Reports and study guides
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Presbyterian Panel Survey August 2007: The Mission Work Plan of the General Assembly Mission Council
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Research Services
The Presbyterian Panel consists of three nationally representative samples of groups affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): members, elders serving on session (lay leaders), and ordained ministers. For most analyses, ministers are split into two groups based on current call: pastors, serving congregations, and specialized clergy, serving elsewhere. New samples are drawn every three years. These pages summarize major findings from the eighth survey completed by the 2006-2008 Panel, sampled in the fall of 2005.
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Presbyterian Panel Survey February 2008: Volunteering and Other Topics - Summary
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Research Services
The Presbyterian Panel consists of three nationally representative samples of groups affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): members, elders serving on session (lay leaders), and ordained ministers. For most analyses, ministers are split into two groups based on current call: pastors, serving congregations, and specialized clergy, serving elsewhere. New samples are drawn every three years. These pages summarize major findings from the ninth survey completed by the 2006-2008 Panel, sampled in the fall of 2005.
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Presbyterian Panel Survey Fall 2008: Religious and Demographic Profile of Presbyterians - Summary
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Research Services
The Presbyterian Panel consists of three nationally representative samples of groups affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.): members, elders (lay leaders), and ordained ministers. For most analyses, ministers are split into two groups based on current call: pastors, serving congregations, and specialized clergy, serving elsewhere. New samples are drawn every three years. These pages summarize major findings from the initial survey completed by the 2009-2011 Panel, sampled in the fall of 2008.
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Presbyterian Panel Survey February 2009: The Sacraments - Summary
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Research Services
Lord’s Supper practices and preferences; beliefs about the Lord’s Supper; baptism practices and preferences; beliefs about baptism; familiarity with and use of Invitation to Christ: A Guide to Sacramental Practices. These pages summarize major findings from the second survey completed by the 2009-2011 Panel, sampled in the fall of 2008.
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Presbyterian Panel Survey May 2009: The Environment - Summary
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Re-Forming Ministry
Views about environmental problems including global warming; environmental practices at home and at church; perspectives on environmental issues. These pages summarize major findings from the third survey completed by the 2009-2011 Panel, sampled in the fall of 2008.
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Presbyterian Panel Survey August 2009: General Assembly Mission Council Priorities, the Confessions and the Middle East - Summary
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Research Services
Opinions on priorities for the GAMC; access to and use of the confessions; familiarity with and opinions about the Belhar Confession; views about Israel/Palestine and the rest of the Mideast. These pages summarize major findings from the fourth survey completed by the 2009-2011 Panel, sampled in the fall of 2008.
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Theology of Compensation
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy
Compensation and its Theological and Ethical Meaning in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) — a 2009 Survey of Pastors
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The Independent Committee of Inquiry (ICI) Final Report
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Independent Committee of Inquiry (Congo)
Most children of missionaries value their experiences in distant lands. However, in the 1990s several found the courage to report to Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that years earlier they had been sexually abused while attending boarding schools in Congo.
Many spoke of serious life-long consequences: self-hate, low self-esteem, a sense of powerlessness, struggles with depression, alcoholism/drug addiction, eating disorders or forming long-term relationships.
One woman said, “I gave up my idea of God as a strong, loving deity who stayed by me in times of good and bad … I gave up my relationship with my parents and all ...
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To Repent, to Restore, to Rebuild, and to Reconcile
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy
A Study Paper on Lessons Learned and Directions Toward Peace in Iraq
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On Building Peace in Iraq
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).