World Mission Archives

In three weeks, Presbyterians have donated nearly $1 million toward humanitarian relief in Ukraine

Posted March 23rd, 2022

In the three weeks or so since the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) issued an appeal for help, Presbyterians have donated nearly $1 million in response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

Global partner works to eradicate systemic poverty by stabilizing families

Posted March 23rd, 2022

Like many global partners of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, the Compassion Protestant Society (CPS), the diaconal arm of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon (NESSL), is working to cultivate thriving lives for vulnerable families. In 2021 alone, CPS assisted nearly 2,000 families.

Frontera de Cristo remembers migrant shot and killed by border agent

Posted March 17th, 2022

On Feb. 19 in a remote, mountainous area of the desert 30 miles northeast of Douglas, Arizona, 31-year-old Carmelo Cruz Marcos was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was trying to arrest him.

With a foot in each of two worlds, international human rights attorney has a unique perspective

Posted March 11th, 2022

Jonathan Kuttab is a well-known international human rights attorney who splits his time between Israel-Palestine and the United States.

A YAV reunion across the miles

Posted March 10th, 2022

It was a bit of an old home week Thursday for A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast, which dropped its most recent edition on Thursday. Listen to the podcast, hosted each week by the Rev. Lee Catoe and Simon Doong, by clicking here. The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and Unbound: An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice put on the weekly podcast.

March 15 webinar will examine the human rights situation in Israel-Palestine

Posted March 9th, 2022

The Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Office of Public Witness and Presbyterian World Mission will host a webinar at noon Eastern Time on March 15 titled “Israel/Palestine: A discussion with human rights experts — is this apartheid?”

‘There is a weight and a sadness that is as deep as I’ve ever felt’

Posted March 4th, 2022

Mission co-worker the Rev. Jessica Derise has arrived in the United States after having safely departed Moscow earlier this week. But she left something important behind — a piece of her heart.

Global partners grateful that the PC(USA) is standing in solidarity against Russian invasion

Posted March 2nd, 2022

LOUISVILLE — The Russian people are demonstrating in the streets against their president’s order to invade Ukraine, knowing the consequences will be dire. Switzerland is neutral no more. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres pleaded “The fighting in Ukraine must stop. Enough is enough.”

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) seeking support for humanitarian response to Ukraine

Posted March 1st, 2022

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) launched an appeal Tuesday for funds to help support the Church’s humanitarian response to the war started last week when Russia attacked Ukraine.

Tent of Nations brothers speak out about Jan. 28 attack

Posted February 25th, 2022

Mission co-worker Douglas Dicks traveled to the Tent of Nations on a cold, wet, foggy morning this week for a press conference and meeting with faith leaders and other dignitaries hosted by the Nassar family. Brothers Daoud and Daher Nassar were hospitalized after a vicious attack at their farm on Jan. 28.