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09-July-1996 
 
GA96127  PHEWA Ministry Applauded and Concerns Addressed 
 
ALBUQUERQUE--The 40th anniversary of the Presbyterian Health, Education and 
Welfare Association was celebrated by a crowd of 500 people in Albuquerque 
the evening of July 1. They  heard a speech by former General Assembly 
Moderator Bob Bohl, who said: "Thank God you exist...Thank you for what you 
have done in a variety of ways for a variety of people."   
 
     The Assembly approved the report on PHEWA July 5, which was conducted 
by the National Ministries Division as mandated by the 207th General 
Assembly, with these recommendations added to it:  (1) that PHEWA finances 
and accounting be subject to the same accounting standards of all the 
entities of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and (2) that the General 
Assembly Council through the National Ministries Division review the 
memorandum of understanding to consider revisions that will address the 
concerns of inclusiveness and political advocacy and the financial 
implications involved. 
 
     The Assembly disapproved an overture from the Presbytery of Shenango 
asking that mission budget support for PHEWA be abolished.  An overture 
from the Presbytery of Southern Kansas was answered with a resolution that 
instructs  GA Moderator John Buchanan to appoint a committee to address the 
concerns about PHEWA expressed in the overture and, in light of stories 
about the "great things God is doing in the ministries of the various 
networks of PHEWA,...to create a vehicle which can multiply the 
opportunities for additional network ministries."   
 
Jane Hines and Jerry Van Marter 

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