Presbyterian Mission Agency adoption Archives

Suffering produces endurance, which produces character, which produces hope

Posted June 23rd, 2021

“I want to tell you a story,” the Rev. Dr. Kathryn Threadgill began a recent sermon, “about embodied grace and true hope.” Threadgill, the Vital Congregations coordinator for the Presbyterian Mission Agency, preached for nearly 350 national staff of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as part of Staff Development Day. Her text was Romans 5:1-5.

‘No one comes to this table because they deserve to’

Posted May 20th, 2021

One night when the Rev. Dr. Craig Barnes was a boy, his father woke him up and introduced him to his new brother, Roger.

Love, prayers and masks from Changhua Presbytery

Posted August 4th, 2020

No sooner had the small delegation from the Presbytery of Mid-Kentucky — its general presbyter, stated clerk and moderator — renewed their passports and booked their flights to Taiwan than COVID-19 postponed their plans. Ever since three representatives from Changhua Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, Mid-Kentucky’s international mission partner, had traveled to Mid-Kentucky in May 2019, the Revs. John Odom, Jerry Van Marter and Angela Johnson had long been looking forward to their reciprocal visit.

Holiday conversations may include adoption

Posted November 6th, 2018

For many people, the holidays bring an abundance of casual conversation about family. That conversation, though, can be hurtful to adoptive families.

Presbyterian agency works to boost child well-being in three states

Posted August 10th, 2018

A national report ranks Louisiana 49th in children’s well-being, but Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services is working to change that. It is also healing children and preserving families in Texas, which ranks 47th in children’s well-being, and Missouri, ranking 26th.