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12-November-1996   
 
 
96452         Network of Theological Education Fund  
                        Interpreters Grows 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Eight new resource persons have joined the ranks of people 
who, on a presbytery-by-presbytery basis, interpret the Theological 
Education Fund of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). With the new enlistees, 
the network of interpreters now covers 120 of the 172 presbyteries. 
 
     The focus of the network is to help congregations and presbyteries 
understand the funding plan. Governing bodies and particularly 
congregations are encouraged to contribute 1 percent of their budget to the 
Fund, which helps support 11 theological institutions of the Presbyterian 
Church (U.S.A.). 
 
     The theological schools receive no money from the General Assembly 
mission budget. 
 
     The eight new resource persons were trained during an Oct. 19-20 
retreat at San Francisco Theological Seminary by Patsy Godwin, associate 
for theological school support in the Theological Education Office of the 
Congregational Ministries Division, and the Rev. John F. Payne of 
Chesapeake, Va., a consultant to the office. 
 
     "I came away from the retreat feeling even more positive about the 
Theological Education Fund and am anxious to communicate that enthusiasm to 
the churches throughout Trinity Presbytery," said the Rev. Timothy Hoyt 
Duncan, associate pastor of Shandon Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C., 
and the new interpreter for Trinity Presbytery. 

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