Presbyterian Mission Agency financial aid Archives

Christmas Joy Offering

Posted November 4th, 2020

Gifts to the Christmas Joy Offering, one of the PC(USA)’s four annual special offerings, helps people in financial need through grants and assistance.

Deadline approaching for Katie Geneva Cannon Scholarship

Posted May 4th, 2020

Applications are now being accepted for the Katie Cannon Scholarship, sponsored by the Women’s Ministry Fund.

Minister Survey assesses financial security, financial stress

Posted October 31st, 2019

A majority of pastors of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations feel financially secure, but those who are paid less are less satisfied, results of a 2013 survey of PC(USA) pastors showed.

Applications now being accepted for Church Financial Leadership grants

Posted May 15th, 2018

Applications are now being accepted for the Presbyterian Foundation’s Church Financial Leadership Grant program. Applicants must be a pastor, commissioned ruling elder, (CRE), or leader of a 1001 New Worshiping Community within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

A matter of forgiveness — of student loans

Posted July 25th, 2017

In a video just released by Presbyterian Mission, Financial Aid for Service is drawing attention to its Transformational Leadership Debt Assistance (TLDA) program. TLDA offers $5,000 loans —with forgiveness for service — to qualifying pastors of churches with 150 or fewer members and to qualifying pastors of new worshiping communities.

Presbyterian Mission Agency deploys consolidated grant application

Posted March 23rd, 2017

After months of effort, and a mandate by the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board, a comprehensive grant system has been implemented for the Presbyterian Mission Agency. The new processes have been in place since March 1, and are being further described to members of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico this week.

Expanding the PC(USA) ministry of educational debt assistance

Posted September 23rd, 2016

As a new class of PC(USA) seminary students matriculates this fall, many find themselves entering graduate school not only with great anticipation and an unwavering commitment to serve Christ’s church, but also with unprecedented student loan debt.

Financial Aid for Service offers consultations at 222nd General Assembly for prospective Season of Service applicants

Posted June 9th, 2016

When the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board unanimously approved a change in name for the Financial Aid for Studies office to Financial Aid for Service in the fall of 2012, the action signaled an intentional shift in the PC(USA) from an emphasis on education purely for the sake of education to education for a life of discernment and service.

New worshiping community pastor receives seminary debt assistance

Posted June 6th, 2016

As the Rev. Dana Vaughn was completing her studies at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) was innovating several new initiatives designed to allow Vaughn—and a new generation of risk-taking pastors like her—to change and transform the world through their ministries, all while freed from the burden of educational debt.

Financial Aid for Service offers educational debt management counseling at 222nd General Assembly

Posted May 26th, 2016

Office is scheduling individual consultations on PC(USA) student loan repayment and assistance programs