Previous General Assemblies said. . .

The 202nd GA (1990) established a People in Mission Endowment Fund with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation with the objective of increasing the funds available for supporting mission personnel.

The 206th GA (1994), in approving the report of the General Assembly Committee, added a comment asking the GAC " to ensure future funding of Global Mission Personnel not descend below 1993 Global Mission personnel levels."

The 208th GA (1996) recognized that racial/ethnic membership in the denomination was only 4.7 percent, compared to 20 percent of the U.S. population. The Assembly concluded that the denomination had placed too little emphasis on racial/ethnic evangelism and directed the National Ministries Division to prepare an action plan for racial/ethnic church growth.

The 210th GA (1998) approved the Racial Ethnic/Immigrant Evangelism and Church Growth Report.

The 210th GA (1998) referred Overture 98-47 to the GAC's Executive Director's office, asking for the development a creative funding plan to include mission personnel, new church development and church redevelopment nationally and internationally establish a supplemental mission personnel fund to permit the assignment of additional missionaries worldwide.

The 211th GA (1999) approved The Vision for Church Growth in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the funding needs were folded into the response to overture "98-47."