Use this packet to promote giving to the Birthday Offering in your congregation, presbytery or synod. The packet includes an invitation letter, impact stories, a dedication service (in English and Spanish), information about the recipients, ways to support the Birthday Offering, how to access PW resources, sample poster and an order form.
The Lent 2015 daily calendar, "Tread Lightly for Lent," from the Environmental Ministries and Enough for Everyone programs of the Presbyterian Hunger Program, is now available.
This daily calendar is a quick and easy way to stay mindful of all God's creation throughout the season of Lent. As we slow down, reflect, take on spiritual disciplines, and give up distractions during the season of Lent, what parts of God's creation call our attention, remind us of God, or invite us to become more deeply the people God has created us to be? In this calendar are reflection questions, readings, facts, …
If you believe the church of Jesus Christ is dying, STOP. We see the church of Jesus Christ alive. Find out how our work in Evangelism and Church Growth ministries supports this belief.
The Clerk's Annual Questionnaire is run by the Research Services department of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, as a supplement to the Office of the General Assembly's Annual Statistical Report. You may complete the questionnaire online by clicking the link below (English, Spanish, and Korean), or by downloading the PDF and mailing it to us. For paper copies of the Spanish or Korean survey, contact us.
Contact Research Services with your questions concerning the Clerk’s Annual Questionnaire.
Congregations Leaving the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) by Joelle Kopacz (M.A., UW-Milwaukee, 2008), Jack Marcum, and Ida Smith. Paper presented at the 2014 annual meeting of the Religious Research Association in Indianapolis, IN.
Since 2006, more than 300 congregations, with a total of around 100,000 members, have left the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). What are the unique characteristics of these congregations, and what are the implications of this trend for the denomination?
Use this card as you pray for mission co-worker Burkhard Paetzold. This card includes a photo and overview of his work. As regional liaison, Burkhard focuses much of his ministry on work among the Roma people, Europe’s most marginalized group. He facilitates and supports the efforts of mission personnel, church leaders and local community leaders. Working alongside the Roma people, they strive to fully include the Roma people in congregations and society, improve their economic well-being, and develop Roma leaders. “The premise of the ministry is that Roma and non-Roma must find together an integrated approach to address diversity,” …
Use this card as you pray for mission co-workers Richard and Debbie Welch. The card includes a photo and overview of their work. Richard and Debbie serve as educational consultants, working with Guatemala’s indigenous people. Together with the National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Guatemala and its presbyteries, they work to increase access to primary, vocational, and theological education. “We, as well as our partner church, believe that education is one path out of the crushing poverty that affects so many indigenous people of this beautiful country,” Richard and Debbie say. “Through several years of volunteer service in mission partnership, …
Use this card as you pray for mission co-worker Tyler Holm. This card includes a photo and overview of his work. Tyler is a lecturer in systematic theology, church history, and Greek at the University of Livingstonia, which is part of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP). Within the CCAP there is one ordained minister per 6,000 church members. Most of the students will be ordained as teaching elders and all will be future leaders of the church and Malawian society. The University of Livingstonia was established in 2004 and currently has approximately 200 students in its residential, distance …
Use this card as you pray for mission co-workers Ryan and Alethia White. This card includes a photo and overview of their work. Ryan and Alethia are working with Iranian refugees in partnership with the Iranian Presbyterian Church of Berlin, Germany. They are providing pastoral care and collaborating with a number of Christian organizations and churches that serve Iranian refugees. “We are passionate about reconciling relationships across cultural, religious, and political divides, with the hope of promoting sustainable and peaceful partnerships,” they say. “Through entering into relationships with others, by listening to their stories and extending hospitality, we …
Use this card as you pray for Mission co-workers Bernie and Farsijana Adeney-Risakotta. The card includes a photo and overview of their work. Bernie and Farsijana teach at Duta Wacana Christian University, helping prepare Christian leaders to serve the church in the world’s largest Muslim country. Farsijana is helping develop a peace studies program while Bernie works with the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies, which is the world’s first consortium that involves a Christian university, a Muslim university, and a secular university.