Presbyterian Mission Agency eradicate poverty Archives

PC(USA) partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo provide students with hands-on learning

Posted August 22nd, 2023

Our denominational response to the Matthew 25 call to aid those less fortunate is lived out through the foci of strengthening worship communities, eradicating systemic poverty and combating racism. An old proverb states that a long journey is made step by step. And so it is that our partners in the Presbyterian Community of Kinshasa (CPK) in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are taking steps to improve formal education systems and provide life options that will lead to a more productive and healthy society.

Young adults impress leaders at 2022 College Conference at Montreat

Posted April 20th, 2022

Following the recent 2022 College Conference at Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, North Carolina, Anisha Hackney said she learned as much, if not more, than the young adults attending her “Minding the Gap: Living and Working with Different Cultures” workshop.

In spite of COVID-19, ministry to homeless population continues at First Presbyterian Church of San Diego

Posted April 1st, 2020

It’s anything but business as usual for guests and staff at the Ladle Fellowship, the homeless persons outreach ministry of First Presbyterian Church in San Diego. As cases of COVID-19 increase across the nation, volunteers and church staff are continuing to serve their neighbors in need.

What happens in Vegas leads to ministry in Vegas

Posted January 30th, 2020

What brought the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People to a town widely known by the nickname “Sin City” for its first national committee meeting of the decade and its 50th anniversary year?

Online giving helps Ohio church support community

Posted December 3rd, 2019

First Presbyterian Church in Maumee, Ohio, a suburb of Toledo, has partnered with an urban Toledo mission, Mosaic Ministries, that’s working to eradicate poverty and lack of education in south Toledo.