Presbyterian Mission Agency 2024 evangelism conference Archives

Monday is last chance to register for the 2024 Evangelism Conference

Posted September 5th, 2024

Registration for in-person and online registrants for the 2024 Evangelism Conference titled “A Lifestyle That Exudes Justice” closes Sept. 9.

Healing through evangelism

Posted July 23rd, 2024

This powerful understanding of God’s propensity toward helping and healing the least of these comes from the story of the beguine Mechthild of Magdeburg. A movement of laywomen that arose in the 13th century, the beguines were contemplatives, mystics and healers. Mechthild posited that, “God is never closer than in the longing emptiness of the night.” From that emptiness, she received and shared “prophetic critiques of the religious leaders of her day for their lack of holiness and their hostility toward passionate spirituality.”

Healing through evangelism

Posted June 4th, 2024

This powerful understanding of God’s propensity toward helping and healing the least of these comes from the story of the beguine Mechthild of Magdeburg. A movement of laywomen that arose in the 13th century, the beguines were contemplatives, mystics and healers. Mechthild posited that, “God is never closer than in the longing emptiness of the night.” From that emptiness, she received and shared “prophetic critiques of the religious leaders of her day for their lack of holiness and their hostility toward passionate spirituality.”