Marj Carpenter (August 23, 1926 – June 13, 2020) was an American reporter and mission interpreter for the Worldwide Ministries division of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
[3] Carpenter served as director of the Presbyterian News Service for 15 years until her retirement in 1994 and then was elected as the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) for a one-year term in July 1995.
[5] For many years she maintained a rigorous public speaking schedule, lifting up Presbyterian mission in thousands of congregations, hundreds of presbyteries and other church gatherings.
She held honorary degrees from Austin College in Sherman, Texas; Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina; and Seoul Women's University in South Korea.
Carpenter published two books on mission: To the Ends of the Earth and And a Little Bit Farther; and two books of stories about her experiences as a west Texas newspaper reporter: Ridin' Fence Volume 1 and Ridin' Fence Volume 2.