Tag: Presbyterian World Mission
Dimmock Joins Outreach Foundation as Africa Mission Specialist
November 18, 2016 The Layman1 CommentAfrica, Frank Dimmock, Outreach Foundation, Presbyterian Church (USA), Presbyterian World Mission, Rob Weingartner
(Press Release from the Outreach Foundation.) The Outreach Foundation announced today that Frank Dimmock will join Outreach's mission staff on January 1, 2017, as an Africa mission specialist. For thirty-five years Frank served the church in Africa as a Presbyterian Church (USA) mission co-worker, focusing on ministries of health and development. More broadly, his central…
Sarmiento Joins The Outreach Foundation Staff
September 29, 2016 The LaymanECO, EPC, Juan Sarmiento, PCUSA, Presbyterian World Mission, The Outreach Foundation
Juan Sarmiento has been named Associate Director for Mission of The Outreach Foundation. He will officially begin his duties on November 1. Since 1979, The Outreach Foundation has connected congregations and people in the United States with church partners around the world in Christ-centered evangelistic mission. Today, Outreach focuses on Presbyterian partners in places in…
Grace Presbytery donates $2.8 million to Presbyterian World Mission
October 7, 2015 Layman3 CommentsGrace Presbytery, Highland Park Presbyterian Church, mission co-worker, Presbyterian World Mission
By Kathy Melvin, Presbyterian News Service. In this time of change and uncertainty for the denomination, Grace Presbytery in central and northeast Texas has decided to invest in the future of the church by donating $2.85 million to Presbyterian World Mission. The presbytery met and voted Thursday afternoon on a comprehensive proposal to strengthen mission…
Mission advocates stress the importance of Presbyterian World Mission
October 2, 2015 PaulaRKincaidLiving Waters for the World, Medical Benevolence Foundation, New Wilmington Mission Conference, Presbyterian Church (USA), Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship, Presbyterian Mission Agency Board, Presbyterian World Mission, The Antioch Partners, The Outreach Foundation
The leaders of six independent mission organizations have written an open letter to the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB), stating their conviction that the Presbyterian Church (USA) "cannot regain its health and its bearings without a visible recommitment to sharing in God's work in the world – and this entails a prioritization of the work…
Two mission partners break ties with PCUSA over same-sex marriage
August 7, 2015 PaulaRKincaid15 CommentsEvangelical Presbyterian and Reformed Church of Peru, Hunter Farrell, National Presbyterian Church of Mexico, Presbyterian Church (USA), Presbyterian World Mission, The Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil
Hunter Farrell's prophetic words to the 2014 General Assembly in Detroit are beginning to come true, as two of the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s mission partners have broken ties with the PCUSA over the issue of same-sex marriage. Farrell is the Director of World Mission for the PCUSA. According to the Presbyterian News Service (PNS), in…
PCUSA issues call to prayer for safety and release of two pastors detained in Sudan
May 18, 2015 LaymanKhartoum, Presbyterian World Mission, Rev. Michael Yat, Rev. Peter Yen Reith, South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, Sudan
Presbyterian World Mission. Church partners in Sudan and South Sudan have asked for prayers for the safe release of two pastors, Rev. Michael Yat and Rev. Peter Yen Reith, South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, who have been detained without charge in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, since December 2014 and January 2015, respectively. The next court hearing…
Presbyterian mission co-workers injured in Ethiopia
October 3, 2014 LaymanEthiopia, Gwen and John Haspels, Mission co-workers, Presbyterian World Mission
Presbyterian News Service Presbyterian World Mission is asking for prayers for longtime Presbyterian Mission co-workers Gwen and John Haspels, who were injured Wednesday, October 1, when their car was attacked by armed bandits on a rural road in Ethiopia. After the attack, John drove four hours to the nearest hospital in Aman, Ethiopia, where he…
Egyptian Christians encouraged by recent events
September 5, 2013 PaulaRKincaidAmgad Beblawi, Egyptian Christians, Mohammad Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Presbyterian World Mission, Ramez Atallah
A webinar sponsored last week by the Presbyterian World Mission, discussed the recent events in Egypt and told why Egyptian Christians are encouraged by all that has happened. Amgad Beblawi, area coordinator for the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia for the Presbyterian Mission Agency, gave a little background to the events of the past…