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LOUISVILLE — Northern Kansas Presbytery has received the inaugural John B. Evans Award for supporting theological education in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
The award, established by the Theological Education Advancement Team in the Office of Theological Education, will be presented annually to a presbytery that has incorporated funding for theological education into its work.
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John B. Evans presented the inaugural theological education support award named for him to Dian McCall, executive presbyter for Northern Kansas Presbytery.
Photo courtesy of Theological Education.
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The Kansas presbytery received the award on April 15 in Chicago during the annual gathering of the Theological Education Funding Network.
Evans, a native of Laurinburg, NC, served the PC(USA) as a pastor, college professor and presbytery executive and in various education-related departments of the national staff before his retirement in 1994.
“John Evans has been an inspiration to all of us who work on behalf of theological education in the Presbyterian Church,” said Patsy Godwin of the Office of Theological Education. “His work (as executive presbyter) in New Harmony Presbytery has become the model for encouraging every presbytery to take ownership of the Theological Education Fund.”
The fund is the only church-wide vehicle for support of PC(USA) seminaries. Participating congregations pledge 1 percent of their operating budgets each year. In 2003, more than 2,100 congregations — just under 20 percent — contributed. |
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