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the Faith
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New occasional papers released
Occasional paper #20, Lukas Vischer’s Pia Conspiratio: Calvin on the
Unity of Christ’s Church, gathers together some of Calvin’s statements
about unity, and provides an interpretive framework for understanding Calvin,
the Reformed tradition, and our own situation. The Office of Theology and
Worship believes that Pia Conspiratio is a significant contribution to the church’s
current struggles over the nature of the church and the character of ecclesial
unity.
Learn more and order
this paper and occasional paper #19
Calvin, Ecumenism and Justice, by Jane Dempsey Douglass and Margit Ernst-Habib.
Get the Belhar Confession study guide
The General Assembly has commended the Belhar Confession to the church as a “resource for reflection, study, and response, as a means of deepening the commitment of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to dealing with racism and a means of strengthening its unity, bearing in mind that the Belhar Confession emerged from the context of racism in South Africa.” Download the study guide.
Get more information on the Reparations Task Force that gave rise to this recommendation.
Save the date
2008 Worship and the Arts Conference
July 9-12, 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky. Learn more.
'The Church and Homosexuality' study guide released
A study guide for policy statements
and recommendations from the 1978 report
This study guide, prepared by the Office of Theology and
Worship, is written at the request of the 217th General Assembly, Item 04-05:
" ... commended for use by sessions and congregations
for study of the Authoritative Interpretation of 1993, commending it to congregations
as the historic policy of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)."
Stated Clerk Clifton Kirkpatrick reflects on 'The Church and Homosexuality'
study guide
In a letter to all the congregations of the Presbyterian Church, the stated
clerk encourages the church to use these valuable resources to seek to understand
the teachings of our church, to discern God’s will for the PC(USA), and
to be faithful in our ministry to all God’s people. Read
the letter from Clifton Kirkpatrick.
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