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July/August 1999
(Volume 32, Number 4)
GA at
a glance
Removing ordination standards
Defeated see story

Study of medical/pension benefits for unmarried couples
Defeated see story

Condemning reparative therapy for homosexuals
Defeated see story

Mandating inclusive God-language
Defeated see story

More money for Washington lobby
Defeated see story

Amending sexuality curriculum
Approved see story

Commending Promise Keepers
Defeated see story

Censoring PLC Publications
Defeated see story

More money for NNPCW
Approved see story

Study of Women’s Ministries Area
Referred see story
Referred

Editorials

The record and the rhetoric

Peculiar honors
Let’s be clear about who gave what to whom

Another kind of audit

Unity, diversity and schism

News Stories

Spahr, Russell, Douglass receive Women of Faith Awards

GA defeats effort to remove ‘fidelity and chastity’
Calls for additional ‘study and dialogue’

Assembly approves, reins in campus women’s group

PCUSA to remain in pro-choice coalition

Women of Faith Awards presented in Fort Worth

Session cuts off General Assembly funding in response to Women of Faith Awards

Freda Gardner elected moderator

One successful challenge to PJC nominations

Dobler preaches at PRRMI worship service

Noted preacher urges Presbyterians to ‘think clearly’

‘Don’t lower the bar’ James Logan exhorts worshipers

Scholarships announced at NPWL breakfast

Voices of Sophia speaker wants sabbatical on ‘malespeak’

More Light to GA: ‘We’re here, we’re queer ... deal with it!’

Study shows Washington Office to be highly partisan

Same sex benefits study defeated

GA won’t commend Promise Keepers

Bishop warns about the cruelty of heresy

Traditionalists challenge liberal bishops

Presbytery files case against GAC

Sex curriculum must conform to Scripture

Responding to the pro-gay challenge

Assembly finds middle ground on reparative therapy

Three key elections confirmed by GA

PLC Publications to stay in ‘Presbyterian Pipeline’

The Church of Scotland today: Who calls the tune?

President’s pastor calls Clinton ‘a moral man’

Pastors may lose their ‘honorable’ retirement

Inclusive God-language mandate defeated

Women’s Ministries study referred to GAC

People and news from the 211th General Assembly in Fort Worth

Resources for Congregations

Radio ministry catches fish

Presbyterian Leader's Forum

A message from the stated clerk

A message from the chairman of the Presbyterian Lay Committee


Book Reviews

Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters
By Donald K. McKim

Prayer that Shapes the Future: How to Pray with Power and Authority
By Brad Long and Doug McMurry

Survival or Revival: Ten Keys to Church Vitality
By Carnegie Samuel Calian
Foundations of the Faith

The Ten Commandments: You shall not give false testimony


Letters to the Editor

Layman Online readers respond to various issues

July/August 1999

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