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Ghost Ranch operations transfer from PMA to National Ghost Ranch Foundation
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February 21, 2017
The Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center has transferred its operations from the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to the National Ghost Ranch Foundation (NGRF). The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation established in 1972 to support Ghost Ranch as a ministry of the PC(USA), has been providing financial, operational, and volunteer resources for Ghost Ranch.
Deeming that the programmatic work carried out on the site of the Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center is “no longer within the purview of the PMA,” the PMA Board and NGRF worked out details of the transfer over the second half of 2016. All seven conditions of the transfer agreement established in September were met, allowing Ghost Ranch operations to shift to the NGRF with oversight by the Foundation’s constituent corporation, the Board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Ghost Ranch is located 60 miles northwest of Santa Fe, just beyond the town of Abiquiu, New Mexico. It was donated to the Board of Christian Education of a PC(USA) predecessor in 1955. The Board became one of the Presbyterian Foundation’s constituent corporations upon the merger of the former United Presbyterian Church U.S.A. and the Presbyterian Church U.S. in 1983.
All parties to the transfer of operations agreed on the common goal of coming together as one body, one family, in order to find a way forward for an effective ministry and Presbyterian witness at Ghost Ranch.
“The conversations between the parties [were] marked by a great deal of mutual respect, and everyone is doing all they can to ensure the successful operation of Ghost Ranch and its programs going forward,” said Tony De La Rosa, interim executive director of the PMA. “It’s been important that Ghost Ranch maintain its association with the PC(USA) as a national conference center, and I believe this transaction helps to advance the adoption of best practices
Gregg Brekke and Emily Enders Odom, Presbyterian News Service
Today's Focus: Ghost Ranch
Let us join in prayer for:
PC(USA) Mission Co-workers
Thomas Goetz, Japan
Janet Guyer, Malawi
Thomas Harvey, United Kingdom
PC(USA) Agencies’ Staff
Mark Stewart, PMA
Mindi Stivers, PMA
Let us pray:
Holy God, I call upon you with a renewed spirit. Reveal yourself to me in fresh ways today. Show me the paths you have placed before me. Be with me in every decision I make. Amen.
Daily Readings
Second Reading 2 Corinthians 1:12-22