“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.”
— 1 Corinthians 12:12
Learn about the Presbyterian Mission Agency
For over 200 years, Presbyterians have been responding to the call of Jesus Christ, taking the gospel into all the world and bearing witness to Christ’s saving love to the ends of the earth. Today the Holy Spirit is still on the move, calling us to share in what God is doing in the world. As your partner in Christ’s service, the Presbyterian Mission Agency is faithfully working to inspire, equip, and connect all Presbyterians to do Christ's mission, bringing together congregations, worshiping communities, mid councils, mission networks, and other parts of the church ecosystem as they nurture and shape disciples and serve Christ in the world.
The Presbyterian Mission Agency is the ministry and mission agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Six ministry areas carry out our missional work: Compassion, Peace and Justice; Evangelism and Church Growth; Racial Ethnic and Women’s Ministries/Presbyterian Women; Theology, Worship and Education; Vocation; and World Mission. Together with Shared Services, and Communications and Funds Development, these ministry areas work to inspire, equip, and connect all Presbyterians for the church’s work.
Linda Valentine serves as Executive Director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency.
Meet the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board members
This pictorial directory includes photos and contact information for board members
Find upcoming meetings
See a full schedule of Presbyterian Mission Agency Board meetings.
What are the responsibilities of the Presbyterian Mission Agency?
Learn about the Presbyterian Mission Agency at a glance
How is Presbyterian mission funded?
Are you interested in how Presbyterian mission is funded? Share Christ's Mission explains mission funding sources (mission funds and per capita) and uses based on the 2011/12 budget. Funding Christ's Mission is the report of the Mission Funding Task Force which was approved by the 218th General Assembly (2008).
Share Christ's Mission (one page)
A Giving Report of the Top Ten Presbyteries for 2011
This poster honors presbyteries across the country for their generous support of Presbyterian mission.
The General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC) recognizes the following presbyteries and their congregations for their generous support of Presbyterian mission and ministry in 2011. We thank them for their generous gifts in the following categories: Basic Mission Support, Special Offerings, other specific appeals, and total giving.
Get the 2012 Annual Report
In 2012, the Presbyterian Mission Agency joyfully engaged in God's mission to transform the world. Read about the highlights of our mission and ministry in the 2012 Annual Report.
Funding Trends (2001–2011) of the General Assembly Mission Council
Read about how many different sources of funding help the GAMC support the mission of the whole church. Covers the 11-year period of 2001 through 2011.
Weekly Messages from Linda Valentine
Celebrating Men of the Church Sunday: The gift of family
June 12, 2013
Greetings to members of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board, mid council executives, and friends,
On June 16, congregations across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are invited to celebrate Men of the Church Sunday, which intentionally coincides with the annual observance of Father’s Day. This Sunday is intended as a day not only for recognizing men’s gifts and the contributions that men have made to ministry in every congregation but also for giving thanks for the witness that all men—not limited to fathers—make in the home, the workplace, the community, and the church.
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Continue readingThe Power of "We": Collective Impact in God's Mission
June 6, 2013
Greetings to members of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board, mid council executives, and friends,
Last October, 200 invited grassroots and national mission leaders from across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)—as well as global and ecumenical partners—came together for a consultation on global mission engagement called Dallas II, which followed the watershed consultation in January 2008 dubbed “Dallas I.” Both gatherings had a significant impact on World Mission’s call to Presbyterian mission in the world and to expanding partnership in God’s mission. Not only did the participants at these events model unity and gracious collegiality, but their shared vision and clear, common purpose also proved that we can find new ways of being the church and of doing faithful and effective mission.
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Continue readingJoin us at Big Tent!
May 30, 2013
Greetings to members of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board, mid council executives, and friends,
The Big Tent will be pitched in Louisville just 9 short weeks from now, August 1–3. We hope to see you there!
When we met in Atlanta for the first Big Tent in 2009—and in Indianapolis for the second event in 2011—we experienced the deep sense of community that you might expect at a national gathering of Presbyterians. Some described it as a “great big family reunion.”
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