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January / Febuary 1999
(Volume 32, Number 1)

News Stories
Committee recommends continued funding for NNPCW

WCC condemns free-market economies

Returning to Zimbabwe

A sampling of resources written and recommended by the National Network of Presbyterian College Women

Presbytery allows congregation to defy constitution

WCC regulars: Blame the West and cancel Zimbabwe’s debt

Zimbabwean quoting Scripture tuned out at padare

Mugabe hails WCC as faithful ally in Marxist struggle

Mandela urges Christians to build a democratic Africa

White Zimbabwean farmers now an endangered species

Controversial ReImagining leader retiring from WCC

WCC seeks to transcend Christianity

Presbyterians minister to street children in Harare

New federal law requires U.S. action on persecution of believers

WCC to study diversity of sexuality

Orlando’s First Presbyterian: The heart of the city

Litanies of oppression prompt spasms of repentance

Pro-gay-ordination groups merge to ‘broaden impact’

Highland Park pastor moderator of Coalition

Gardner Endorsed as candidate for moderator

Interfaith dialogue: ‘My God, your God, our God, no God’

Canoeing clerk discovers boulder’s a hippo

Resources for Congregations

Presbyweb: What’s new today

Resourcing renewal in the PC(USA)

Presbyterian Action seeks new director

Editorials
Whither the WCC?

Cafeteria constitutionalism

The Moderator’s moment

Presbyterian Leader's Forum

A message from the stated clerk

A message from the moderator

A message from the GAC chair

A message from the chairman of the Presbyterian Lay Committee


Book Reviews

Downtown Church: The Heart of the City
Howard Edington with Lyle E. Schaller

Epistemology: Becoming Intellectually Virtuous
W. Jay Wood

Why Scripture Matters: Reading the Bible in a Time of Church Crisis
John P. Burgess

Briefly Noted
Many of the issues discussed in Paul’s letter to the Romans are of particular importance to the Church as it prepares to begin its third millennium. Two new commentaries on this pivotal epistle, with distinctly different approaches, will be of interest to Layman readers.

Romans
Gerald Bray

Romans
Thomas R. Schriener

Foundations of the Faith

The Ten Commandments: You shall not murder


Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor


The Presbyterian Layman
January/Febuary 1999
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