A hopeful vision for global mission
Acknowledging the grief surrounding the closure of World Mission, Brittany Harrold Porch reflects on a recent trip to Peru and offers a hopeful vision for the future of Presbyterian global partnerships.
Assembly creates commission to investigate World Mission closure
After hours of debate and multiple amendments, commissioners replaced a proposed task force with a commission empowered to investigate the 2025 closure of Presbyterian World Mission and recommend disciplinary action where warranted.
PC(USA) General Assembly 227 votes to approve all Committee on Constitutional Interpretation recommendations
General Assembly approved all committee recommendations, including a ban on employee nondisclosure covenants and referral of the monogamy overture for broader study.
Documents contradict PL&W testimony on covenant given to terminated mission co-workers
Documents obtained by the Presbyterian Outlook show warnings of possible disciplinary action and potential termination in a covenant mission co-workers were asked to sign — contradicting testimony that the document carried no punitive elements.
Committee orders review of World Mission closure and mission co-worker cuts
Commissioners recommend a 17-member task force to investigate the decisions that closed World Mission while also advancing a new process for reimagining the denomination's global mission.
Committee moves to limit PL&W authority in revised Organization for Mission
World Mission’s closure fueled calls for stronger oversight as commissioners approved a heavily amended governance plan for the unified agency.
Arizona presbyteries commission Mark Adams and Miriam Maldonado as mission co-workers
After World Mission's closure, two Arizona presbyteries found a way to keep a longtime border ministry alive.
‘I think everybody lost’: Global partners respond to end of mission co-worker program
Speaking publicly for the first time together, partners from Egypt, Costa Rica and Argentina described the impact of losing mission co-workers and questioned who benefited from the changes.
As GA227 debates mission theology, what’s at stake?
Historian and missiologist Stanley H. Skreslet reflects on Christian witness as the PC(USA) considers creating a new missiological statement.
Three overtures ask 227th General Assembly to reckon with the end of World Mission
Three overtures to the 227th General Assembly ask the PC(USA) to investigate the closure of World Mission, examine concerns about transparency and accountability, and chart a new vision for global mission.
Former mission co-workers go public as PC(USA) severance conditions expire
A year after the Interim Unified Agency eliminated 54 mission co-worker positions, former co-workers are describing what they endured — and two GA227 overtures are calling for accountability.
Dismissed mission co-workers, denominational officials draft new theology of mission
After sweeping layoffs, 41 Presbyterians — including dismissed co-workers and denominational leaders — gathered at Union Seminary to begin drafting a new theology of mission for the PC(USA).
Presbyterians organize to continue international mission sending
17 former mission co-workers have secured arrangements to remain in service or are working toward that goal.
Our fork in the road: On the end of the Presbyterian Mission Agency
The PC(USA)'s mission theology and management methods stand in urgent need of critical analysis, writes scholar and former mission co-worker Stanley Skreslet.
Stated Clerk Jihyun Oh on leadership, cuts, and accountability
Outlook Editor/Publisher Teri McDowell Ott sat down with Stated Clerk Jihyun Oh to discuss public statements, program cuts, and leadership decisions.
Global partners protest PC(USA) mission layoffs in open letter
Mission partners criticize the elimination of mission co-workers as abrupt, colonial and damaging to international relationships.
PC(USA) faces backlash over mission co-worker layoffs
Critics of the mission co-worker layoffs cite a lack of transparency, loss of global partnerships and concerns over future engagement.
PC(USA) announces major cuts to mission co-workers amid restructuring
The PC(USA)'s plans to cut mission co-workers by 50%, spark concerns about global outreach, transparency, and the future of the church’s mission efforts.
