Presbyterian Mission Agency rev. nancy smith-mather Archives

Jidu is gone but his memory lives on

Posted April 7th, 2021

In a recent letter, the Rev. Nancy Smith-Mather, a mission co-worker, said one of the most difficult things about living in another country is the distance from family.

A yellow tricycle and a magical plate of biscuits

Posted August 27th, 2020

Validating loss and understanding our feelings is a concept not difficult to grasp during a global pandemic. But for mission co-workers the Revs. Nancy and Shelvis Smith-Mather, their seven-year-old son Jordan reminded them that sometimes you have to find the courage to lean into the pain to get through it.

South Sudan takes a significant step toward lasting peace

Posted February 25th, 2020

The people of South Sudan are one major step closer to a lasting peace.

Documenting the Church’s role in peacebuilding

Posted December 12th, 2019

For the Rev. Shelvis Smith-Mather, the road to the majestic halls of Oxford University took a journey of nine years and three continents. But it is, he says, a “crazy, wonderful, beautiful story.” “And… a long story, but the details of the many stops and starts along the way speaks to how it has come together now in God’s time,” he said.