RICHMOND, June 29 - How to grow the PC(USA) was the top priority of the Committee on Evangelism and Higher Education, which discussed five overtures related to evangelism and voted to recommend that the full Assembly:
- Endorse the "Alpha" evangelism program and continue publishing "Alpha: From a Reformed Perspective" and making supplemental materials on the Holy Spirit available on the Internet;
- Approve three overtures calling for more intentional evangelism, especially with racial-ethnic and immigrant fellowship groups, in keeping with the denomination's established goals of increasing racial-ethnic and immigrant membership.
The committee expressed verbal support for the idea of launching a quarterly mission magazine written by and for youth in the church, but balked at the estimated start-up cost of $500,000. The commissioners voted to send the matter to the General Assembly Council for exploration. The GAC is to report back to the 2006 Assembly. |
