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Office of Ecumenical & Interreligious Relations
The Episcopal Church (Anglican Communion)
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Presbyterian Archives
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Report of the Eighteenth Plenary of the Consultation on Church Union
We, the member churches of the Consultation on Church Union, gathered in St. Louis, January 20-24, 1999, for the Consultation's Eighteenth Plenary, confess that we have not always been certain of the road toward visible unity in Christ, or patient with the pace of our journey.
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Budget cuts force reduction in Presbyterian staffing and missionary work
The Presbyterian Church (USA) is cutting funding and personnel for overseas missions programs by 10 per cent as a result of a $5.3 million budget cut. A $130 million budget for 2003 eliminates the jobs of 43 national staff members and 34 long-term mission workers.
'A lot of people are jumping to the conclusion we are doing this because church members are withholding money,' the PCUSA's associate director for communication, Gary Luhr, told ENI. 'That simply is not true.' Luhr gave two main re...
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Anglican and Presbyterian numbers leap in Ireland
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Presbyterian-Episcopal dialogue notes progress in joint mission
The most recent meeting of the Presbyterian-Episcopal Dialogue, established by the 2000 General Convention, noted the possibilities of joint cooperation in mission.
Meeting at Indian Hill Church, a joint Presbyterian-Episcopal congregation in Cincinnati established over 50 years ago, members of the dialogue meet with the staff and lay leadership, including some of the founding members. The congregation is governed by a vestry and a session, the elected body of elders that oversees the local ...
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Presbyterians defeat an amendment on ordination of homosexuals
An amendment to church law that would have permitted the ordination of openly gay and lesbian clergy in the Presbyterian Church (USA) was defeated by a vote of presbyteries at the local level.
“This says we still honor the Scripture and our tradition, despite the message coming from the world pressuring a change,” said Tom Sweets, organizer of a coalition to defeat the amendment. “This is not about excluding homosexuals from the church,” he added. “But the point is, who do we lift up as offi...
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