Workers harvesting palms engage in sustainable harvesting to protect the local ecosystem. They are paid a fair wage for their work. Read more »
The following article was originally printed in theJanuary/February 2016 issue, “Children of God—not for sale,” of Presbyterians Today. When Jill Bolander Cohen’s stepdaughter called her one afternoon, she didn’t expect her stepdaughter to be asking for her to help a high school victim of human trafficking. “This young woman’s mother sold her to a trafficker… Read more »
Project is a ‘DREAAM’ Come True for African-American Boys at Risk by Rick Jones | Presbyterian News Service Louisville, January 1, 2016—“Let’s rock the DREAAM House, Rock the DREAAM House.” Those are the words coming from 10 excited five-year-old boys participating in the DREAAM Summer Pre-K Academy. The DREAAM House is a new community-school partnership significantly funded… Read more »
The Presbyterian Mission Agency recently held a consultation at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary to begin the process of building a robust theological framework for its 1001 New Worshiping Communities movement. To date, more than 300 fellowships have been established through the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) evangelism effort. Read more »
New Mexico community still seeking full cleanup By Rick Jones July 16, 1979 is a day the Navajo Nation in New Mexico will never forget. An earthen dam gave way releasing 1,000 tons of solid radioactive mill waste and 90 million gallons of acidic and radioactive liquids into the Rio Puerco. From there, the… Read more »
Going to Armenia as a tourist has its rewards, however going there with a mission has its special and unexpected rewards.
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Jinishian aids survival, brings dignity in Syria In April, the Christian community in Aleppo was shocked by violent attacks and the destruction caused by rocket missiles in the Suleimanie neighborhood which had been considered one of the safe areas. This caused more displacement for many families inside the city. Others made the decision to leave… Read more »
“The day in our village begins with the shooting from the Azerbaijani border, and there are not so many things that can delight us. The revival of the cultural life in our village played the important role and changed our gloomy life,” says 14 years old Mariam from the village of Aygehovit. Read more »
By Rev. Thomas John, Mission Co-worker, Chethana, Joining Hands India Joining Hands (JH) was launched at a time when many international funding agencies were practicing approaches that were more corporate, prescriptive and designed to be one-size-fits-all. These agencies were serving the poor, but often did so according to their own agenda, without acknowledging or empowering… Read more »
There’s Still Time to Speak out Against the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement By Rev. Pamela Lupfer, Presbytery of Hudson River Joining Hands Conrado Olivera, director of the Joinng Hands Peruvian network Red Uniendo Manos, (sixth from right, holding the letter “G”) attended and spoke on the La Oroya case conference on investor-state arbitrations that were… Read more »