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July/August 2000
(Volume 33, Number 4)


News Stories

Assembly vetoes same-sex unions
Presbyteries will vote on constitutional change


Loophole inserted in open-meeting rule

Bennett: Renewal begins with taking a stand

What is the Church?

General Assembly decides not to confront theological differences

Assembly prohibits demonstrations

Inclusive language study changed to ‘recover’ terms for the Trinity

Presbyterian chaplains win fight for funds

Clipped comments

Assembly rejects proposals to cut NCC, WCC funding

Membership: Faith in Christ only criterion

Kirkpatrick is elected to second four-year term as stated clerk

Assembly approves resources to minister to homosexuals

Rhee elected

Profile: Execution of father played role in ministry

Miami First pastor renounces PCUSA, starts new church

Covenant Network, renewal leaders will study Bible

Abortion study defeated; the unborn child considered

Sophia speaker: Put more women in canon

Soulforce demonstrators blame church for violence against gays

Back to the future
Missionary journeys of Apostle Paul are a gateway for modern evangelism


Colson: Making the case for Jesus

Briefly brief reports as follows:
Allan Boesak is sent to prison for theft, fraud
Billy Graham vows to preach despite age, health
Minister of largest Presbyterian Church dies
Former Radio Church turns to orthodoxy
Leaders cite right to share Gospel
Boy Scouts win; pro-lifers lose

Bell, renewal leader, dies at Montreat

Homosexuals can alter lifestyle, long-term gay relationships unlikely

Assembly approves disclosure policy

Assembly in brief
McElroy named vice moderator
Sex curriculum revision ordered by end of 2003
Study of YADs approved
Overtures will go through screening process

Assembly reins in staff’s selective use of policy statements

Editorials & Columns

Editorials

Moderator Syngman Rhee

Diversity that shuns discernment

You deserve full disclosure

Columns

Standing under the Word of God
Robert L. Howard, Chairman, Presbyterian Lay Committee



The Church is found at the end of the gauntlet
Parker T. Williamson, Executive Editor, The Presbyterian Layman



Other opinions

Stated Clerk's column

Letters to the editor


Book Reviews & Column

A Passion for the Gospel
Andrew Purves and Mark Achtemeier, eds.

The History of the Presbyterian Church in America
By Frank J. Smith

Theology in the Service of the Church: Essays in Honor of Thomas W. Gillespie
Wallace M. Alston Jr., ed.

Column: ChurchNext
By Robert P. Mills, Editor of PLC Publications


Foundations of the Faith

The Lord’s Prayer: Who Art in Heaven


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