Presbyterian Mission Agency gifts and financial support Archives

Small churches have great blessings

Posted October 8th, 2021

What’s great about small churches? Lots, says the Rev. Ellie Johns-Kelley, Ministry Relations Officer for the Presbyterian Foundation. Small churches have strengths, she says, and those can be celebrated year-round, and especially during seasons of stewardship emphasis.

Everyone is a philanthropist

Posted October 6th, 2021

Dr. Aimée Laramore remembers when, while working for a nonprofit, she received her first six-figure gift for the organization.

Be ready to receive planned gifts with policies, procedures

Posted October 5th, 2021

In 2020, 28% of all charitable gifts went to religious institutions, said the Rev. Ellie Johns-Kelley, the Presbyterian Foundation’s Ministry Relations Officer for the Allegheny and Chesapeake Region. Only 8% of Americans gave bequests to a church.

Planned giving is the opportunity of a lifetime

Posted September 27th, 2021

Talking about death is difficult. Yet planned giving, especially in congregational contexts, can clarify what’s important to us and how that can benefit others long after we’re gone.

Sisters leave a legacy of joy for future pastors

Posted April 30th, 2021

The bequests of two sisters recently contributed a total of more than $500,000 to the Theological Schools Endowment Fund. But that’s only part of the story.

Day of Learning concludes with guidance for church budgeting

Posted March 8th, 2021

The final session of the Presbyterian Foundation Day of Learning last week focused its attention on “Practical Tips for Church Budgeting.” Presented by Olanda Carr, Jr., East Region Ministry Relations Officer, and the Rev. Dr. Jonah So, Minister of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the workshop provided tools to help churches and their leadership build and present budgets that tell a compelling story of the ministries in which they engage.

With glad and generous hearts

Posted January 22nd, 2021

Over the past year amid a pandemic, protests and politics, I often heard many pastors, elders and mid council staff say that they are having a particularly hard time making ends meet. People aren’t giving the way they used to give.

#GivingTuesday telethon highlights the PC(USA)’s breadth and depth

Posted December 1st, 2020

Presbyterians began their 12-hour #GivingTuesday telethon as they’re wont to do during the pandemic — with a 30-minute online worship service that included prayer, hymn-singing and Scripture.

Showing God’s grace in tangible ways

Posted July 13th, 2020

When the Rev. Dr. Fairfax Fair began her ministry at First Presbyterian Church of Pasadena (Texas) in suburban Houston on December 1, 2019, she had a few scant months to see church members before the global pandemic shut everything down.

A visual reminder of how hearts are joined

Posted June 30th, 2020

When General Assembly Co-Moderators Ruling Elder Elona Street-Stewart and the Rev. Gregory Bentley were elected on Saturday, June 20, they were immediately given the option of moderating the first-ever, fully-online 224th General Assembly (2020) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) from their respective homes in the upper Midwest and the Southeast.