Presbyterian Mission Program Fund as of June 30, 2016
Links from the Just be there! Webinar: resources, blogs, sites of interest about presence as a mission practice.
Whether it's your first mission trip outside the United States, or your fifth, you have choices about how you witness, and how you understand the realities of what you encounter. Witness with compassion and wisdom, and you will receive (spiritual) gifts from even the poorest people in the most destitute places. Witness with awareness of the "flip" side-the long-term goals and the short-term concerns of Just Globalization-and you will bring back a personal experience that may just change the world! This is a very brief introduction to globalization-the economic, cultural and spiritual bonds and connections that bring new opportunities, but …
This study guide was designed to give a better understanding of the plight of Palestinian Christians and the dynamics of the larger Israeli-Palestinian struggle. The Kairos Palestine Document Study Guide was prepared by the Middle East Monitoring Group that was mandated by the 219th General Assembly (2010).
Youth across the nation are stuck at home while we continue to mitigate the outbreak of COVID-19. Yet, this shouldn’t be a time for young people to become inwardly focused and detached from the needs of the world around them. On the contrary! This is a time when we should be encouraging youth to look beyond themselves and consider how to love their neighbors, even while they are at home. Here are some ideas on how to empower young people to get involved while staying sequestered.
Download to learn more about the key facts around the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
If someone you know has been detained, this resource (in Spanish) may be helpful.
Lee Hinson Hasty – Theological Education Fund
An effective address to human health needs requires a comprehensive, whole-person approach to health and health services. Pneuma, psyche, and soma, spirit-mind-body, are interconnected in complex ways. To ignore the spiritual or mental dimensions of a person while addressing physical injury or illness is as scientifically irresponsible as it is religiously irresponsible to treat spiritual needs and ignore the physical and mental dimensions of the human body. The understanding and definition of health and healthcare should be largely derived from this holistic perspective rather than a purely medical one. Health, it can be argued, is the ability to respond effectively …
This report recommends ways to strengthen democratic — small d — promise and practice in the political life of the United States based on principles of Reformed Christianity. Presbyterian political scientists, ethicists and others studied why so many Americans do not vote, despite the 2007 renewal of Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination. Remedies include voting machine paper trails, non-partisan election commissions, re-enfranchising former felons, D.C. voting rights, weekend and instant-run-off voting and innovative structural improvement