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  • The Leadership Situation Facing American Congregations

    The Leadership Situation Facing American Congregations

    This report contains an overview of current reports on the status of congregational leadership and outlines the challenges to developing new leadership for congregations. Click here for more information and to download the report (PDF format).

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  • What We Wish We Had Known

    What We Wish We Had Known

    History and Dedication This manual is a gift to the congregation of The Presbyterian Church, Mt. Kisco, New York, in recognition of the love and support that our church members have given to individuals and families whose lives have been touched by the issue of homosexuality. Most of us grew up with very limited factual

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  • The Nicene Creed

    The Nicene Creed

    From the Preface: The 210th General Assembly (1998) voted to make background material on Nicene Creed translation issues available to presbyteries. This brief publication includes all of the material that was available to the Assembly itself as it voted to recommend the The Book of Confessions be amended by striking the present English translation and

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  • Call to Worship: Christian Marriage

    Call to Worship: Christian Marriage

    Volume 41, Issue #3. Features/Authors are listed, Columns are not. Introduction Long, Kimberly Bracken v A Pastor’s Reflection on the Marriage Rite Copeland, Brant S. 1 Front and Center Miller, J. Scott 10 Marriage: A New Way of Life Moore-Keish, Martha 18 Who’s to Do the “I Do’s?” Gamble, Eugenia A. 25 How Can We Not

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  • Call to Worship: The Sacramental Word

    Call to Worship: The Sacramental Word

    Volume 40, Issue #4. Features/Authors of articles are listed, Columns are not. Introduction Long, Kimberly Bracken  v Shouting the Whisper Willson, Patrick J. 1 Preaching as the Presence of Christ Janowiak, Paul A. 8 Leading from Font, Table, and Pulpit Wasserman, Marney A. 15 Praying the Great Thanksgiving Byars, Ronald P. 25 The Long and

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  • Call to Worship: Year A

    Call to Worship: Year A

    Volume 31, Issue #1. Features/Authors are listed, columns are not. Introduction Long, Kimberly Bracken v The Shaping of the Liturgy Trinidad, Tom 1 Reading Theology with a Preacher’s Eye Fleming, Matthew 6 On Art and Worship Miller, Patricia Lynn 13 On Media and Worship Goode, Edward 16 God’s Ever-Changing Song Dobbins, R. Craig 23 Table

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  • Presbyterian Leadership

    Presbyterian Leadership

    From the Introduction: […] Out of our experience we want to share some deeply held convictions about the gifts that our Presbyterian tradition has to offer to the renewal of leadership in our church. We believe that we need a leadership revolution at every level in our church, and that the resources for that renewal, while they can well

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  • A Season of Discernment

    A Season of Discernment

    Theological task force on final report of the Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church.

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  • Between Millennia

    Between Millennia

    A paper about Presbyterian beliefs about the coming of Christ.

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  • Understanding Effective Salary

    Understanding Effective Salary

    Effective Salary is an important part of the Benefits Plan for employing organizations who pay dues and members who receive benefits. This booklet describes the various types of compensation or reimbursements most frequently paid by churches and other employing organizations and identifies those types that must be included in Effective Salary for Benefits Plan purposes.

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  • Growing Healthy Churches

    Growing Healthy Churches

    From the Introduction: Growing Healthy Churches is the fifth volume in a continuing series produced by the Board of Pensions. Like its predecessor volumes, this resource is dedicated to supporting healthy ministers and ministry across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) […] […]  This fifth volume focuses on how the church might “grow.” It is well known that since the

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  • Here is the Church, Here is the Tall Steeple, Look Inside and …?

    Here is the Church, Here is the Tall Steeple, Look Inside and …?

    Explores the challenges of declining membership and generational gaps.

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