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	<description>A forum for local congregations in mission</description>
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		<title>Presbyterian World Mission Strategic Direction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THEOLOGICAL STATEMENT
As members of the Church of Jesus  Christ, we believe in and trust in the Triune God: the steadfast love  and grace of God, the redemptive and reconciling work of Jesus Christ  for the salvation of the world, and the presence and power of the Holy  Spirit. As an entity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GAMC approves new strategic direction for Presbyterian World Mission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Veja AQUI!
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		<link>http://missional.info/archives/124</link>
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		<title>Resources for Mission Trips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) put together two more useful resources for the reflection of local churches partnering with our overseas partners in mission. They are:
An Invitation to Expanding Partnership in God&#8217;s Mission, the results of a consultation held in January 2008, and&#8230;
Doing Mission in Christ&#8217;s Way, created in a workshop held in October 2009.
I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missional.info/archives/118</link>
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		<title>PCUSA World Mission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve added some videos from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) website (ww.pcusa.org) that are helpful for promoting mission in your local churches. You can find the videos below or on our &#8220;Resources&#8221; page above.
Media Resources from Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
PCUSA World Mission Director’s Challenge

General Assembly Council Overview: Offering the World a Visible Witness of Jesus Christ

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		<link>http://missional.info/archives/90</link>
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		<title>Mission Networks in the PC(USA)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[definitely worth republishing, from Carlisle Executive Presbyter
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Did you know that the Presbyterian Church in Madagascar has more members than our Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)? Did you know that we have a close working partnership with two different Presbyterian Churches in Ghana: the Presbyterian Church of Ghana and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana? Did [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missional.info/archives/88</link>
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		<title>Scholar estimates that 2 million U.S. Christians travel abroad annually on short-term mission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.pcusa.org/pcnews/2008/08718.htm
October 2, 2008
‘An enormous phenomenon’
by Pat Cole
Associate, Mission Communications
LOUISVILLE — Short-term mission trips are “an enormous phenomenon&#8221; and &#8220;central to the ministry practices of a high proportion” of Christians in the United States, according to a seminary professor who studies the trend.
In a recent address to leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission networks, Robert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it time to rehabilitate &#8220;missionary&#8221;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by David Dawson*
This article appeared in the The Presbyterian Outlook on September 8, 2008, and was re-printed in the Presbyterian Cross-Cultural Mission Newsletter Email Group Posting #23 – October 2008 with the permission of the author and The Presbyterian Outlook. www.pres-outlook.org  There are footnote references in the article indicated by parentheses ( ).
You may be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missional.info/archives/76</link>
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		<title>Increasing Mission Personnel in PCUSA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mission Co-workers of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) just received some good news of a decision of General Assembly to increase the number of long-term mission personnel thus reversing a 50 year trend of decreasing personnel. Better yet is the explanation given by the current Director of World Mission, the General Assembly level mission sending structure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missional.info/archives/75</link>
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		<title>World Mission Challenge &#8216;07: the latest news</title>
		<description><![CDATA[here it is!
http://www.pcusa.org/missionchallenge07/#
http://www.pcusa.org/missioncelebration/ 
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		<link>http://missional.info/archives/31</link>
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		<title>Mission Challenge &#8216;07: NOW in October!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The World Mission people in Louisville have developed great resources for interpreting mission, in preparation for the nationwide (144 presbyteries) campaign. These include:

 a video narrated by Hunter Farrell available online at: http://www.pcusa.org/missionchallenge07/index.htm
Mission Challenge ’07 materials are you can see now at http://staging.pcusa.org/mc07
a new “simplified giving” Web site went live a week ago: www.pcusa.org/mission so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://missional.info/archives/30</link>
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