World Mission Archives

Training imaginative minds by planting seeds at the Presbyterian School of Kabuga in Rwanda

Posted September 16th, 2022

The Presbyterian School of Kabuga in Rwanda discovered that gardening helps primary school students to demonstrate greater responsibility at school and at home. It is a crucial part of teaching because it leads to creativity and innovation. It is a valuable life skill tool which can influence all aspects of life.

Ecumenical leaders: Be wary of the Marcos dynasty

Posted August 24th, 2022

During a Tuesday evening webinar, two bishops — one retired from the United Methodist Church, one Episcopal — used their lived experience under martial law enacted by former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos to urge viewers to be wary of what Marcos’ son, BongBong Marcos, the nation’s 17th president, could bring about for the nation of nearly 116 million people.

‘Look right into the face of Almighty God and give yourself to the work that is before you’

Posted August 22nd, 2022

Twenty-two Young Adult Volunteers who have agreed to give a year of service for a lifetime of change were commissioned online Sunday in a service that featured stirring, comforting and challenging words by both the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II and the Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett.

Pair with ties to Presbyterian World Mission to serve on the American Waldensian Society Board

Posted August 8th, 2022

A current area coordinator and a former regional liaison with Presbyterian World Mission are among the four people recently named to the board of the American Waldensian Society.

Mission co-workers share post-pandemic travel tips

Posted June 20th, 2022

Presbyterian mission co-workers offer practical advice on how to be thoughtful travelers when going off on a mission trip abroad.

Virtual YAV program gives young adults another opportunity to experience mission in action

Posted June 15th, 2022

Applications are now being accepted for the 2022-2023 virtual Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) year.

And yet it moves

Posted June 15th, 2022

When Covid struck in the spring of 2020 in the Czech Republic, it meant, above all, a radical reduction in contacts. This reduction was a reasonable response from the authorities to the pandemic, which was spreading through physical encounters between people.

Ebb and flow

Posted June 14th, 2022

One of the churches I visit every few years is Grace Taiwanese American Presbyterian Church outside of Trenton, New Jersey. I was briefly its youth director during seminary, and it was part of my call to ministry in Taiwan.

God provides hope in Syria — and the United States

Posted June 13th, 2022

Al-Hassakeh is a major town in northeast Syria that has existed for almost 1,000 years as part of the historic Silk Road. This part of the world has been Christian from around the time Paul encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus. The Rev. Mathilde Sabbagh ministers there with her congregation, the National Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Al-Hassakeh, to support her community without regard to religious affiliation.

Southern Europe Partnership Network forming to stand in solidarity with European partners

Posted June 9th, 2022

The newly formed Southern Europe Partnership Network (SEPN) will begin to solidify partnership agreements this summer when a group of its members travels to Europe for face-to-face meetings with partners July 13-26.