March/April 2000
(Volume 33, Number 2)
News Stories
Secrecy proposed for some meetings
Despite opposition, council approves $400,000 NCC bailout
General Assembly income soars
Did Jesus really die for my sins?
Ministry provides gestures of love in deaths and struggles of infants
2 amendments failing in presbytery votes
Moral watchdog barks at corporations
Women’s program leader resigns
Clipped comments
Trinity study recommended as part of inclusive language policy review
Moms urged to march against handguns
NCC basks in Elian’s spotlight
NCC mission evokes sad memory
Super Bowl QB’s trading card is witness to his Christian faith
Top officers will visit presbyteries for growth ideas
Evangelicals: 645 million
PCUSA’s top executive proposes evangelism projects
Retiring bishop continues to disparage key doctrines of Christian faith
Spong appears at PCUSA Church
PCUSA congregations encouraged to set up low-power FM radio stations
Controversial overtures coming to Assembly
Proposal would force per-capita payments
‘Dawn’ loss may reach $2.1 million
Women’s area program review skirts key issues
Miami church’s renewal blows into presbytery storm
Presbyterian group is helping victims of devastating flood in Venezuela
College of Elders meeting set
Registration under way for Urbana 2000
NCC digs deeper into hunger/relief funds
Moderator’s race draws 4th candidate
Women’s Forum scheduled
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Overture would cut NCC, WCC funds
Annual conference of Lay Committee scheduled June 1-4
PCUSA declines to file anti-prayer brief
Briefly
brief reports as follows:
National Day of Prayer will include Capitol service
Charges against pastors in same-sex service dismissed
Mega-change: Church swapping
Crosses: Atheists losing
Conversion: Witch switches
Editorials & Columns
Editorials
Apologies for paying off bad debts
The growing indignation industry
The Trinity matters
Guest Commentary: ‘Their blood cries out for answers’
Columns
Robert L. Howard, Chairman, Presbyterian Lay Committee
Parker T. Williamson, Executive Editor,
The Presbyterian Layman
Other opinions
Stated Clerk's column
Moderator's column
Letters to the editor
Book Reviews & Column
Soulcraft: How God Shapes Us Through Relationships
By Douglas D. Webster
Dictionary of the Presbyterian & Reformed Tradition in America
By James S. Spiegel
Column:
Learning to love God
By Robert P. Mills, Director, PLC Publications
Foundations of the Faith
The Lord’s Prayer: Our Father
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