology: Partners in life and ministry, the De Boers fight destitution in Manila | Susan Olasky

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Corrie De Boer is both a doctor of philosophy and a doctor of ministry. Despite her credentials, she often turns the spotlight away from herself and back to her husband, Stewart De Boer, who was president of the Asian Theological Seminary (ATS) in Manila from 1980 to 1986.

He was her professor at ATS, then her boss at Mission Ministries Philippines, a ministry he founded in 1984 out of concern for Manila's urban poor. Fifteen years ago, after his first wife, Helene, died, Stewart and Corrie married, and they have been partners in life and ministry ever since.

From their dual positions at the ATS Center for Urban Transformational Leadership and at Mission Ministries, the De Boers teach pastors a theology of urban leadership and apply it practically in programs that develop church-based preschools for poor children and plant churches in slums.