Presbyterian Mission Agency puerto rico Archives

The PC(USA)’s One Great Hour of Sharing gifts help to foster resiliency, self-reliance and hope in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico

Posted February 27th, 2024

In all her 66 years, Magda Cruz had never witnessed anything like Hurricane María’s power to destroy.

Renewal occurs through relationships between new PC(USA) community leaders and pastors in Puerto Rico

Posted August 22nd, 2023

Video: https://vimeo.com/840948023 Through a collaboration between Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and 1001 New Worshiping Communities, church planters and spiritual leaders visited Puerto Rico in June to learn about ongoing efforts to rebuild after hurricane disasters. 1001 New Worshiping Communities leaders recognized many commonalities with pastors in Puerto Rico, including the necessity of bivocational calls and a need for community engagement and the work of healing and relief.

Renewal occurs through relationships between new PC(USA) community leaders and pastors in Puerto Rico

Posted July 21st, 2023

Through a collaboration between Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and 1001 New Worshiping Communities, church planters and spiritual leaders visited Puerto Rico in June to learn about ongoing efforts to rebuild after hurricane disasters. 1001 New Worshiping Communities leaders recognized many commonalities with pastors in Puerto Rico, including the necessity of bivocational calls and a need for community engagement and the work of healing and relief.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance official offers advice on intentional volunteering

Posted June 15th, 2023

“How do we do justice to the people we serve and have empathy with them?” Last week, Michelle Muñiz posed this question to an assembly of 100 leaders of disaster relief organizations in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the Puerto Rican affiliate chapter of National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (PRVOAD) Conference and Assembly.

Church in Puerto Rico embraces Earth-friendly practices

Posted May 24th, 2023

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) now has its first Earth Care Congregation in Puerto Rico.

Church in Puerto Rico embraces Earth-friendly practices

Posted April 18th, 2023

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) now has its first Earth Care Congregation in Puerto Rico.

Presbyterian Mission Agency and partners reveal how debt relief addresses systemic injustices across the globe

Posted November 10th, 2022

“Irresponsible borrowing decisions are felt on the backs of the people” Catherine Gordon, representative for international issues in the Office of Public Witness, said in Debt, Disaster and Corruption, the first in a series of global debt webinars co-sponsored by OPW, the Presbyterian Hunger Program and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.

On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico faces record-setting rainfall and devastation from Hurricane Fiona

Posted September 20th, 2022

On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria’s devastation to Puerto Rico, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance personnel on Tuesday were describing a different scene despite the record rainfall that Fiona brought to the island over the weekend before turning toward the Dominican Republic and smaller islands in the Caribbean.

Addressing domestic violence from the pulpit

Posted April 14th, 2022

Many readers know of someone in their family, congregation or community who has been impacted by domestic violence in one way or another. To address the topic that is not often discussed or preached from many pulpits on Sunday mornings, the Hispanic/Latino-a Intercultural Congregational Support Ministry created the Gospel, Pastoral Care, and Domestic Violence series, an educational encounter series that addresses domestic violence and the faith community.

Stated Clerk joins other faith leaders to urge more work on Puerto Rico’s debt crisis

Posted March 16th, 2022

The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has joined other faith leaders to endorse a letter asking Congress and the Biden administration to continue the work of addressing debt crisis in Puerto Rico.