WITH YOU ALWAYS
HONORING THE LEGACY AND DISCERNING THE FUTURE OF PRESBYTERIAN GLOBAL MISSION
Vision Statement
A renewed global mission movement for the Presbyterian Church (USA) – rooted in gratitude, sustained by community, and led by the Spirit beyond institutional boundaries.
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” Recordings from the
120th New Wilmington Mission Conference
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"With You Always" - 1:30 PM July 21, 2025
“Lament”
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"With You Always" - 3:15 PM July 21, 2025
“Moving Forward”
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"With You Always" - 1:30 PM July 22, 2025
“Discerning”
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"With You Always" - 3:15 PM July 22, 2025
“NextSteps”
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120th NWMC - Monday Evening
Highlighting years of service
Contact WYA Coordinating Team
-- Rachel Weller (Convener), former PC(USA) mission co-worker in Ethiopia and convener of the Ethiopian Mission Network. wellerachel@gmail.com
-- Donald Dawson, the retired director of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s World Mission Initiative and the New Wilmington Mission Conference and co-convener of the Niger Mission Network. dawsondonj@gmail.com
— James Elisha Taneti, director of the Syngman Rhee Global Mission Center at Union Presbyterian Seminary and Assistant Professor of World Christianity. James.Taneti@upsem.edu
-- Matthew Schramm, pastor of Memorial Presbyterian Church in Midland, Michigan, co-convener of the Niger Mission Network, and Former Chair, Presbyterian Mission Agency Board.. matthew.schramm@gmail.com
— Richard Haney, retired executive director of Frontier Fellowship and Interim Minister at Fairfield Presbyterian (PCUSA, Mechanicsville, VA). rhaney@frontierfellowship.com
— Karla Koll, professor at the Latin American Biblical University in Costa Rica and a former mission co-worker. kakjtb@yahoo.com
-- Darren Kennedy, former mission co-worker at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo. kennedyscairo@hotmail.com
-- David Dawson, retired executive of Shenango Presbytery and Presbyterian mission historian. david.dawson1947@outlook.com
Call to Prayer for Global Mission
During the Advent and Christmas season will you pray daily for Presbyterian global mission involvement. Please pray in your congregations, in your families, and personally that God will revive our commitment to “go and make disciples of all nations.”
This call to prayer is in response to the PC(USA) closing the World Mission office and ending mission sending in March. The denomination may be done with global mission sending, but God is not Finished. Please pray for God to lead us into faithful response.
Pray regularly, fervently, and faithfully.
May God use this prayer initiative to convict us where we have fallen short and set us on the path to faithfully obeying the Great Commission. Prayer is the fuel for renewal. May God be glorified.
Ideas for specific prayer petitions:
For God to revive the PC(USA) by renewing us in our obedience to the Great Commission, and thereby, God will be glorified
For the Holy Spirit to inspire pastors to preach on the Great Commission and other mission passages
For the Lord to inspire a mission prayer effort in every congregation
For God to supply the financial support and all of the means for severed mission co-workers to return to global service
Mark Adams and Miriam Excobar to Frontera de Cristo in Agua Prieta, MX and Douglas, AZ
Karla Koll and Mark Hare and Jenny Bent to the Latin American Biblical University, Costa Rica
Josh Heikkila to Ghana
Dan and Elizabeth Turk to Madagascar
Bob and Kristi Rice to the Akrofi-Christaller Institute and Healing Hearts, Transforming Nations respectively in Ghana
Shelvis and Nancy Smith-Mather to Reconcile in South Sudan
Jim McGill to water and sanitation work in Africa
Tyler Holm teaching at the University of Livingstonia in Malawi
Cesar Carhuachin to Latin America to teach
Larry and Inge Sthreshley to Durable Solutions Congo
5. For Mission Networks as they seek to strengthen relationships with their partner churches
6. For presbyteries to take a more active role encouraging and urging congregations to be engaged globally
7. That Presbyterian-related mission organizations e.g. New Wilmington Mission Conference, The Outreach Foundation, Frontier Fellowship, The Antioch Partners, Medical Benevolence Foundation, and others might be used to ignite a passion for global mission throughout the PC(USA)
8. For missionaries everywhere who are persecuted for the sake of the Gospel, e.g. Kevin R who was kidnapped from Niger.
updates / changes? contact Rachel Ludwig - rachludwig@gmail.com
Networking to Resend Mission Coworkers
Mark Hare and Jenny Bent - returning to Costa Rica to continue to work with the Latin American Biblical University, supporting their Ecological Justice initiative, including facilitating community gardening work. The Presbytery of Scioto Valley has called them as presbytery staff to validate their positions for PCUSA benefits.
Contact: Scioto Valley Presbytery Mission Support Board: costaricamission@psvonline.org
Mark - hareamark@yahoo.com
Jenny - bentjenny9@gmail.com
Mark Adams and Miriam Maldonaldo Escobar - returning to Frontera de Cristo at Agua Prieta, MX and Douglas, AZ. Frontera de Cristo is taking responsibility for their support and is joined by the presbyteries of De Cristo and Grand Canyon. Webpage
Carol Schurr - communications@fronteradecristo.org - is coordinating the effort.
Mark - mark@fronteradecristo.org
Miriam - lachiapaneca@gmail.com
Joshua Heikkila - returning to Ghana to serve there and in the United States. The Twin Cities Presbytery, where Josh is a member, is willing to validate a ministry position, which would allow him to remain in the Board of Pensions and Health Care plans. The goal is to be funded and validated position by January 2026. The PCUSA Ghana Mission Network (GMN) will for now oversee the funding support.
Donna Cammarata, Coordinator, pcusa.gmn@gmail.com and Liaison to the Presbytery of Lake Erie
Support for the Rev. Joshua Heikkila may be sent (and check payable) to: The Presbytery of Lake Erie, 2816 Elmwood Ave, Erie PA 16508 (Memo: GMN in Honor of Joshua Heikkila)
Online Option: Presbytery of Lake Erie Across from GMN Registration enter donation. Add in notes: GMN in Honor of Joshua Heikkila and any message.
Josh - josh.heikkila@gmail.com
Karla Koll - returning to the Latin American Biblical University in Costa Rica to continue teaching. Webpage Her home presbytery of Pueblo is discerning how to support her. Currently support (PayPal, bank transfer, or check) can be designated for Karla through the university.
Contact person: Elizabeth Cook; Email: Getinvolved.ubl@ubl.ac.cr Phone: +50688163092
Karla - kakjtb@yahoo.com
Cesar Carhuachin is finalizing arrangements to return to Latin America to teach. Details with his sending agency will be completed soon and her will be able to share publicly. In the meantime you can email him with questions.
Cesar - cesarcarhuachin@hotmail.com
Nancy and Shelvis Smith-Mather - returning to RECONCILE in South Sudan with the Reformed Church in America. They are expected to help build their support team and raise the necessary funds. Webpage *see RCA mailed support
Nancy and Shelvis - ssmith-mather@rca.org
Jim McGill - returning to Africa to continue WaSH work with the Reformed Church in America, but not to Niger because of insecurity and travel limitations. Webpage Jim is expected to help build his new support team*
Jim - mcgillwatsan@gmail.com
*RCA mailed support: Make checks payable to “Reformed Church in America,” and indicate the purpose of the payment. Then mail to:
Reformed Church in America Attn: Finance Dept.
4500 60th St SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
Dan and Elizabeth Turk – The FJKM has invited the Turks to continue serving with them in Madagascar. The details of how they will be sent and by whom are being finalized and will posted soon.
Elizabeth and Dan - daniellturk@hotmail.com
Bob and Kristi Rice will be transitioning to Ghana in May 2026. Bob will be joining the faculty at the Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture (ACI), and Kristi will serve on the international planning team of Healing Hearts, Transforming Nations (HHTN) Global. Bob and Kristi will be sent out by The Antioch Partners. They invite you to join them in prayer and financial support as they step out in faith for this new season of life and ministry. If you would like to receive their newsletters, email them at bob.kristi.rice@gmail.com. If you would like to participate in their ministry through financial support, you can go to this link and/or email them for more questions.
Tyler Holm has remained in Malawi at the invitation of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) Synod of Livingstonia, and the University of Livingstonia where he has been teaching for the past 13 years, 11 of these through PC (USA). Rochelle Holm has been working with an American university while based in Malawi for the past 5 years on issues of water, sanitation and health and continues unchanged. Tyler is in the process of building a relationship with a new sending organization and expects to have more details to share before the end of the year.
Tyler - tyler@tylerholm.com
Larry and Inge Sthreshley continue their work in Congo with health, environment and development projects. They also work to improve the quality of care and the sustainability of the Presbyterian churches’ health work in Congo. Their work is implemented through Durable Solutions Congo, a local NGO that works to develop and maintain sustainable solutions for health and the environment.
updates / changes? contact Rachel Ludwig - rachludwig@gmail.com
Dr. Scott Sunquist, current president and mission professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and author of History of the World Christian Movement, shares reflections on future of resending those whose call was cut short by the PCUSA ending missional sending.
Official PC(USA) News Releases Regarding the Ending of the World Mission Office and Sending Mission Coworkers
NEWS ARTICLES
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
“A Letter from Joe Small”
By Rev. Dr. Joseph Small - Former Director of PCUSA Theology and Worship
“Our Fork in the Road: On the End of PCUSA World Mission”
By Stanley H. Skreslet, Ph.D. - Professor of Church History and Missions Emeritus Union Presbyterian Seminary
“The Arc of Presbyterian Missions”
By Bob Blincoe - President Emeritus of Frontiers USA
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
By Rev. Dr. Juan Sarmiento - Executive Presbyter of San Fernando Presbytery
Reflection from 1997 to 2006
Rev. Dr. Marian McClure Taylor - Former director of PCUSA World Mission.
Presbyterian Mission and Networks Going into the Future
Rev. Michael and Rachel Ludwig - Former PCUSA mission coworkers in Niger
Reflections on Presbyterian Mission
Dr. Scott Hagley - Professor of Mission and Evangelism at Pittsburgh Seminary
What if…
Donna Cammarata - Convenor of the Ghana Mission Network
“Now I Commit You …” - A Word of Encouragement To Those Grieving A Ministry’s Ending
Rev. Jim Leuenberger
