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Presbyterian World Mission faces funding shortfall in coming years

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Press Release: Presbyterian World Mission Faces Potential Funding Shortfall in 2016 & 2017 Louisville—While work is fully funded for 2015, based on financial projections using 2014 actual receipts, the Presbyterian Mission Agency is facing a significant financial challenge for 2016 and 2017 in World Mission. By 2017, the result could be the recall of 25…

Injured mission co-workers have safely returned home to Kansas

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By Kathy Melvin, Presbyterian News Service Gwen and John Haspels, second-generation mission co-workers who spent more than 40 years planting churches and doing community development work in remote areas of Africa, have safely returned home to Halstead, Kan., to continue medical treatment and recuperation. They were injured October 1, 2014, when their car was attacked…

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