With national offices in Louisville, Kentucky, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) focuses on the national and international mission work of the church. It serves and works with congregations, presbyteries, and synods as the central provider of resources that enable individuals, congregations, and governing bodies to carry forth the mission of Jesus Christ in the world. The work at the Presbyterian Center is carried out by…

Presbyterian World Mission leaders received a communiqué from leaders of the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico (INPM) officially documenting the decision of the Mexican church to sever the historic 139-year relationship between INPM and the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The decision occurred on Friday, August 19, in response to PC(USA) actions on Amendment 10-A regarding ordination standards. Read more about the decision and World Mission’s response here.



What does this mean…

August 10, 2011

Name       MAIL MERGE

Address

Dear Rev. _________

We have good news for you.  You and your church can join more fully in what God is doing in the world!  You can participate in leadership training in Turkey, development work in Haiti, education in Pakistan, reconciliation in South Sudan, or work with 200 other missionaries throughout the world.  You can do this in partnership with PC(U.S.A.) World Mission…

                A Litany of Lamentation and Hope

According to the United Steelworkers, 17 trade unionists died this year in Colombia and 51 died last year, the largest number of murdered labor leaders in the world. Since the Obama and Santos administrations announced its “action plan” to address violence against workers, the killings have continued unabated. The killings of trade unionists in Colombia in 2011 has accelerated to a rate of nearly one unionist every seven days…

Haiti (Security threat level - 4): The U.S. Department of State issued the following updated Travel Warning for Haiti on 8 August 2011: "The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens traveling to or living in Haiti about the security situation in… Continue

A Call to American Christians

by a Syrian Church Leader

(This is provided by the Syria-Lebanon Mission Network;

the Syria country profile may be found at http://gamc.pcusa.org/ministries/global/syria/.)

            In the Middle Eastern villages, churches bells are used to call people for worship on Sundays, to warn the villages of a…

http://www.pcusa.org/blogs/swords-plowshares/2011/7/1/please-pray-prayer-requests-sudan

Here are some requests for prayer from one of our partners in Sudan:

It is very encouraging to us here in Sudan to know that God's people are continuously praying for us. Please pray for:

• A stop of the bloodshed on innocent citizens in Pibor;
• Safety and…

Keep Your Mobile Devices Secure While Traveling

Logan Kugler

March 3, 2011 (PC World)



From coffee shops to planes, trains, and cruise ships, we've become accustomed to having ready access to the Internet just about anywhere. The problem is, it's easy to forget how vulnerable that makes us to security threats.



I learned this the hard way recently when traveling from San Jose to Tampa, passing through four cities along the way. Even though I'm well aware of the… Continue

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