Presbyterian Mission Agency racial reconciliation Archives

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.

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.

Mainline pastors more likely to preach on race than evangelical counterparts

Posted May 11th, 2017

Close to half of all Protestant senior pastors have recently preached on racial reconciliation and more have publicly prayed about it, but few find that their congregations are urging them to address the topic.