WITH YOU ALWAYS
HONORING THE LEGACY AND DISCERNING THE FUTURE OF PRESBYTERIAN GLOBAL MISSION
PURPOSE
The purpose is for Presbyterian mission professors, missiologists, mission coworkers, and other emission leaders to share their thoughts, insights, hopes, and expectations in the wake of PC(USA) ending World Mission.
MISSION STATEMENT
To recognize the faithful service of PC(USA) mission co-workers, reconnect in shared calling, and discern new pathways for global mission through partnership, prayer, and vision.
ORIGIN
The With You Always gathering was born out of prayerful conversations among Presbyterian Mission Network conveners, following the difficult and disorienting announcement that the PC(USA) World Mission office would be closing and mission co-worker positions would be brought to an end. What began as informal dialogue quickly became a shared conviction: that this moment of institutional transition called not only for lament, but for community, gratitude, and discernment.
“With You Always” Livestream from the 120th New Wilmington Mission Conference
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"With You Always" - 1:30 PM EST July 21, 2025
“Lament”
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"With You Always" - 3:15 PM EST July 21, 2025
“Moving Forward”
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"With You Always" - 1:30 PM EST July 22, 2025
“Discerning”
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"With You Always" - 3:15 PM EST July 22, 2025
“NextSteps”
NEWS ARTICLES
Official PC(USA) News Releases Regarding the Ending of the World Mission Office and Sending Mission Coworkers
REFLECTION PAPERS
“The End of PCUSA World Mission:
Discerning God's Plan for a Continuing Witness to the Ends of the Earth”
By David Dawson - Retired Presbyterian Church (USA) Regional Executive
By Stanley H. Skreslet, Ph.D. - Professor of Church History and Missions Emeritus Union Presbyterian Seminary
“Our Fork in the Road: On the End of PCUSA World Mission”
By Bob Blincoe - President Emeritus of Frontiers USA
“The Arc of Presbyterian Missions”
By Rev. Dr. Joseph Small - Former Director of PCUSA Theology and Worship
“A Letter from Joe Small”
By Rev. Dr. Juan Sarmiento - Executive Presbyter of San Fernando Presbytery
A Time for Grief, Gratitude, and Hope
By Rev. Dr. Juan Sarmiento - Executive Presbyter of San Fernando Presbytery
Presbyterians in Global Mission: Two Thoughts on the Next Season of the PCUSA
Rev. Dr. Marian McClure Taylor - Former director of PCUSA World Mission.
Reflection from 1997 to 2006
Rev. Michael and Rachel Ludwig - Former PCUSA mission coworkers in Niger
Presbyterian Mission and Networks Going into the Future
Dr. Scott Hagley - Professor of Mission and Evangelism at Pittsburgh Seminary
Reflections on Presbyterian Mission
Donna Cammarata - Convenor of the Ghana Mission Network
What if…
“Now I Commit You …” - A Word of Encouragement To Those Grieving A Ministry’s Ending
Rev. Jim Leuenberger
Response Letters to “CounterStories” Report (2021)
Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Hastings
Retired Executive director of the Overseas Ministries Study Center (OMSC at Princeton Seminary)
Professor Emeritus of Christian Missions, Union Presbyterian Seminary
Prof. Stanley H. Skreslet
