rev. dr. diane moffett Archives

Researching donor restrictions is the key to leveraging restricted funds

Posted May 13th, 2021

After skipping a meeting in April, the Coordinating Table came together with a purpose Thursday, agreeing by consensus to a plan for staff to begin identifying the restrictions on some of the 2,000 restricted funds set up as bequests over many decades and continuing the discussions required for presenting a unified budget, perhaps as soon as the 226th General Assembly in 2024.

Presbyterian Mission Agency Board sympathetic to Shinnecock Nation’s fight

Posted April 23rd, 2021

A request for mutual aid by Shinnecock Nation tribal leaders via the Racial Equity Advocacy Committee and the Native American Consulting Committee fell on welcoming ears Friday among members of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board.

PC(USA) leaders discuss the church and environmental justice

Posted April 8th, 2021

Discussing environmental justice and the church prompted Sara Lisherness to reflect on her daughter’s childhood.

‘This is a lot for three sisters to contemplate’

Posted March 30th, 2021

Raising their voices in eight languages and expressing their joy with drums, trumpet and piano — and, of course, the spoken word — Presbyterians based in Louisville, Kentucky offer a glorious and thought-provoking online Easter Service for use throughout the denomination.

The Rev. Dr. Rhashell Hunter announces plan to leave the Presbyterian Mission Agency

Posted March 29th, 2021

After serving the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for more than 26 years, the Rev. Dr. Rhashell D. Hunter has announced her plan to leave the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA). Hunter has served as the Director of the PMA’s Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries (RE&WIM) for the last 14 years. She will leave at the end of April.

Three churches share their stories of housing God’s children

Posted March 25th, 2021

Three PC(USA) pastors who serve congregations that have made significant strides helping to provide their neighbors with safe and affordable housing formed the centerpiece of Wednesday’s national Matthew 25 webinar. Nearly 250 people participated.

‘When we can’t trace God, follow God’

Posted March 23rd, 2021

“I bring you greetings from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),” the Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett told the online audience of St. Stephen Baptist Church in Louisville on Sunday. Moffett was the featured speaker during the church’s Women’s Day celebration. “We are your partners in ministry,” said the president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency. “God has called us to preach good news to the poor, recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.”

Easter service available online March 29

Posted March 18th, 2021

A special Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Easter service will be available for streaming or download by Monday, March 29, on www.pcusa.org.

Making the PC(USA)’s national mission relevant to people in the pews

Posted March 11th, 2021

The Coordinating Table, which has been meeting monthly with the goal of creating a unified budget for the Presbyterian Mission Agency, Office of the General Assembly and Administrative Services Group, took a question-and-answer approach help it reach the goal in time for next year’s General Assembly.

A ‘value lens’ can help three PC(USA) bodies see their way to a unified budget

Posted February 16th, 2021

Charged with the job of creating a unified budget for 2023-24 to present to the 225th General Assembly next year, the Coordinating Table heard a proposal for doing just that from Kathy Lueckert, president of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation.