rev. dr. diane givens moffett Archives

YAV alums and others in the PC(USA) join to commission the 2023-24 class of Young Adult Volunteers

Posted August 25th, 2023

Twenty-six Young Adult Volunteers who’ve agreed to give a year of service for a lifetime of change were commissioned by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Thursday during a service held both online and in the Chapel at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Watch the 75-minute service here.

A climate scientist makes a clear case for climate change during a Presbyterians for Earth Care webinar

Posted August 8th, 2023

Around 180 people registered for last week’s Presbyterians for Earth Care webinar “The Climate Crisis: Where are we in 2023?” Dr. Colin Evans, a post-doctoral research associate at the Northeast Regional Climate Change Center at Cornell University, spoke and answered questions afterward. Watch the webinar, hosted the Rev. Bruce Gillette, Moderator of PEC, by going here.

The PMA’s Office of Christian Formation awarded $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to equip and support faith formation in households

Posted July 12th, 2023

The Office of Christian Formation of the Presbyterian Mission Agency has received a grant of $1.25 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to come alongside parents, caregivers, churches and worshiping communities to provide skills, opportunities for connection and relationship building, and the resources needed to enhance and prioritize sharing faith in households.

National Black Presbyterian Caucus conference closes with a sermon about seeing what’s in plain view

Posted June 17th, 2023

Carried onward throughout her sermon by expressions of support and applause, the Rev. Dr. Diane Givens Moffett brought the 47th biennial conference of the National Black Presbyterian Caucus to a close Saturday with message about taking a second look and seeing what’s in plain view.

Beechmont Presbyterian Church welcomes the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board

Posted April 20th, 2023

Thursday was mostly a teach-in day for the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board as members took in Matthew 25 presentations on militarism from mission co-workers in Colombia and Guatemala and climate change from Jessica Maudlin, Associate for Sustainable Living and Earth Care concerns in the Presbyterian Hunger Program.

The Rev. Dr. Diane Givens Moffett offers up a homily on gun violence prevention

Posted April 14th, 2023

The Rev. Dr. Diane Givens Moffett, president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, offers us this homily she delivered via Zoom Wednesday as part of the PMA’s Chapel Service. Click on the link above to view Moffett’s 15-minute homily.

Presbyterian Mission Agency employees gather under the banner of ‘One Band/One Sound’

Posted March 27th, 2023

An unprecedented gathering last week brought more than 200 Presbyterian Mission Agency staff to the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky, for Vision Convocation, a week-long celebration, sharing, learning and listening session that included mission co-workers serving in about 80 countries around the world.

The PC(USA)’s Unification Commission hears from the two people who will be most responsible for PMA and OGA unity

Posted March 9th, 2023

On Thursday during the first day of what will be a three-day session in the conference center at the Presbyterian Center, the Unification Commission heard from the two people who will be most responsible for what a unified Office of the General Assembly and Presbyterian Mission Agency will be: the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, and the Rev. Dr. Diane Givens Moffett.

Presbyterian delegates and church leaders headed to gender-equality gathering in New York

Posted March 1st, 2023

Thousands of people from around the globe, including a contingent from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), are headed to New York City for the 67th Commission on the Status of Women, a gender equality gathering that will be celebrated by the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the PC(USA), both Co-Moderators of the 225th General Assembly, and the president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency.

Presbyterian Mission Agency Board worships twice and learns a lot about the Agency’s future

Posted January 19th, 2023

Sandwiched between two brief but effective worship services, the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board met via Zoom Thursday to learn more about the work of innovation, repair, Matthew 25, the grant process and professional development and diversity training that’s ongoing among PMA staff.