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Announced 1-Aug.-1996 
 
 
 
96264         Walton Grant Winners for Outstanding  
                 New Church Development Announced 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
ALBUQUERQUE--The General Assembly Council's National Ministries Division 
has announced the winners of the 1996 Walton grants for outstanding new 
church development ministry in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).  Each of 
the eight recipients will receive $30,000 from a $3 million endowment 
established in 1991 by Helen and the late Sam Walton of Bentonville, Ark. 
 
   The winning churches are Covenant Community Church of Vacaville, Calif.; 
Eastfield Road Presbyterian Church of Huntersville, N.C.; First African 
Presbyterian Church of Lithonia, Ga.; Macland Presbyterian Church of Powder 
Springs, Ga.; New Hope Presbyterian Church of Fishers, Ind.; Plymouth 
Presbyterian Church of Plymouth, Minn.; Southminster Presbyterian Church of 
Gastonia, N.C.; and Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in South Bay of Redondo 
Beach, Calif. 

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