History of Mission at the Eastward
Mission at the Eastward was organized in 1954 by the National Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church to support the ministry of newly organized Presbyterian congregations serving small, rural communities. Both congregations and pastors depended upon one another. Christian witness took two forms: organizing congregations in underserved communities and providing social outreach. The name Mission at the Eastward remembers the eighteenth century Presbytery at the Eastward located in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
For more than fifty years Mission at the Eastward has seen itself as a mission of the Presbyterian Church, USA. We are strong proponents of the connectional nature of the Presbyterian Church as exhibited through the Presbytery of Northern New England and Synod of the Northeast. We have been financially and prayerfully supported by the Presbyterian Church and we have contributed to building up the life of the church through our witness.