What in the World is MOSD?

Maybe within your church you call your group the “Mission Committee.” At Mission Presbytery we call it the “Mission, Outreach and Service Division.” MOSD nourishes, strengthens and mobilizes global mission work and service opportunities, both in Texas and around the world, for the churches of Mission Presbytery.

There are four subcommittees or “teams” in MOSD:

• International Ministries Team, which fosters and supports partnerships with agencies and churches in other countries. We have a variety of partnerships and fraternal relationships with Presbyterian churches/ministries in Guatemala, Mexico, Lithuania, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and elsewhere.


• Border Ministries Team, which promotes Christian ministries along the Rio Grande in both Mexico and Texas such as Puentes de Cristo, BARCA, Comite de Apoyo, Su Casa Esperanza, Loaves and Fishes and CUPS.


• Compassion and Justice Ministries Team, which encourages prophetic witness to justice and peace, and promotes responses to hunger, homelessness, addiction, and other tragic phenomena in our midst. It promotes agencies such as Manos de Cristo, House of Neighborly Service and Corpus Christi Metro Services. It networks with other prophetic groups, including Texas Impact. It coordinates our presbytery's efforts for both Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Peacemaking. This team basically overseas all ministries not covered by the International and Border teams.
  
• Communications Ministry Team, which seeks to keep the whole Presbytery informed about the activities of the other teams, and events and information of general interest to those who lead their congregations in mission outreach, including opportunities for political advocacy identified by one of the teams and approved by the Division.