A tornado tore through parts of Nashville and nearby counties, resulting in extensive damage and loss of life, numerous collapsed buildings and broken trees. In addition to reaching out to the Presbytery of Middle Tennessee to offer help doing a damage assessment, PDA sent out a donation appeal on social media as well as a request for prayer for the affected communities.

Two friends living in Cincinnati — the Rev. Troy Bronsink, a white Presbyterian pastor, and Pastor Daniel Hughes, who’s a black United Methodist clergyman  — have helped numerous Cincinnati-area residents to hold difficult, courageous conversations about race since 2017, when unrest in their city erupted following the death of an unarmed black youth at the hand of a white police officer.

Members of the Board of Trustees and staff of the Presbyterian Foundation crossed from El Paso, Texas into Juarez, Mexico, to learn firsthand about the situation at the border.

Are you ready? That was the question from the Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, to members of The Brick Presbyterian Church last weekend. The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) preached at the New York City church on the first Sunday in Lent, focusing on Matthew 4: 1–11 and the temptation of Christ in the wilderness following his baptism.

An eviction notice was the catalyst that got a Washington state congregation actively involved in anti-racism work.

A group of 24 Presbyterians and guests traveled to Central America in the past two weeks with the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program to learn more about the conditions in Latin American countries that make people choose to travel, usually on foot, to the United States border for the faint hope of a better life in the U.S. They also heard from migrants who had been returned to their home countries and the perils they faced after they returned.

The famous quote from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. aside, Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre says the arc of the moral universe “couldn’t care less where it bends.”

As the mysterious coronavirus continues to spread from country to country, the National Caucus of Korean Presbyterian Churches (NCKPC) is sharing its appreciation for the recent Call to Prayer offered by the Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Nelson offered the prayer on February 20 for the people of China and other countries impacted by the virus.

The NEXT Church national gathering roared to life Monday with heartfelt hymns of praise and powerful preaching from the organization’s director, the Rev. Jessica Tate.

Packaging thousands of meals to feed the hungry goes a lot faster when music is playing.