Presbyterian Mission Agency Shannon Kiser Archives

Shannon Kiser

Put me in, coach — I’m ready to lead

Posted May 3rd, 2019

Beth McCaw didn’t know what she was getting into when she first heard God’s call to start a 1001 new worshiping community. As a social worker, she was a long way from the challenges she would face in launching a new faith community.

Theological education initiative empowers church planters with new skills

Posted March 2nd, 2017

If the Rev. Karen Rohrer, director of the Church Planting Initiative at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, subscribes to any sort of watchword—outside of the words of Holy Scripture, that is—it might just be that timeworn phrase that “the only constant in life is change.” Because for Rohrer, it absolutely is.