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Harry and Debbie
Horne were first
appointed workers
with the
Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.) in 1983.
Their most recent
appointment, which
began in July 2004,
is to the branch of
the Universidad
Bíblica
Latinoamericana (UBL)
in Lima, Peru.
Harry teaches Bible
and Biblical
language courses.
About the UBL in
Lima, the Hornes
write, "The story of
the UBL is the story
of the ministries of
our students. We
have no resident
students. They come
from all around
Lima. They come
from busy lives,
some as pastors and
some as lay leaders
with secular
occupations, but all
deeply involved in
the church. We
exist to give them a
chance to reflect on
and inform their
ministries with a
deepened
understanding of
God’s Word for us."
Prior to their
assignment to the
UBL in Lima, the
Hornes served from
1994 to 2003 in
Guatemala with the
Seminario Evangélico
Presbiteriano de
Guatemala (SEP) and
the Central American
Evangelical Center
for Pastoral Studies
(CEDEPCA).
While
at the SEP Harry
taught a variety of
Bible and theology
courses and
developed curriculum
resources for the
seminary and
outlying centers.
Debbie was the
director and a
teacher at La
Escuelita at SEP, a
preschool and
kindergarten program
that she started.
The Hornes' first
appointment as
PC(USA) mission
workers was from
1983 to 1987, when
Harry served as a
youth minister and
Christian educator
in the Grand Cayman
islands in the
Caribbean. After
that term of
service, the Hornes
returned to the
United States, where
Harry accepted a
call to be the
pastor of First
Presbyterian Church,
Darien, Georgia and
Debbie obtained a
bachelor's degree
and taught first
grade.
Born in Denver,
Colorado, Harry
graduated from
Eckerd College in
St. Petersburg,
Florida, with a
bachelor of arts
degree in sociology.
He later earned his
master of divinity
degree from Austin
Presbyterian
Theological Seminary
in Texas and his
master of theology
and doctor of
ministry degrees
from Columbia
Theological Seminary
in Decatur, Georgia.
Harry has been
pastor of Parkway
Presbyterian Church
in Panama City,
Florida, and at
Trinity Presbyterian
Church in
Jacksonville,
Florida, and
associate pastor of
First Presbyterian
Church of
Jacksonville,
Florida.
A native of
Jacksonville,
Florida, Deborah
worked for Stockton,
Whatley, Davin, and
Company and the
Duval Federal
Savings and Loan
Association. She
holds a bachelor of
science degree in
elementary education
from Armstrong State
College in Savannah,
Georgia, with
honors.
Harry is a clergy
member of Savannah
Presbytery, and
Debbie is a member
of First
Presbyterian Church
in Darien, Georgia.
Harry and Debbie are
the parents of four
adult children: Amy,
Eddie, Stephen, and
Sarah.
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