Manuals and policies
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Common Affirmation on Global Hunger
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Presbyterian Hunger Program
The work of the Presbyterian Hunger Presbyterian is guided by the General Assembly-adopted Common Affirmation on Global Hunger.
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Comparison chart of the current Foundations and Form of Government to the previous Form of Government
From Office of the General Assembly—Department of the Stated Clerk
Comparison chart of the current Foundations and Form of Government to the previous Form of Government.
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Comparison chart of the previous Form of Government to the current Foundations and Form of Government
From Office of the General Assembly—Department of the Stated Clerk
Comparison chart of the previous Form of Government to the current Foundations and Form of Government.
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Comparison of Heidelberg Catechism (current to proposed)
From Office of the General Assembly—220th General Assembly (2012)
Comparison of Heidelberg Catechism (current to proposed): the current wording of the Heidelberg catechism compared, side by side, with the proposed new translation of the catechism.
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Congregational domestic violence training Plan
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—PHEWA
Plan example from Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, Black Mountain, N.C.
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Constitutional Musing #25
From Office of the General Assembly—Constitutional Services
What is a Joint Congregational Witness?
A joint congregational witness is a mission strategy of a presbytery. When its strategy for mission requires it, a presbytery may approve a joint congregational witness between PC(USA) congregations and congregations of other Christian churches.i Accordingly, a joint congregational witness can only be formed by the joining of two or more separate congregations, one of which is a PC(USA) congregation.
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Continuing Education of Ministers
From Office of the General Assembly—Mid Councils
In order to assure the on-going continuing education of its pastors, the Presbytery of Northern New York shall not approve a call for pastoral services which does not provide for two weeks continuing education leave with pay per year, optionally cumulative up to three years.
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Conventional courses for CLPs not required by the Book of Order
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Commissioned Ruling Elders
Overview of conventional courses for CLPs not required by the Book of Order, offered by many programs.
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Costly Lessons of the Iraq War
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy
On Building Peace in Iraq—From the Presbytery of Baltimore
What can we learn from the invasion and occupation, and what responsibilities do we have? Approved by the 218th General Assembly (2008).
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Covenant of Conduct For Discernment Process
From Office of the General Assembly—Mid Councils
Many items of this covenant were adapted from Guidelines for Communal Discernment
(2008) by Rev. Victoria Curtiss, p. 14. Presbyterian Distribution Service, PDS# 24358-08-007.