At Broad Street, we make loving your neighbor tangible.
We do this through work that propels our mission to make the world a better place. Whether in our own backyard or on a global scale, we know actions made for the sake of love and dignity improve lives. Your support strengthens this foundational work.
Meet our Global Partners
Mark Adams and Miriam Maldonado are Presbyterian ministry partners serving in Agua Prieta, Mexico, in the binational ministry Frontera de Cristo. With colleagues, they work in a variety of ministries:
Immigrant and Migrant Support
Just Trade Coffee
Children’s Enrichment Programs
Empowering Women
Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation
Mark and Miriam, and all the staff at Frontera de Cristo have hosted groups from Broad Street to help us see how God is at work on the US/Mexico Border.
To learn more about their work, visit: https://fronteradecristo.org/ministries/
Jenny Valles and Jed Koball are Presbyterian ministry partners based in Peru. Jed serves as a Global Ecumenical Liaison for South America, including the Amazon, the Andes, and the Southern Cone. Jenny coordinates the Young Adult Volunteer program in Peru and with other partners across Latin America. With their colleagues, they work in areas including:
- Environmental and climate justice
- Indigenous rights and land protection
- The impacts of mining and extractive industries
- Young adult leadership and faith formation
- Global partnerships rooted in mutual learning
For more than 25 years, Broad Street has been in relationship with partners in Peru. Jenny, Jed, and their colleagues have hosted many groups from Broad Street, most recently in 2026, helping us see how God is at work throughout Peru.
To learn more about their work, visit: https://pcusa.org/about-pcusa/agencies-entities/life-witness/ministry-areas/global-ecumenical-partnerships/where-we-partner/latin-america-and-caribbean/peru
We also support
Marion Medical Mission Shallow Well program and promoting access to clean water for all.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is the emergency and refugee program of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. PDA focuses on the long term recovery of disaster-impacted communities.
IMCK Good Shepherd Hospital is the primary health care facility and a center for medical education in the central region of Democratic Republic of Congo. Its services are centered at Good Shepherd Hospital, a 160-bed facility in the village of Tshikaji, where surgery, obstetrics, pediatrics, general medicine, ophthalmology, radiology, and laboratory services are offered regardless of the patient’s ability to pay.
Special Offerings of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) support racial justice, gender justice, peacemaking, global witness, ecumenical & interfaith relations, disaster, hunger, poverty, climate change, immigration, migration & refugees, and children and youth.
The Shift to Immersion Experience (from Mission Trips)
In recent years, we have been shifting how we understand trips and experiences. We have shifted from mission trips to immersion experiences. For us, that means shifting away from short-term volunteer activities focused on service delivery in a distant community and moving toward a deeper, more sustained engagement with a culture, aiming to learn and understand the local context and perspectives beyond just completing tasks. These experiences invite us to listen, learn, build meaningful relationships, and stand in solidarity with one another. They remind us that we do not travel simply to offer a helping hand, we travel because, across cultures and borders, we belong to one another and we belong to God.
Immersion Experience Trips
Peru Immersion Experience | Every 4 years, next trip 2030
A Peru immersion experience includes time with local partners and communities in Lima, the Amazon, and the Andes. Participants hear stories of resilience, learn from people working for human rights and environmental justice, experience Peru’s history and cultures, and reflect together on faith, solidarity, and our shared belonging.
Highlights of our 2026 trip included:
- Spending a day at the river playing and eating with students at a school for deaf children
- Painting murals in a church garden in Lima
- Learning about Peru’s rich Indigenous cultures by meeting young people using drones to protect their land and experiencing the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu.
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U.S./Mexico Border Immersion Experience | Every 4 years, next trip 2028
A U.S./Mexico border immersion experience includes time with Frontera de Cristo and the communities of Douglas, Arizona, and Agua Prieta, Mexico. Participants learn about migration, economic justice, and daily life in a binational community while building relationships and understanding across borders. Through conversations, shared meals, and time with local ministries, participants experience the challenges and hopes of the border firsthand.
Highlights of our 2024 trip included:
- Sharing dinner and stories with migrants at the shelter, many of whom had fled life-threatening circumstances
- Playing soccer with children in the Children’s Enrichment Program
- Working in a community garden alongside women building greater independence and opportunity
- Learning to make tamales, and then sharing that meal together at the drug and alcohol rehab center
- A conversation with a retired border patrol officer
