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29-Mar-95

95085           COUNCIL PRAISES EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 
 
                          by Alexa Smith 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--A resolution of thanks and praise for the ministry of the 
Rev. James D. Brown as General Assembly Council (GAC) executive director 
was issued by the Council during its first meeting after Brown's midterm 
review. 
 
     The resolution came out of a brief executive session and was initiated 
by the GAC's Personnel Subcommittee at the midpoint of Brown's four-year 
term as the GAC's executive director -- a term that encompassed both 
national staff downsizing and the controversy surrounding the November 1993 
Re-imagining Conference. 
 
     Personnel Subcommittee member Floyd Rhodes of Atlanta told the 
Presbyterian News Service that Brown was praised by many for his 
"stick-to-itiveness" and "[for] sticking to his guns, for being faithful to 
his call." 
 
     The resolution states that Brown "has served the Presbyterian Church 
(U.S.A.) with imagination, diligence and love ... [and] his mid-term review 
 ... was affirming and reflective of his leadership and commitment to 
furthering the Kingdom of God." 
 
     The review was conducted in December, Rhodes said. 
 
     GAC president the Rev. Lori Zang Kosinski read the resolution aloud 
after the Council reconvened after executive session. 
 
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