Presbyterian Mission Agency Grants & Scholarships Archives

A game-changer

Posted July 24th, 2020

The Rev. Dr. Lindsay P. Armstrong and the Rev. Rafael Viana have spoken many times since they first met in 2016 — but they both remember one particular phone call vividly.

Now accepting applications for Native American Leadership Development Fund awards

Posted July 16th, 2020

The Presbyterian Mission Agency is now accepting grant applications for the Native American Leadership Development Fund Award. The 2020 one-time awards are being made available for education and/or leadership development of Native American Presbyterian leaders or Native American Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) organizations and communities.

Living into the family name

Posted July 16th, 2020

The Rev. Dr. Edwin Aponte said his work involves living into his family name, which is Spanish for “bridge.”

Nebraska Presbyterian Foundation awards more than $137K in grants

Posted May 25th, 2020

Nebraska Presbyterian Foundation’s Board of Directors awarded grants totaling $137,211 to nine Nebraska churches or organizations in April to partially fund projects which support outreach activities to enhance or expand some aspect of their ministry.

The coronavirus and its implications for PC(USA) ministry

Posted April 16th, 2020

An April survey by Research Services of nearly 1,100 Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations and mid councils revealed some surprising responses on how they’re dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic:

Varied, far-flung mission is envisioned over the next two years

Posted April 15th, 2020

Proposed budgets for the Presbyterian Mission Agency — about $61.2 million in 2021 and about $62.9 million for 2022 — will allow the agency two more years to continue the Matthew 25 focus and to carry out no small number of other worthy ministries, too.

Survey helps ministers learn how to cut their higher ed costs

Posted March 12th, 2020

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s first-ever comprehensive Minister Survey, fielded in fall 2019, has resulted in some 680 ministers receiving information on Presbyterian Mission Agency and Board of Pensions programs that can help them reduce their current educational debt and tap into financial aid programs for their children’s education.

An unsung ministry quietly changes lives

Posted February 20th, 2020

SDOP’s unique model gives grants not to organizations but to people impacted by poverty, helping them lift up themselves and their communities.

Board of Pensions adoption assistance frees couple to focus on blending a new family

Posted September 5th, 2019

No one who knows the Rev. Brian Gaeta-Symonds was surprised when, in early 2019, he and his spouse, Gilbert, adopted the three boys they’d fostered since 2016.

Lilly Endowment Inc. makes new grants to save historic churches

Posted August 12th, 2019

Lilly Endowment Inc. has furthered its commitment to supporting congregations and preserving significant portions of America’s religious and cultural landscape by awarding nearly $15 million in grants to Partners for Sacred Places and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, to extend the National Fund for Sacred Places (The National Fund).