racial justice Archives

The Stated Clerk, a traffic stop, a young teacher and her elderly students

Posted July 31st, 2020

The return of the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II to Synod School Thursday was powerful and poignant.

Churches asked to identify where they can act to address white supremacy

Posted July 30th, 2020

Nearly 600 people gathered virtually Wednesday to have what is all too often a difficult conversation in a majority white denomination. With the current unrest and protest in our nation, the call for justice and the dismantling of structural racism is stronger than ever. Committing to become a Matthew 25 church offers one of the first ways that churches can take steps to bring about racial justice.

Beginning to understand structural racism in Oregon

Posted July 22nd, 2020

As the Rev. Brian Heron was preparing pastoral leaders and clerks of session in the Presbytery of the Cascades for their first presbytery-wide meeting in eight months, federal agents deployed to the city of Portland, Oregon, by the Department of Homeland Security were starting to show up.

A traveling and visibly scarred banner

Posted July 17th, 2020

The Rev. Patrick Heery acknowledges the church sign that got stolen, returned and then vandalized — all in a matter of days — is just a piece of cloth. “It’s not important unto itself,” he said. “It cost us $300. But it’s what it represents.”

Diverse leaders discuss how racism, pandemic impact them and their communities

Posted July 8th, 2020

In a new episode of “Everyday God-Talk,” three diverse church leaders share how living with the coronavirus and racism affects them and their communities.

Virtual New Wilmington Mission Conference to be held July 17–19

Posted July 7th, 2020

The world’s oldest and sole-surviving mission conference, which began in 1906, is preparing to hold its annual gathering — virtually — July 17–19.

Juneteenth celebrations grow

Posted May 20th, 2020

On June 19, 1865, Texas notified formerly enslaved people that they were now free citizens. Today, 155 years later, there’s still much racial justice work to be done.

Mission co-worker Louise Maxwell ‘Coffee’ Worth led a wonder-filled life for 100 years

Posted April 10th, 2020

Louise Maxwell “Coffee” Worth, a retired Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission worker, alongside her late husband, George, in Korea for more than 20 years, died on March 25 in Lakeland, Florida after a short illness. She was 100 years old.

Presbyterian campus ministry group makes a commitment to Matthew 25

Posted February 28th, 2020

The Presbyterian Campus Ministry at the University of Georgia (UGA) is not new. It’s been around since 1940 and housed in the current space since 1959, which served as a safe space for African American students during the tumultuous 1960s.

PC(USA) New Worshiping Community pastor joins Presbyterian Mission Agency

Posted September 27th, 2018

The Rev. Shanea D. Leonard, pastor of Judah Fellowship Christian Church, a New Worshiping Community of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has accepted a new position with the Presbyterian Mission Agency. Leonard has been called as the new associate for racial and gender justice, working in the agency’s Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries (RE&WIM).