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Visiting the lowlands of Louisiana gives Presbyterians firsthand view of climate change

Posted April 25th, 2024

Five years ago, members of the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) visited South Louisiana to see the devastating effects of climate change on Native American tribes living in the coastal bayous.

Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations looks ahead to new year

Posted November 28th, 2017

As the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) looks ahead to 2018, its ministry will include hosting delegates to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and other work at the U.N. Seventy-two years ago, the newly formed United Nations approved a charter that has been the foundation of its work ever since.

Learning English in a French-speaking country

Posted September 18th, 2017

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Togo, known by its French acronym EEPT, is the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) partner in this small West Africa nation, which is about half the size of Ohio. The church trains its pastors in the city of Atakpame at a beautiful setting atop one of the hills in town. Mountainous Atakpame is where the southern rain forests of Togo give way to the country’s central savanna.