dismantling structural racism Archives

Next online Matthew 25 event planned for July 29

Posted July 15th, 2020

The response to the Matthew 25 invitation continues to be embraced by congregations and mid councils, even through a pandemic and times of social unrest. Or, just maybe, because of those things.

UKirk offers pivot grants to support collegiate ministries during COVID-19

Posted July 14th, 2020

As the reality of COVID-19 set in, it forced the postponement of the UKirk Collegiate Ministries Association’s national gathering until 2021.

International School of Reconciliation in Rwanda workshop focuses on healing inner wounds

Posted July 8th, 2020

A Rwandan workshop teaches African participants how to find inner healing and forgiveness from the trauma of ethnic conflict.

Virtual New Wilmington Mission Conference to be held July 17–19

Posted July 7th, 2020

The world’s oldest and sole-surviving mission conference, which began in 1906, is preparing to hold its annual gathering — virtually — July 17–19.

Matthew 25 vision passes 500th milestone

Posted June 23rd, 2020

Launched in April 2019, Matthew 25 is a bold vision and invitation to actively engage congregations in the world around them. The invitation was launched before the COVID-19 pandemic, before the social unrest in the fight for justice and before many churches realized how important they were without their buildings.

A great crowd talks about how they’re caring for the least of these

Posted June 10th, 2020

Nearly 400 people gathered virtually Wednesday to share with one another the good things God is doing through the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Matthew 25 invitation, which seeks to build congregational vitality, dismantle structural racism and eradicate systemic poverty.

‘If we will not face it, we certainly can’t fix it’

Posted May 28th, 2020

The killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, recent attacks and ridicule of people of Asian descent during the pandemic and many other horrifying examples all point out why the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) must be a Matthew 25 church, even as the coronavirus still keeps many Christians from worshiping and doing ministry in person.

New Watershed Camp and Retreat Cohort forms

Posted February 4th, 2020

As Brian Frick, an associate for Christian Formation working with camp and conference ministries in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), began planning a retreat with Ghost Ranch leaders to see how they might learn from and align their work with mission initiatives of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, he began to ask questions.

Global Language Resources completes ‘intensive period of discovery’

Posted January 24th, 2020

Imagine attending the 224th General Assembly in Baltimore and seeing the speaker’s slides appear on separate screens simultaneously in English, Spanish and Korean.

A year with Matthew

Posted January 22nd, 2020

Subtly and quietly, Wednesday’s worship service in the Chapel at the Presbyterian Center took shape from a resource designed to allow Presbyterians to spend a year with Matthew’s Gospel.