Global Mission

Brazil

Since 2002, FPC has engaged in long-term mission partnerships in the Northeast of Brazil. Currently, we work in God’s mission alongside two congregations of the Independent Presbyterian Church of Brazil (IPIB) in Fortaleza:

IPI Messejana

Located in the Fortaleza neighborhood of Messejana, this congregation has a vibrant youth and 20s/30s ministry. God has called us to focus mission efforts on the following:

• working toward better living conditions and educational opportunities through IPI Messejana’s after- school enrichment program;

• creating opportunities for worship, fellowship, and spreading the Gospel through acts of peace and social justice;

• hosting online meetings of the youth and young adult groups from each partner congregation;

• arranging yearly visits to Atlanta or Fortaleza, with special emphasis on deepening relationships between our youth and young adults.

Visit IPI Messejana’s Instagram here.

IPI Pirambu

Located in the Fortaleza neighborhood of Pirambu, this small congregation expresses God’s love through an after-school tutoring and enrichment program for children and youth. Our partnership engages in God’s mission through:

• supporting the after-school program’s ballet, music, and tutoring ministries, especially through the leadership of the teachers and church elders;

• mutual visits focused on table fellowship, worship, and Bible study.

Visit IPI Pirambu’s Facebook page here.

Jamaica

With the Southern Regional Mission Council of the United Church of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (UCJCI), we celebrate a youth partnership that includes Hillside Presbyterian Church in Decatur, GA. In 2018, youth from FPC, HPC, and the UCJCI gathered in Spalding, Jamaica, to engage in a week of Bible study, worship, and work at the Mt. Olivet Boys’ home. FPC supports the boys’ home by contributing funds for the boys’ back-to-school bundle, which includes new shoes, a uniform, school supplies, books, transportation, and school lunches.

To learn more about the UCJCI’s ministries, visit ucjci.com.

Haiti

Ste. Croix School and La Gonâve Haiti Partners

For more than 30 years, FPC has supported the people on the island of La Gonâve, Haiti, through the ministries of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti. With the collaboration of La Gonâve Haiti Partners, a 501(c)(3) consortium of sponsoring U.S. congregations, we support the following ministries in the town of Nouvelle Cité:

• Education – teacher salaries, student books, uniforms, and supplies, school lunches; adult literacy program

• Healthcare – Bill Rice Clinic, which provides basic healthcare, as well as pre- and post-natal mobile clinics throughout the island  Water – special buckets and solution to clean water for drinking and cooking

• Economic empowerment – microfinance program for people desiring to start a market stall

To learn more, visit lagonavepartners.org.

Cuba

IPRC Ricardo Jorge, Perico

The Presbyterian-Reformed Church in Cuba (IPRC), established in 1890, and the Presbyterian Church (USA) have engaged in mutual mission partnership since the Cuban denomination became a solely Cuban-run institution in 1967. Our congregation’s mission partners are the IPRC Ricardo Jorge in the town of Perico. Our mutual mission work centers on the following:

• Meals for seniors – IPRC Ricardo Jorge participates in the denominational effort to ensure that seniors in their community who do not have local relatives or caretakers get enough to eat. The church runs a chicken coop, raises rabbits, and grows produce in its compound to feed the community.

• Clean water – IPRC has a Living Waters for the World water filtration system that provides clean water to the whole town.

• Worship, fellowship, and connections – When we visit our partners, we worship together, share meals together, and even take a bus with the congregation to the beach for a day of fellowship. When we are apart, we communicate through WhatsApp, email, and Facebook.

FPC participates in the Cuba Partners Network.

Kenya

Since the early 1990s, FPC has engaged in God’s mission alongside many different organizations and individuals in Kenya. Currently, we celebrate long-term mission partnerships with two ministries:

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

For more than 25 years, FPC has partnered with St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Nairobi. St. Andrew’s is part of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA). Currently, our engagement with the congregation of St. Andrew’s focuses on the following:

• Mutual visits – St. Andrew’s members visit us in Atlanta, and we visit them in Nairobi each year travel is possible. Visits include worship and table fellowship.

• Children’s ministry – financial support of Tumaini, a home for girls, and Hawa, a home for boys and community school

Visit St. Andrew’s webpage to learn more: pceastandrews.org.

Mt. Kenya Academy

FPC also supports the social outreach efforts of the Mt. Kenya Academy (MKA) in Nyeri, Kenya, including the following:

• Micro-loans – Students from MKA provide bookkeeping support and mentoring for women in the nearby towns of Chaka and Kirathima who receive micro-loans to establish and maintain businesses such as raising livestock, market stalls, hair salons, and small restaurants. The women participating in the program are members of the PCEA congregations in Chaka and Kirathima.

• Scholarship – FPC also supports an annual scholarship for a financially disadvantaged student to attend MKA.

To know more about MKA, visit mtkenyaacademy.ac.ke.