Presbyterian Mission Agency Presbytery of Mississippi Archives

While not directly impacted by Friday’s tornadoes, Presbyterians in two Mississippi presbyteries are aiding their neighbors in need

Posted March 29th, 2023

When tornadoes leveled neighboring Rolling Fork, Mississippi, last Friday evening, it didn’t take long for members and friends of Leland Presbyterian Church to spring into action to help neighbors who’d lost everything.

Jackson water crisis brings frustration

Posted September 13th, 2022

If you live in an area with safe, clean drinking water, it’s easy to forget how integral that water is to daily life — until you hear about a place like Jackson, Mississippi, where residents are in the grips of an intractable water crisis that has captured international attention and left them under a boil water advisory for weeks.

Mississippi Presbyterian church, PDA help neighbors affected by ICE raid

Posted August 19th, 2019

The morning of Aug. 7, the Rev. Steven Bryant of First Presbyterian Church in Canton, Mississippi was leading a Bible study on the book of Exodus, noting God’s preference for helping the widow, the poor, the stranger, the person in a foreign land. “We didn’t know that outside, these horrible events were transpiring,” Bryant said.

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.