Presbyterian Mission Agency joining hands initiative Archives

Grants offsetting carbon emissions will support climate-friendly projects

Posted January 5th, 2022

Climate change will become a focus of the Matthew 25 invitation in 2022 and in support, global partners and ministry areas in the Presbyterian Mission Agency have created the Presbyterian Tree Fund to receive carbon offset donations that’ll be used for grants that support tree planting and other climate- friendly projects.

‘You give them something to eat’

Posted June 24th, 2021

The 130 or so people attending Wednesday’s online Matthew 25 national gathering on hunger heard from three innovative ministries working to alleviate hunger in their communities — Asheville, North Carolina; Cleveland Heights, Ohio; and St. Louis.

Mission with both hands

Posted June 22nd, 2021

God’s mission clearly includes charity: a cup of cold water given in Jesus’ name; the Samaritan’s extraordinary care for the victim of highway robbery; the traditional “alms for the poor” that has characterized the institutional church through the millennia. Charity is clearly biblical and a hallmark of Christian faithfulness. After 35 years of working with Presbyterian congregations engaged in local and global mission, I have found that the overwhelming majority of congregations dedicate nearly 100% of their mission attention and budget to charity work. Buta singular focus on charity can blind us to the larger issues behind the suffering we seek to alleviate. A Congolese proverb says, “It takes two hands to wash”: God’s mission consists of both charity to stop our neighbor’s bleeding and justice to prevent the wound in the first place.

‘Learning God’s Love, Living God’s Love’ around the world

Posted July 23rd, 2018

Wisconsin congregation celebrates global mission work August 28, 2018 Congregants at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Madison, Wisconsin, have been getting a snapshot of four countries around the world through the… Read more »

Presbyterian Hunger Program meets with partners on poverty, hunger issues

Posted October 17th, 2017

For more than 17 years, the Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP), through its Joining Hands initiative, has been tackling the root causes of hunger and poverty. PHP staff recently gathered with representatives from several countries to look at the progress and where to go from here.