Today in the Mission Yearbook - St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Iowa City chooses like-minded neighbors to help live out the gospel

The Matthew 25 congregation shows what it means to be Christ’s eyes, hands and feet

January 29, 2024

The Matthew 25 ethos was instrumental to St. Andrew Presbyterian Church‘s plans for its new facility on the outskirts of Iowa City, Iowa.

From the spacious, modern building to the land surrounding it, St. Andrew aims to serve its community providing space for meeting and gathering resources and identifying like-minded neighbors to sell its surrounding property to.

“This is not building membership,” the Rev. W. Robert Martin III, St. Andrew’s lead pastor and head of staff says. “This is simply showing them by example what it means to be the eyes, hands and feet of Christ.”

Learn more about St. Andrew’s work in the video above.

Videography by Rich Copley with video editing by Alex Simon. Additional photography courtesy of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church.

Today’s Focus: St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Iowa City, a Matthew 25 congregation

Let us join in prayer for:

PC(USA) Agencies’ Staff
Khulan Baigalimaa, Trust Operations Administrator-Funds Services, Presbyterian Foundation
Charles Baker, Production Clerk I, Presbyterian Distribution Service, (A Corp)

Let us pray

Gracious God, open our hearts and minds, and teach us to be abundantly generous with all that we have. Help us not to be timid but to boldly proclaim your good work in this world. Amen.