Presbyterian Mission Agency Hunger & Poverty Archives

PC(USA) celebrates Hunger Action Congregations on World Food Day

Posted October 16th, 2019

Hunger Action is much more than one program or committee in the ministry of First Presbyterian Church in Alton, Illinois.

Food Week of Action will focus on ‘life and death’ issues

Posted October 9th, 2019

Food Week of Action is an annual celebration of God’s Creation and the many people around the world who grow the food we eat.

Light of Hope Presbyterian answers Matthew 25 call

Posted August 30th, 2019

The Rev. Edwin Gonzalez Gertz says Light of Hope Presbyterian Church in Marietta, Georgia, didn’t hesitate to become a Matthew 25 church. It provided them the language to articulate who they are.

The Anglophone crisis in Cameroon

Posted August 29th, 2019

Cameroon has been in turmoil since 2016, as a result of the Anglophone crisis. This discord followed complaints by English-speaking Cameroonians of their marginalization within the Republic of Cameroon.

‘Flint’ film from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance set for September premiere

Posted August 27th, 2019

“Flint: The Poisoning of an American City,” a production of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance’s Story Productions, will have its world premiere in the heart of the city whose story it tells.

Matthew 25 and care of creation go hand in hand

Posted August 15th, 2019

The Rev. Dr. Diane Givens Moffett, president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, believes God has intricately woven our lives together at this time in history so we may be part of the healing work of God’s creation.

The Wuppertal Call includes urgent cries for our planet’s health

Posted August 7th, 2019

An old farmhouse, converted into a conference center, sits atop dem heiligen berg, “the holy mountain,” overlooking the city of Wuppertal, Germany. It is from this spot that many residents say Earth seems to touch heaven.

This House of God helps feed and care for migrant farmworkers

Posted July 22nd, 2019

Beth-El Farmworker Ministry near Tampa, Fla., feeds the minds, bodies and spirits of farmworkers and their neighbors in need in a variety of ways.

Putting feet to faith

Posted July 12th, 2019

Nearly 30 years ago, 25 residents of North Scottsdale, Ariz., attended a worship service at what would grow to become Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, a congregation of more than 1,400 in the Presbytery of Grand Canyon.

Christians and food waste

Posted July 11th, 2019

My grandmother was a farm wife during the Dust Bowl of the Great Depression. For the rest of her life, she was meticulous about not wasting food. She wouldn’t use a vegetable peeler on potatoes or carrots because she could remove less peel using a knife.