Presbyterian Mission Agency community organizing Archives

Next of the PC(USA)’s Matthew 25 workshops to feature the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, the Rev. Jimmie Hawkins and more

Posted August 16th, 2023

Three dynamic guests, including some of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)’s leading voices, will headline the next Matthew 25 workshop on effective methods for eradicating systemic poverty.

‘Take Me to the Alley’

Posted November 15th, 2021

Ruling Elder James Parks of Baltimore, a member of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board who cut his teeth on community organizing, opened his devotional time with the board recently by playing the clip of Gregory Porter’s “Take Me to the Alley.”

Real change takes community organizing

Posted November 16th, 2020

Gentrification was coming to Inglewood, California, and it was not pretty. Some people saw the change as a renaissance for a city that had been economically challenged. Some local congregations, however, saw the devastating change gentrification was having on the long-term fabric of residents in the neighborhood and knew it was time to do something — together.

Real change takes community organizing

Posted June 20th, 2020

Effecting dramatic social change takes more than the efforts of a single congregation. Churches and other partners must work and organize together.