Mission
It's Good News!
At the heart of Christian mission is the Good News: in Jesus Christ, God comes to us in love, lives among us, dies and rises for us, overcoming sin and death. Through him we are forgiven, restored, and made new. This is good news for all.
Mission flows from this gospel. By the Holy Spirit, the Church is formed as a worshipping community and sent to live it out in word and action—through evangelism, discipleship, service, justice, peacemaking, and care for creation.
Mission is sharing in God’s work in the world.
The Mission Committee
The Mission Committee is led by Rev Craig Dobney and are working to inspire Mission across Presbytery. Below is a webinar where congregations came together to share what they have been doing and to share ideas.Â
Mission Partners with the United Church of Zambia
Keith and Ida Waddell are Mission Partner with the United Church of Zambia (UCZ). With her husband Keith (who retired at the end of 2025), they have been in Zambia since 1994 and served as Education and Health Secretaries at Synod Headquarters in Lusaka and in education (Keith) and healthcare (Ida). Â They visited the Presbytery of Perth to tells us about their work. See more.
Funding Sources
Presbytery Mission Grants
The Presbytery of Perth sets aside funding for Mission Grants every year. Â A congregation can apply for a Mission Grant to seek additional funding from Presbytery. Each application assessed by The Mission Grants Committee. Presbytery Clerk John Ferguson is the convener of this group. The Mission Grant Application for is hereÂ
List of Funding Sources
Seeds for Growth
Are you looking to run a project aimed at delivering church growth? Perhaps developing a new form or fresh expression of church life or working with people aged 40 and under?
Then, the Seeds for Growth may be for you.
Other useful resourcesÂ
Growing Young
Growing Young is a learning community of churches supporting one another in mission and growth and who desire to engage with younger generations. Growing Young is looking to help change the culture in the local church. It is therefore a long and slow journey with churches identifying where they are and where they want to be in the future as regards mission.  Read moreÂ
Leading Your Church Into Growth (LYCIG)
LYCIG seek to encourage, inspire, and equip church leaders and congregations across the UK and beyond for lasting growth.
LyCiG exists to equip the local church to create an achievable and hopeful plan for growth. We prioritise prayer with intentional action, trusting in God who brings the growth. Read more
Messy Church
Messy Church hardly needs an introduction as many of our congregations have been running Messy Church for years now. But there is now Vintage Messy Church, Messy Church Does Science, Â Mini Messy Church, Holy Habits Messy Church, SEND Messy Church… For more info click hereÂ