Reports and study guides
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2012 Year-End Management Report
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Mission Budget and Financials
2012 Year-End Management Report
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2013 Disability Inclusion Resource Packet
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—PHEWA
June 23, 2013 is designated on the Presbyterian Planning Calendar as Disability Inclusion Sunday. PHEWA’s Presbyterians for Disability Concerns (PDC) has developed our annual Worship & Awareness Resource Packet to help in observing this day- on June 23 or whenever works best in the life of your worshiping community. This year’s theme, Before and Beyond the Benediction: Inclusion of People of All Abilities, reaches to the very heart of our mission: full inclusion of all “beloved children of God.” We are excited to share with you some stories of the amazing gifts that worshiping communities in our Presbyterian Church ...
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217a Asamblea General de Política de Inmigración.
From Office of the General Assembly—Office of Immigration Issues
Las asambleas generales de la Iglesia Presbiteriana comenzaron a hablar sobre inmigración y temas concernientes a los/as refugiados/as cuando las secuelas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la división europea desplazaron a millones de personas. Esto llevó a que la Asamblea de la IP(EUA) en 1953 pidiera una revisión comprehensiva de las políticas de inmigración de la nación. En 1954 la Asamblea de la IP(EUA) convocó una legislación que proveyera para las necesidades de los/as trabajadores/as inmigrantes que habían vivido y trabajado en los Estados Unidos ...
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219th General Assembly Review of COTE (report 17)
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Theological Education
The Committee on Theological Education was affirmed for reorientation and charged, among other things, to continue the conversations started by the Joint Committee on Leadership Needs.
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219th General Assembly in Brief
From Office of the General Assembly
The Assembly in Brief is a news-and-photos summary of the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) held in 2010 in Minneapolis, Minn. Written by Jerry Van Marter, Presbyterian News Service, and published by the Office of the General Assembly.
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21st Century Leadership Litany
From Office of the General Assembly—Communication, Development, and Technology
21st Century Leadership Litany from the Six-Agency Leadership Consultation includes characteristics of effective leaders for today’s church set in a beautiful piece that can be used in worship or by those working in leadership formation and support.
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220th General Assembly (2012) Commissioners
From Office of the General Assembly—220th General Assembly (2012)
The number of commissioners that each presbytery may elect for the 219th General Assembly (2010) is determined by the presbytery membership as of December, 2008. Presbyteries with up to 8,000 members (including minister members) will elect 1 minister and 1 elder; those with 8,001 to 16,000 members will elect 2 ministers and 2 elders, those with 16,001 – 24,000 members will elect 3 ministers and 3 elders, etc.
This chart shows the 2008 membership figures for each presbytery (as reported to the Office of the General Assembly), and the number of commissioners that each presbytery is eligible to elect.
Twenty presbyteries will elect 2 fewer commissioners than they had for the 2008 assembly; please confirm the number your presbytery may elect early in your process.
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220th General Assembly (2012) Voting Tallies
From Office of the General Assembly—220th General Assembly (2012)
Approved By The 220th General Assembly (2012) Approval of Heidelberg requires 116 affirmative votes; all other amendments require 87 affirmative votes.
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A Churchwide Letter Concerning Amendment 10-A (Chinese)
From Office of the General Assembly
美國基督長老教會通過修訂封立準則
當總會辦公室等待正式計票結果的時刻，173 個中會超過半數已經通過修改封立準則。
在2011年5月10日本週二的會議，雙城地區的中會成為第87個認可此項修訂文的中會，此修訂文將刪除憲法規定，要求所有牧師，長老和執事生活在“忠誠地一男一女的婚約或守貞的單身“（ 教會法規G-6.0106b）。
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A Churchwide Letter Concerning Amendment 10-A (Korean)
From Office of the General Assembly
미국장로교 (PCUSA) 소속 교회에게 드리는 글
주 안에서 형제 자매된 여러분들께,
은혜와 자비와 평강이 여러분 가운데 풍성하기를 기원합니다 (유다서 1:2).
안수 기준에 관한 찬반 토의는 지난 30년동안 미국장로교회 교인들이 힘들게 다루어왔던 사항입니다. 우리는 모든 교회와 모든 교인, 집사, 장로, 그리고 말씀과 성례전의 목사들이 함께 목회의 은사들을 나눌 수 있는 장소를 찾으려고 노력해 왔습니다. 물론, 동시에 우리들은 모든 교회, 교인, 집사, 장로, 그리고 목사들의 뜻이 존중되는 것을 추구하였습니다.