Presbyterian Mission Agency Blantyre Synod Archives

Blantyre Synod

Working together for literacy

Posted October 4th, 2018

Nelson Mandela once wrote, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” People in Mangochi, Malawi, know this is true, as they have watched their community be transformed by the Muliko Literacy Project.

Presbyterian Mission co-worker Robert Rasmussen dies at age 90

Posted January 31st, 2018

The Rev. Robert I. “Bob” Rasmussen, a mission co-worker in Malawi from January 1986 until his retirement in August 1992, passed away at his home in Michigan on Thursday, Jan. 25, at age 90. After he retired, Rasmussen and his wife Edith returned to Malawi many times, sometimes for months at a time, to train pastors and to preach and teach.