diversity Archives

PC(USA) hires new Manager for Diversity and Reconciliation

Posted August 7th, 2017

The Rev. Samuel Son has been hired as the new Manager for Diversity and Reconciliation in the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) He begins his work in Louisville September 5 and will report to the Executive Director’s office of the PMA.

Presbyterian Intercultural Network outlines steps to engage racism

Posted July 27th, 2017

In a room filled with individuals of many nationalities, the Presbyterian Intercultural Network (PIN) tackled the difficult subject of race relations in America. The Big Tent pre-conference “Coming to America: Some Here, Some Forced, Some Welcomed, Some — Not,” was sponsored by the Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries of the Presbyterian Mission Agency and attended by a group of nearly 100 people.

El Servicio de Clausura de La Gran Carpa alienta la siembra y el cultivo de semillas de cambio

Posted July 21st, 2017

Christine Hong predica sobre el tema de la reconciliación según surge de la Parábola del Sembrador por Rick Jones | Servicio Presbiteriano de Noticias St. LOUIS – En el Nuevo Testamento,… Read more »

빅텐트 폐회예배는 변화의 씨앗을 심고 경작하도록 장려함

Posted July 20th, 2017

세인트 루이스 – 신약에서 예수님은 씨 뿌리는 자의 비유를 제자들과 나누셨다. 그 이야기에서 예수님은 씨 뿌리는 자들이 씨를 뿌릴 때 바위 같은 땅에 떨어지거나 가시 나무에 떨어지거나 다른 씨앗이 풍부한 땅에서 번성 할 수 있다고 설명한다.

Big Tent closing worship encourages planting and cultivating seeds of change

Posted July 8th, 2017

In the New Testament, Jesus shared the Parable of the Sower with his disciples. In that story, Jesus explains that as the sower sows the seeds, some may fall on rocky ground or among the thorns, while other seeds flourish in rich soil.

Our differences are gifts of God, says Big Tent Bible study leader Eric Barreto

Posted July 7th, 2017

Bounding up to the pulpit with his laptop computer, Big Tent Bible study leader Eric Barreto cut right to the chase: “We have a problem,” he told a chapel full of Presbyterians gathered in the Graham Chapel on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.

Presbyterian Mission Agency Board elects new Executive Committee

Posted May 10th, 2017

The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) met today via conference call to nominate and elect its new Executive Committee in addition to considering an appointment to the Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program (PILP). The board also received updates from the Executive Director search team and the Governance Task Force.

‘A Place at the Table’ for young Hispanic, African and Asian students

Posted March 6th, 2017

Presbyterian Pan American School president Doug Dalglish remembers a trip he took in 2016 to Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary—when he experienced again how the school he serves is preparing young Christian leaders (grades 9-12) for the whole world.

Minute for Mission: World Communion Sunday/Peace and Global Witness Offering

Posted September 22nd, 2016

A shared faith and joint worship are building a bridge that is helping two Denver congregations cross a racial divide. Central Presbyterian, a predominantly white congregation, and Peoples Presbyterian, a predominantly African American one, began this journey on Martin Luther King Day this year. Central members traveled the 2.3 miles that separate the two congregations to worship with Peoples. The following Sunday, Peoples visited Central.

National Urban Ministry Network honors memory of Eugene Blackwell

Posted September 8th, 2016

In an open letter to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the church’s National Urban Ministry Network honored the memory of the recently passed Rev. Eugene “Freedom” Blackwell and encouraged readers to join them in continuing his fight for social and racial justice “for all of those who suffer in our cities.”