August 2002 (Volume 35, Number 4)

News Stories Compliant assembly follows staff’s lead Debates produce few sparks, even on blockbuster issues Money transfer troubles Egyptians $41,959 in cash under scrutiny Assembly votes not to enforce constitution After 2-year confusion, commissioners say Jesus Christ is Lord Super-majority overtures rejected Clipped comments Commissioners overwhelmingly reject restoring missionary cuts Instead of missionaries, assembly spends on boycott, other issues Craig Barnes resigns as senior pastor of National PC Presbyterians file complaint on per capita Assembly reaffirms voluntary nature of per capita Biennial assemblies approved after debate slows to a whimper Publishing unit gets another reprieve to revise sexuality curriculum Presbytery vote to determine if some educators will be ordained Assembly targets molesters in zero-tolerance resolution Commissioners spurn marriage amendment God changed enemies into friends, Rogers says Rogers ends tenure reasserting claim as ‘confessing moderator’ ‘Mission Assembly’ votes for wealthy to pay costs Assembly sanctions late-term abortions Speaker makes appeal for U.S. children Adoption coverage for ministers will be studied Theology that Matters Theological statement has room for misunderstanding Assembly approves celebration of the Confession of 1967 Per-capita apportionments raised for 2003 and 2004 God as mother, sister emphasized in service Don’t use the term ‘prostitutes’ Presbyterian executive gets second four-year term Curriculum debate ends in approval for material Parliamentary ax falls on call for listing essential tenets N.Y. church pays its way out of PCUSA Presbyterian? You could be a redneck – and that’s good, Coalition speaker says Covenant Network vows to remove ‘big mistake’ of fidelity/chastity clause For Gen Xers, a show-biz pastor with Reformed message A new spirit of witness emerging in Egypt Commissioners call on Presbyterians to promote Christian-Muslim dialogue Director Profile John Boone: Exercising body and soul Council leader criticized by racial-ethnic panel Commissioners continue funding ecumenical group College women’s group is sprung from parole Fahed Abu-Akel elected moderator of 214th General Assembly Are more budget cuts ahead for Presbyterian Church? Confessing Church Movement gains support across denomination Presbyterian ‘progressives’ told to build up intellectual capital Letters to the editor Foundations of the Faith Our daily bread Editorials & Columns Editorials ‘70-percent assembly’ didn’t act out the faith Unity under God on trial Columns Per capita: How long a gift? How soon a tax? Peggy Hedden, vice chair, Presbyterian Lay Committee Death wish Parker T. Williamson, editor-in-chief, The Layman Book Reviews Surrendering to God: Living the Covenant Prayer By Keith Beasley-Topliffe Escape Routes For People Who Feel Trapped in Life’s Hells By Johann Christoph Arnold Essential Christianity: Finding The God Who Loves You By James D. Berkley From Rebellion to Redemption By Randal Working

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