Presbyterian Mission Agency Mississippi Archives

A look back at Freedom Summer

Posted August 5th, 2024

This summer marks the 60th anniversary of what was dubbed by white Mississippians an “invasion” by “outside agitators.”

PC(USA) webinar will focus on ‘citizenship for all’

Posted August 16th, 2021

After a short hiatus, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Welcoming the Stranger webinar series returns this week with an episode focused on the movement for citizenship for all undocumented immigrants.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance responding to several U.S. crises

Posted March 22nd, 2019

There was a time, it seems to the Rev. Jim Kirk of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, that specific phenomena were isolated to different parts of the calendar.

PC(USA) offers support to torched and vandalized Mississippi church

Posted November 9th, 2016

The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), sent a letter of support to leaders and members of the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, Mississippi after the congregation’s building was vandalized with “Vote Trump” graffiti and set ablaze.

Youth-led business co-op in Mississippi leaves big impression

Posted February 12th, 2016

By Margaret Mwale Mike Askew knows what it is like to be part of a Self-Development of People project and to serve on a Self-Development of People Committee. His initial… Read more »