Peace & Global Witness Offering Archives

August 29, 2016

Peace & Global Witness Offering Goes to the Super Bowl!

Posted 8:51am

Guest post by Chuck Rawlings Having “Super Bowl 50” in your community can be exciting for the sports fans, but for others it’s a red flag that human trafficking might increase right along with the arrival of crowds of fans. Human trafficking is one form of violence against women. In 2013 Susan Brooksbank attended the U.N…. Read more »

September 24, 2015

The lasting value in a gift of peace

Posted 4:19pm

During this Season of Peace, our thoughts turn to the meaning of peace and how, through Christ, we can nurture it inside ourselves and out in the world. Yet, to understand the value of peace, we must also understand the cost of conflict, and the many forms it can take. Conflict can be individual: 1… Read more »

September 18, 2015

Responding to the Syrian Crisis

Posted 10:37am

During this Season of Peace, the Syrian refugee crisis has provided a striking example of the need for Christ’s peace in the world.

Presbyterian Mission Agency to Send Special Offerings Gifts to Churches and Presbyteries

Posted 10:46am

Louisville — Over the next couple of weeks the Presbyterian Mission Agency will begin reverse-remitting gifts made from individuals directly to the Agency from last year’s Pentecost and Peacemaking Offerings. Fifty percent of Peacemaking gifts will be split evenly between presbyteries and receiving congregations, while forty percent of Pentecost Offering gifts will be remitted back to congregations.

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