Southatlantic

Our Mis­sion

The mis­sion of the Synod of the South Atlantic is faith­fully to serve Jesus Christ and the Pres­by­ter­ian Church (USA) by sup­port­ing the min­istries of our 16 pres­by­ter­ies and encour­ag­ing coop­er­a­tion among ses­sions, pres­by­ter­ies, and the Gen­eral Assembly.

The synod serves this mis­sion through:

• Sup­port­ing the devel­op­ment of new churches
• Sup­port­ing the trans­for­ma­tion of congregations
• Sup­port­ing the devel­op­ment of racial/ethnic congregations
• Pro­vid­ing schol­ar­ships for the­o­log­i­cal education
• Covenant­ing with church-related insti­tu­tions within the bounds of the synod
• Ful­fill­ing the con­sti­tu­tional and admin­is­tra­tive respon­si­bil­i­ties assigned to the synod in the Book of Order
• Facil­i­tat­ing con­ver­sa­tion between the gov­ern­ing bod­ies of the church
• Offer­ing pas­toral care and sup­port to pres­bytery staffs