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The Short-Lived Texas-Mexican Presbytery Pt. 1

January 26, 2022

Exploring the roots of the Presbyterian Church in the United States’ Texas-Mexican Presbytery (1908-1960) reveals the fatal errors that resulted in a fractured judicatory throughout the course of its history. In the first blog of this two-part series, we’ll follow the timeline of events outlined by R. Douglas...

Author:

Gabe

Tags:

Hispanic Presbyterians, Missions

Presbyterians and Palestine

October 28, 2021

As Presbyterian leaders renew their calls for an end to Israeli depredations against Palestinians, in Gaza, in Silwan, in Sheikh Jarrah, and elsewhere, let's sketch a handful of details from the lives of Presbyterian mission workers, diplomats, agronomists, teachers, and spies.

In 1948, Presbyterian Syria Mission chair W. G. Greenslade served as the conduit for individual and institutional donations for the relief of Palestinian refugees,...

Author:

David S

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Palestine, Missions, Church World Service

The United Mission in Iraq

May 16, 2018

We've recently processed and put into the hands of researchers RG 509, records of the United Mission in Iraq.

Though individual Protestant missionaries evangelized in Mosul and Kirkuk in the nineteenth century, coordinated American mission work flourished within the postwar British sphere of influence. In 1924 the Presbyterian...

Author:

David S

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Missions, Iraq, Collections

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