Presbyterian Mission Agency independence Archives

Juneteenth celebrations grow

Posted May 20th, 2020

On June 19, 1865, Texas notified formerly enslaved people that they were now free citizens. Today, 155 years later, there’s still much racial justice work to be done.

Five days after the Fourth of July, South Sudan quietly celebrates its independence

Posted July 11th, 2019

South Sudanese church leaders continue to amplify hope for their country as the people quietly marked the eighth Independence Day Tuesday without an official government celebration.

Amid conflict and looming famine in South Sudan, the church offers hope

Posted March 31st, 2017

For the general overseer of the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC) there is trauma and hopelessness in his country, and the only institution that can offer hope at the moment is the church.