Latin America and the Caribbean

With more than 150 years of mission engagement in Mexcio, today Presbyterian witness is concentrated along the nearly 2000 mile long border with the US. These efforts include four Presbyterian Borderlands Ministries (PBM)/ Ministerios Fronterizos Presbiterianos (MFP) ministries: Puentes de Cristo, Pasos de Fe, Frontera de Cristo and Compañeros en Misión. In Agua Prieta, the Young Adult Volunteer Program operates a site that is open to volunteers from across Latin America. Cafe Justo, also based in Agua Prieta, is a coffee farming cooperative that addresses root causes of migration; it is part of the Coffee Project of PC(USA)'s Hunger Program, providing coffee to Presbyterian congregations in almost all fifty states. The PC(USA) also partners with the Comunión Mexicana de Iglesias Reformadas  y Presbiterianas and other ecumenical organizations and theological institutions in México.

The closest international partners of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) beyond the Mexican border, live in the Carribbean Basin, including Central America. Immigration is a key theme in the region, being addressed by a budding network compromised of churches and NGO’s in the region collaborating with Presbyterians across the U.S. (Red de Migracion y Mision de Mesoamerica). Presbyterians also have the opportunity to get to know our siblings in faith from the countries represented in the region because of the ease of travel and communication. As Presbyterians get to know our partners they find that the economic situation of many is fragile, often impacted by climate change and other natural disasters addressed by Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. Through programs like PDA and the Presbyterian Hunger Program, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) relates to a number of faith based institutions and churches in a manner that engenders trust and sharing.

From the Atacama Desert to the Andes Mountains and the Amazon Rainforest, South America is one of the most biologically diverse areas of the world, that has long been attractive to outsiders. Living in harmony with such diversity for millennia, indigenous peoples continue to populate the region despite existential threats of continued colonization that began with the European conquests of the 15th century. Subsequent global trade routes opened up by foreign conquest has led to vastly growing multi-cultural cities, particularly mega-cities like Sao Paulo, Brazil and Lima, Peru, the two largest cities-proper in the western hemisphere. Following the Portuguese and Spanish eras of colonization, Presbyterian missionaries first arrived on the continent in 1859. Today, the PC(USA) has ecumenical partnerships with Presbyterian or Reformed denominations in eight countries in the region, in addition to partnerships with dozens of faith-based civil society organizations and NGO's across the region, working together with the Presbyterian Hunger Program and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance in addressing various humanitarian and environmental crises and injustices. Presbyterians often engage with such partners in person or virtually through PHP’s Global Solidarity Collective that addresses the impacts of extractivism, particularly on indigenous peoples and their lands. The Young Adult Volunteer program also has a vibrant ministry based in Peru that opens its doors to young adults from across Latin America and the United States.

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