Presbyterian Mission Agency church fire Archives

Magnolia Presbyterian Church in Riverside, California, is rising from the ashes

Posted February 24th, 2023

For more than 140 years, Magnolia Presbyterian Church in Riverside, California, has been providing ministry in this Southern California community. The city recognized it as a historic landmark in 1973. Members cite the church’s many outreaches into the community, across the country and around the world.

‘We have nothing but hope’

Posted January 8th, 2021

When Ruling Elder Lisa Baker got to see the inside of her beloved Springfield, Massachusetts church after it was ravaged by fire last week, she couldn’t believe what she saw.

Despite fire at Philly church, ‘the church of Jesus Christ is very much alive’

Posted September 23rd, 2016

Five weeks after fire ravaged a century-old Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, those affiliated with the church have responded with resilience. For more than a century, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church stood tall in the city’s Overbrook neighborhood. Now only the charred outer walls of the building remain after fire raged through the church during an early Monday morning in late August.