Presbyterian Mission Agency Philadelphia Archives

Philadelphia group is partner of PC(USA)’s Self-Development of People

Posted February 6th, 2023

For over two decades, Why Not Prosper has been showing up in support of formerly incarcerated women in Philadelphia. Why Not Prosper is uniquely and intimately aware of the challenges facing these women. How? Because Why Not Prosper was founded and continues to be run by women who have, themselves, been incarcerated.

PC(USA) Board of Pensions wins 2018 Best Places to Work honor

Posted August 6th, 2018

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Board of Pensions has earned a spot on the Philadelphia Business Journal’s list of 2018 Best Places to Work. Employers throughout the Philadelphia region compete annually for this honor.

Philadelphia ReStore benefits from PC(USA) Board of Pensions makeover

Posted August 4th, 2017

James Chasten and Edward Brady of Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia entered the Board of Pensions third floor. Exit signs glowed in darkened hallways, quiet except for the soft hum of the mechanical systems deep inside the 29-story building. Office chairs sat jumbled in the corners of bare cubicles.

Theological education initiative empowers church planters with new skills

Posted March 2nd, 2017

If the Rev. Karen Rohrer, director of the Church Planting Initiative at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, subscribes to any sort of watchword—outside of the words of Holy Scripture, that is—it might just be that timeworn phrase that “the only constant in life is change.” Because for Rohrer, it absolutely is.

1001 New Worshiping Communities ready to help with training, discernment and one-on-one coaching

Posted February 3rd, 2017

Applications for the 2017-18 1001 New Worshiping Communities apprenticeship and residency program are being accepted through March 1.

CHRISTMAS LIVE 25! helps Christmas come alive again

Posted December 8th, 2016

What more fitting season of the liturgical year than Christmas for the performing artist, composer, producer, broadcaster, educator, music minister, PC(USA) ruling elder, and interfaith missionary, Warren Cooper, to live out the incarnational nature of his own multi-faceted calling?

Fire destroys Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia

Posted August 31st, 2016

For more than a century, the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church stood tall in the city’s Overbrook neighborhood. Now only the charred outer walls of the building remain after fire raged through the church early Monday morning.

Broad Street Ministry extends welcome in downtown Philadelphia

Posted June 13th, 2016

“YOU BELONG HERE NO MATTER WHAT,” reads the sign outside Broad Street Ministry, located in the heart of Philadelphia—a city where deep poverty and rapid gentrification exist side by side.