Presbyterian Mission Agency environmental Archives

Humble Beginnings Yield Impressive Results for Earth Care Congregation

Posted July 19th, 2016

Humble beginnings yield impressive results for Earth Care Congregation Nearly three years ago, Fellowship Presbyterian Church (FPC) in Huntsville, Alabama, launched its witness for environmental conservation by simply changing its lightbulbs. Since then, FPC has greatly expanded its environmental ministries, becoming a PC(USA) Earth Care Congregation and organizing a food distribution community program to complement its environmental commitment. As PC(USA) Associate for Environmental Ministries Rebecca Barnes says, “We recognize that earth care ministries do well to encompass issues of poverty and hunger alleviation, peacemaking, and more. Caring for all in God’s creation includes social justice.”

A new generation of Presbyterian leaders looks to the church’s future

Posted June 24th, 2016

Group seeks more inclusion and outreach by Rick Jones | Presbyterian News Service PORTLAND – As the 222nd General Assembly winds down in Portland, four emerging young church leaders gathered… Read more »

Fighting for help, 36 years after uranium spill

Posted December 17th, 2015

New Mexico community still seeking full cleanup By Rick Jones July 16, 1979 is a day the Navajo Nation in New Mexico will never forget. An earthen dam gave… Read more »