Presbyterian Mission Agency genocide Archives

Minute for Mission: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

Posted March 17th, 2023

The men were taken first, and then the women and children were brutalized. Witnesses saw the Euphrates run with blood, and women plunged into the river to escape the terrors of the desert march.

International Peacemaker from Rwanda to discuss her country’s history

Posted July 20th, 2022

An International Peacemaker from Rwanda will visit the United States this fall to share how the country has evolved since the genocide against the Tutsis in 1994.

International Peacemaker from Rwanda to discuss her country’s history

Posted April 26th, 2022

An International Peacemaker from Rwanda will visit the United States this fall to share how the country has evolved since the genocide against the Tutsis in 1994.

As new creations, we need new lenses to see beyond tribalism

Posted April 22nd, 2021

The Rev. Matt McCoy, pastor of Spring Church, a new worshiping community in Bellingham, Washington, had a thought-provoking question for his online guest Wednesday: Is the blood of tribalism deeper than the waters of baptism?

A small building in the Republic of Georgia with a large impact on interfaith dialogue

Posted February 10th, 2021

In the early 13th century, St. Francis of Assisi traveled to Egypt to meet with the Sultan so Francis could show the people there the way of salvation. What happened instead was a conversation about peace, interfaith dialogue and the necessity to join in service together regardless of religious differences.

Nagorno-Karabakh: Is a peaceful resolution possible between Azerbaijan and Armenia?

Posted November 5th, 2020

Friday will be the 40th day of the most recent full-scale military conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the landlocked region of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. The mountainous and forested land, historically called Artsakh by its majority ethnic Armenian residents, is a territory of 17,000 square miles — about the size of Delaware.

Grassroots home churches thrive in Rwanda

Posted August 18th, 2020

The Presbyterian Church in Rwanda opened its Center for Training and Documentation in 1996, two years after the genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi

International School of Reconciliation in Rwanda workshop focuses on healing inner wounds

Posted July 8th, 2020

A Rwandan workshop teaches African participants how to find inner healing and forgiveness from the trauma of ethnic conflict.

In Rwanda, integrity shines through difficult times

Posted May 28th, 2020

The Rev. Kay Day, mission co-worker in Rwanda, believes she has witnessed true integrity in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

One hundred days of mission and ministry in Rwanda

Posted April 24th, 2020

The Presbyterian Church of Rwanda (EPR) is a few weeks into its annual 100 days of remembrance of the genocide against the Tutsi, which extends from early April through July 4. Each year these days are devoted to helping bring healing to survivors of the genocide who continue to struggle with poverty, unemployment, sickness and other issues. All 212 parishes in EPR’s seven presbyteries are focused on the transformational power of the gospel to bring unity, reconciliation and restoration to all who have been traumatized — from one generation to the next.