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PC(USA) and Berliner Missionswerk offer volunteer service placement in Berlin

Posted June 1st, 2022

Global partner Berliner Missionswerk, in partnership with the PC(USA), is offering two unique opportunities to participate in service positions in the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz beginning in September 2022.

‘The sensitivity of the people I met for these refugees was just really impressive’

Posted April 18th, 2022

Ellen Smith, World Mission’s regional liaison for Eastern Europe, has just returned from a visit with partners in Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland to see first-hand how they are coping with the enormous task of caring for refugees fleeing Ukraine and how the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) can accompany them.

‘There’s no “them.” There is only “all of us”’

Posted January 26th, 2021

As COVID-19 circles the globe, mission co-workers the Rev. Ryan and Alethia White in Germany believe that working together, in our respective corners of the world, can improve protection for human rights everywhere.

A worldwide roundup

Posted November 6th, 2019

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has been committed to interconnectional ministry in God’s mission at the local, national and global levels since 1837. Since that time, more than 8,000 mission co-workers have shared the good news of Jesus Christ with millions of people worldwide.

German Protestant Kirchentag draws 100,000 participants

Posted September 20th, 2019

This summer, Burkhard Paetzold, a mission co-worker and regional liaison for western and central Europe, joined about 100,000 other Protestants from across the globe for one of the world’s most unique gatherings, the German Protestant Kirchentag.

The Wuppertal Call includes urgent cries for our planet’s health

Posted August 7th, 2019

An old farmhouse, converted into a conference center, sits atop dem heiligen berg, “the holy mountain,” overlooking the city of Wuppertal, Germany. It is from this spot that many residents say Earth seems to touch heaven.

Reformation is ‘GPS’ for next 500 years, says S. African Anglican leader in Luther’s town

Posted May 30th, 2017

The Reformation was a defining moment 500 years ago but can also serve as an inspiration for the next five centuries, South African Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has told tens of thousands of people at the German Protestant Kirchentag, or church festival.

Mission in partnership highlighted at World Mission Café

Posted June 28th, 2016

At last week’s World Mission Café, a GA 222 event, mission co-workers and staff, ecumenical partners, mid-council leaders and congregational representatives gathered to share stories of the joys and struggles of day-to-day mission partnership around the world.