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The Rev. Dr. Diane Givens Moffett shines a light on the power of embodying Christ

Posted November 1st, 2024

At Wednesday’s PC(USA) chapel service, the Rev. Dr. Diane Givens Moffett offered her final sermon as president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency. She offered an honest, invigorating, and hopeful message calling on listeners to receive and bear witness to the light of Jesus, even and especially in the face of an uncertain future.

The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board’s Matthew 25 Team seeks an end to anti-transgender and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation

Posted July 18th, 2023

The Matthew 25 Team, created by the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board to help do the work of the Matthew 25 movement, turned its attention Monday to giving mid councils and congregations tools to minister to people living in the growing number of states passing anti-transgender and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.

The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy leans into the prophetic calling of the whole PC(USA)

Posted May 18th, 2023

Are you eager to advocate and lean into the Great Ends of the Church, yet not quite sure where to find the theological, ethical, and Reformed resources for such advocacy? Are you concerned by how some groups use the Bible as tool of rhetoric, yet not sure where to turn for rich biblical reflection on current issues? The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) serves the prophetic calling of the whole Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) by providing the General Assembly with careful studies of pressing moral challenges, media for discussion and discernment of Christian responsibilities, and policy recommendations for faithful action.

Presbyterian Mission Agency employees gather under the banner of ‘One Band/One Sound’

Posted March 27th, 2023

An unprecedented gathering last week brought more than 200 Presbyterian Mission Agency staff to the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky, for Vision Convocation, a week-long celebration, sharing, learning and listening session that included mission co-workers serving in about 80 countries around the world.

The PC(USA)’s Unification Commission hears from the two people who will be most responsible for PMA and OGA unity

Posted March 9th, 2023

On Thursday during the first day of what will be a three-day session in the conference center at the Presbyterian Center, the Unification Commission heard from the two people who will be most responsible for what a unified Office of the General Assembly and Presbyterian Mission Agency will be: the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, and the Rev. Dr. Diane Givens Moffett.

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The Rev. Dr. Diane Givens Moffett shines a light on the power of embodying Christ

The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board’s Matthew 25 Team seeks an end to anti-transgender and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation

The Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy leans into the prophetic calling of the whole PC(USA)

Presbyterian Mission Agency employees gather under the banner of ‘One Band/One Sound’

The PC(USA)’s Unification Commission hears from the two people who will be most responsible for PMA and OGA unity

The Rev. Mienda Uriarte named as World Mission’s acting director

Save the date (March 20) and find resources for Mister Rogers Day 2022

Presbyterian World Mission adopts new funding system to support mission co-workers

PC(USA) staff mourns US gun violence

PC(USA) leaders discuss the church and environmental justice