Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer. How often have you wondered, where are the young adults in the PC(USA)? Wonder no longer. The 2014 Presbyterian Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is devoted to the theme of young adults in the church. Its stories, many told by young adults, lift up how Presbyterians of all ages are engaging and joining with Presbyterian young adults in reforming the church for Christ’s mission.

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Today in the Mission Yearbook: June 4, 2015

SOUTH AFRICA - Between 1960 and 1990, South Africa was in turmoil. In 1960 we experienced the Sharpeville massacre, when Africans were shot for taking part in a church-backed protest against apartheid laws. In 1976 the Soweto uprisings began in response to the apartheid government’s decision to enforce the Afrikaans language in black schools. Amid political turmoil and violence, Christians were seeking God’s will (the Kairos Document being one example of Christian reflection on the situation).

With the help of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, the Dutch Reformed Mission Church (DRMC)—a church for persons of mixed race or ethnicity—declared apartheid a heresy in 1982. When the DRMC synod met that year in Belhar, a motion from the floor opened the door to drafting a confession that would speak the truth about God, Christ’s church, reconciliation, justice, and obedience ...

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