Extra Commitment Opportunities

There is a channel through which gifts can be designated for specific items that support the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s work around the world. These are called Extra Commitment Opportunities (ECOs). You can give directly to an ECO account online or by mailing your check designating the name and account number of the particular item you have chosen to:

PC(USA) Individual Remittance Processing
P.O. Box 643700
Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700

Your gift will go directly into the ECO Account designated, and you will receive a letter indicating that your gift has been received and will be used for the purpose intended.

Below are several Extra Commitment Opportunities related to Spain. For a listing of giving opportunities in other European countries visit Mission Funding's Web site and type Europe or other specific countries into the search box.

Education

United Evangelical Theological Seminary (SEUT)

This project helps the seminary of the small — but growing — Protestant church in Spain. The two priorities of the seminary are faculty development and leadership formation, which is essential for the present and future of Protestant churches in Spain. 

University Student Residence "Constantino Ponce De La Fuente"

This project will provide living quarters for theological and university students. The residence is fundamental for the foreseeable transformation of the United Evangelical Theological Seminary into a Protestant University School of Theology. The present moment calls for the promotion of initiatives that may have an impact on the formal training of future generations of church leaders. There are a growing number of Protestant students from Spain, Latin America and Africa. Significantly, the project bears the name of one of the great 16th-century Spanish Reformers. The project is key to the renewal and growth of the Protestant church in Spain.

Mission Personnel

Bryce and Phyllis Little

Bryce and Phyllis serve as regional liaisons, helping to strengthen partnerships between the PC(USA) and churches and institutions in Spain and Portugal. They help nurture four partnerships between PC(USA) presbyteries and their sister presbyteries in Portugal and Spain. Bryce is an ordained PC(USA) minister; Phyllis is a bilingual teacher. They are based in the Sacramento, Calif., area.

Melanie Mitchell serves as pastor of the Iglesia de Cristo, a Spanish-speaking, multicultural church in Madrid, Spain.

The Rev. Osmundo Ponce — Open Learning Officer

The Rev. Osmundo Ponce has been under appointment as a mission co-worker with the PC(USA) since 1989. His most recent assignment began in April 2007, when he was invited by the Evangelical Church of Spain and the Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain to teach at the Seminario Evangelico Unido de Teologia (SEUT) in Madrid. Prior to this new assignment, Osmundo served in the Americas, teaching theology in Colombia and Honduras.

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Other Support

The Evangelical Church of Spain

The Evangelical Church of Spain is a small united church with Presbyterian and Methodist roots struggling to survive in a culture where national and religious identities are intertwined. This minority denomination maintains congregations and programs throughout Spain and a seminary in El Escorial outside of Madrid.

Regional Liaison for Spain and Portugal    

These funds will be used for operating, travel and administrative expenses for the work of regional liaisons in helping implement agreed-upon programs with partner churches and institutions; supporting PC(USA) congregations and presbyteries in direct mission involvement with partners; and giving practical, pastoral and culture/language transition support to other PC(USA) mission personnel serving in the region.