Sunday, September 29, 2019

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.

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Today in the Mission Yearbook: September 23, 2019

GIFTS FROM NEW IMMIGRANTS - The trend in the past few years has been one of church closings among the mainline churches in the United States. Statistics show that the median age in the United States is 37, and the average Presbyterian is 65 years old.

In 2015, Woodhaven Presbyterian Church in Irving, Texas, voted to allow a group of African immigrants from the country of Ghana to use one of their spaces for worship. “This is one of the decisions I believe we do not regret ever making,” said one of the ruling elders ...

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