Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations

Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations

The Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations has a long history in the global community. Active in the United Nations since its formation in 1945, the church has held special consultative status through the U.N. Economic and Social Council since 1998. This allows the Presbyterian voice to be heard by the global audience and contribute to its agenda by attending conferences, making statements, and taking part in advocacy and networking.

Amid the restless spirits and often-tough diplomacy of the United Nations, the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations helps inspire, equip, and connect Presbyterians for ministry as faithful disciples of Jesus in the global community. We educate with the hope of helping individuals live out God’s call in Christ to live with compassion, seek peace, and pursue justice wherever they go.

Swords to Plowshares Blog

Human Rights of Children in Palestine and Isr

Commission on the Status of Women

Reports & Study Guides

Engaging Our World: A Sunday School Curriculum

Reports & Study Guides

Study & Devotional Guide for the Sustainable Development Goals, 2nd edition

Publications & Periodicals

God’s Shalom

Make red hands to say that children are children, not soldiers.

UNICEF estimates that as many as 300,000 children under age 18 are engaged in armed conflicts in various places around the world. This all takes place despite international laws that prohibit the use of children as soldiers. As followers of Jesus who welcomed children, Presbyterians have joined people around the world in an effort to change this situation: the Red Hand Campaign. The message of the Red Hand Campaign is clear. Red hand prints proclaim the message to the world — children should NOT be used as soldiers! Over 300,000 red hands have already been delivered to world leaders. The Red Hand Campaign calls for universal ratification and enforcement of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict.

Follow Presbyterian efforts to end the use of child soldiers. Like the Presbyterians Say No Child Soldiers Facebook page. Learn more about Presbyterian efforts to address human trafficking.

RED HAND CAMPAIGN

The challenges of our time can seem daunting, from climate change to a world recovering from the Covid pandemic. It may seem more so for young people who’ve been given the task of solving these problems.

Since its existence, the Church has been addressing these intractable issues, from eradicating poverty, hunger, and the exploitation of the earth and its people. Our denomination, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has been engaging in the Matthew 25 vision that calls upon the Church to care for the most vulnerable and to seek flourishing of all God’s people, specifically to fight poverty, racism, seek climate justice, gender justice, to embrace peacemaking, and human dignity for all people.

We invite you to be part of this community working for justice, doing so as people of faith. Each of us can identify ways we can be involved, both individually and collectively, with our churches and communities by focusing on areas where our passions lie and where we can be most effective. And in turn, we pray that you will grow as you discern how to respond to God’s call to walk alongside the world’s people and restore the Shalom God intends for all people and Creation!

Young Adult Advocacy Guide