rev. jed koball Archives

PC(USA) mission co-workers lead Ecumenical Advocacy Days workshops

Posted April 27th, 2023

Presbyterian Mission Agency Mission co-workers the Rev. Sarah Henken and the Rev. Jed Koball led country-specific workshops Wednesday at the Ecumenical Advocacy Days virtual conference. Nearly 50 participants logged into the virtual format to hear first-person accounts, discussions, and practical solutions centering on building peace in Colombia and opposing state-sponsored violence in Peru.

‘GA, Creation Care and You’

Posted July 22nd, 2022

Nearly 90 people tuned in to a Presbyterians for Earth Care webinar Thursday for a look back at what commissioners and advisory delegates to the 225th General Assembly did to care for God’s Creation.

Mission leaders meet to talk about being thoughtful travelers during mission trips

Posted May 13th, 2022

As travel restrictions begin to loosen worldwide and churches start thinking about long- and short-term mission trips, a group of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission leaders, World Mission staff and mission co-workers joined together on Zoom Wednesday night to talk about how to be thoughtful travelers when visiting global partners in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Preventing human rights abuses by corporations

Posted April 28th, 2022

The need for companies to refrain from infringing upon the human rights of others was emphasized in an Ecumenical Advocacy Days workshop this week.

A sweeping view of Latin America and the Caribbean in only 17 minutes

Posted March 29th, 2022

A new video produced by World Mission’s Latin America and Caribbean office takes viewers through a sweep of the region, checking in with mission co-workers and PC(USA) partners to help Presbyterians learn more about their work and their love for the region and its people.

Years of accompaniment by global partners and U.S. Presbyterians breathe new life into La Oroya, Peru

Posted November 12th, 2021

La Oroya, Peru, is one of the most contaminated places on the planet, with decades of poison unleashed on this small community. For more than 20 years a group of citizens has advocated for the enforcement of adequate environmental measures. Now, for the first time, there are signs of hope.

Peruvian Young Adult Volunteers are blazing new trails for the program

Posted August 26th, 2021

Once again the Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) Program is breaking new ground.

Systemic poverty in Cameroon, Peru illustrates the complex barrier poor people face

Posted October 6th, 2020

The 85 or so Presbyterians studying the underpinnings of systemic poverty zoomed out to take in a more global perspective Monday, thanks to presentations by Valéry Nodem and the Rev. Jed Koball.