In a world of change and uncertainty, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is growing a loyal group of supporters to keep its peace and justice ministries thriving. Church leaders announced a new program called “Pillars of the Church” at Compassion, Peace and Justice (CPJ) Training Day in Washington, D.C.

This week the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board heard about the official launch of the national component of the “Educate a Child, Transform the World” campaign aimed at bringing quality education to one million children in the U.S. and around the world by 2020. The international component was launched in 2014 at the 221st General Assembly.

The Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) Board approved revised mission budgets for 2015 and 2016 on April 16, 2015.

The final report of an independent investigation into the incorporation and funding of a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation by Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) evangelism and church growth staff was delivered to the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board at its April 15-17, 2015 meeting.

Committees of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board met April 16 to discuss informational items, formulate actions for the entire board to consider and receive reports from ministry areas.

[한국어] Some congregations have co-pastors. Presbyteries can elect co-moderators. So why shouldn’t there be Co-Moderators of the General Assembly?

Now, for the first time, there can be, thanks to a little-noticed action of the 221st General Assembly (2014) (Minutes, 2014, Part I, Item 03-04, Recommendation 8, pp. 12, 21, 184). Commissioners approved a change in the Standing Rules of the General Assembly that allows two people to stand for election as Co-Moderators and serve together as a team.

Even at the ripe old age of 119, the Menaul School is still on the cutting edge. The private Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)-related secondary school in Albuquerque, N.M., founded in 1896 by Presbyterian missionaries, has always been committed to innovation—both in its programming and in upgrading its facility—in order to carry out its visionary work to educate young men and women to become successful leaders in their communities.

Becoming an Earth Care Congregation Church wasn’t a radical notion for members of the First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca, New York. Its history of caring about eco-friendly initiatives goes back to the early 1970’s. One of its members, William E. Gibson, was an early strategist in the eco-justice field, an ethical code that fosters environmental activism and social justice while promoting solidarity with people and creatures and ecological sustainability.

While work is fully funded for 2015, based on financial projections using 2014 actual receipts, the Presbyterian Mission Agency is facing a significant financial challenge for 2016 and 2017 in World Mission. By 2017, the result could be the recall of 25 percent of mission workers currently in service around the world. That’s the message Hunter Farrell, director of World Mission, delivered to the executive committee of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board Wednesday morning.

“노회는 특정 구역 내에서 교회의 집합적 표현을 하는 공의회이며, 그 구역 내의 모든 지교회들과 교역 장로들로 구성된다…노회는 구역을 통괄하여 교회 치리를 책임지며, 세상에서 하나님의 주권적 활동에 대해 개체교회들이 증거하는 일을 돕고 지원하는 책임을 짐으로 모든 개체교회가 믿음과 소망과 사랑과 증거의 공동체가 되도록 한다.”