Presbyterian Mission Agency Missouri Archives

Presbyterian camp in Missouri Ozarks learning to trust God as it moves from death to life

Posted May 1st, 2018

Mound Ridge Retreat and Mission Center, Inc.executive director Christy Foster knew the end was coming. She says God placed it on her heart soon after she arrived at the Presbyterian Camp and Conference Center in the Missouri Ozark countryside. Mound Ridge like many of the churches it served was going through a transformation.

Big Tent 2017 reflects new approach to big gatherings

Posted May 23rd, 2017

‘How should the church respond when sin disrupts the church’s unity, creates division among the children of God, and constructs unjust systems that steal life from God’s creation?’ This question begins the introduction of the Belhar Confession in the PC(USA)’s Book of Confessions.

Powerful storms cause problems in the Midwest and South

Posted May 12th, 2017

A series of storms in the past few weeks have caused a number of problems for residents across the Midwest and the South. From early April until last week, thousands have been left without power while some businesses and churches have been damaged by fallen trees, high winds and flooding.

‘Fast Facts’ about Big Tent 2017

Posted April 12th, 2017

Organizers of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Big Tent 2017 event have assembled a list of seven ‘Fast Facts’ for those attending, or considering attending, the July 6-8 gather in St. Louis, Missouri on the campus of Washington University.

La Gran Carpa 2017 se enfocará en «Raza, Reconciliación y Reforma»

Posted March 3rd, 2017

El pueblo presbiteriano de todo el país está invitado a vivir su fe en La Gran Carpa 2017 en St. Louis, Missouri. Esta reunión bienal tendrá lugar del 6 al 8 de julio, en el campus de la Universidad de Washington. El tema «Raza, Reconciliación y Reforma», enfatizará la esperanza del evangelio y su poder de transformar la sociedad de nuestro actual contexto cultural, que está marcado por la ansiedad, la división racial, la animosidad política y la desigualdad econó

Big Tent 2017 to focus on ‘Race, Reconciliation and Reformation’

Posted March 2nd, 2017

Presbyterians from around the country are invited to live out their faith at Big Tent 2017 in St. Louis, Missouri. This biennial gathering will take place July 6–8, on the campus of Washington University.

Presbyterian camp partners with Methodist neighbors toward shared future

Posted November 22nd, 2016

As Christy Foster stood on a hillside overlooking the Guadalupe River at the Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly, she remembered all at once just how much—and for how long—she had wanted to be in camp and conference ministry.