Matthew 25: Ending Racism & White Supremacy

From the Director by Rhashell D. Hunter Matthew 25: Ending Racism & White Supremacy "…when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you? …Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me." -- Matthew 25:44b-45 Watch video When the world changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, people started connecting in a new way. The global coronavirus, that has kept us contained in our homes for months, is already reorienting church leaders and communities’ relationships to the church, to what it means to worship and engage in weekly Bible study through the use of technology, to the realization that the church is the people and not just the building, to the church’s mission in the U.S. and around the world, and to ourselves. Read more →

Navajo Nation suffers from one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates in the U.S. Lack of social distancing capability and limited access to running water are contributors in the sprawling Four Corners reservation. Read more →

‘We’re not all in this together’ Black communities are reeling from pandemic and economic hardships. Read more → ‘We must come together as a family’ National Caucus of Korean Presbyterian Churches donates to help congregations of color. Read more →

LGBTQIA community susceptible to coronavirus in ways you may not have considered Pandemic gives the church a chance to care for people on the margins. Read more →

Upcoming Events and how to get involved: 224th Gereral Assembly (2020)., June 19, 26 and 27, 2020 Juneteenth, June 19, 2020 Juneteenth -- a blending of the words June and nineteenth -- is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. It commemorates June 19, 1865. That's the day that Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and told slaves of their emancipation from slavery.

Matthew 25-Actively engaged in the world The Matthew 25 invitation was officially launched in April of 2019. Over a year later there are more than 530 churches, groups and mid councils that have made the commitment to become a Matthew 25 church and work towards building congregational vitality, dismantling structural racism and eradicating systemic poverty. Explore our bold vision →

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