Presbyterian Mission Agency Rev. Fernando Rodríguez Archives

Rev. Fernando Rodríguez

Multi-congregational and multicultural church in Colorado is a model for the PC(USA)

Posted January 30th, 2024

“Aurora has become a place where immigrants and refugees from all over the world are settling now,” said the Rev. Doug Friesema, pastor of Aurora First Presbyterian Church in Colorado, whose congregation has opened up its space to five other congregations that serve Spanish-speaking immigrants, refugees, individuals from the African diaspora and African Americans.

PC(USA)’s ‘TikTok Pastor’ engages 287,400 followers in a ‘safe, translatable’ way, says Denver’s lead presbyter

Posted November 10th, 2023

During the pandemic, the Rev. Bethany Peerbolte was making phone calls to members of the youth group she led as a way of checking in while remaining socially distant. The youth started using terms like “lukewarm Christian,” which struck Peerbolte as “not very Presbyterian,” so she started searching online for their source.