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7-July-1998 
98213 
    Presbyterian Publishing Corporation 
    Reports Stability And Viability 
 
    by Julian Shipp 
 
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC) reported 
financial growth and profitability of its new resources during the General 
Assembly Council (GAC) meeting here June 11. 
 
    The Rev. Robert Bohl of  Prairie Village, Kan., PPC board chair, told 
the Council that the four-year-old financially self-supporting corporation 
has a current surplus of $378,000. 
 
    That figure is down from those of the previous two years, and Bohl 
blamed the decrease on fewer "Presbyterian Hymnal" sales and a "growing 
cultural shift" from print to electronic media. Bohl said PPC is responding 
to the technological revolution and cited PPC's "up and running" Web site 
as an example. 
 
    Bohl said PPC is also enjoying success from its recent partnership with 
the Office of the General Assembly (OGA). He said there has been "good 
sales response" to the jointly produced "Book of Order."  He said PPC will 
also produce electronic versions of the "Book of Order" and the "Companion 
to the Constitution." 
 
    Responding to changing patterns of worship across the denomination, 
Bohl said, Geneva Press will publish "Lift Up Your Hearts," a contemporary 
worship hymnal. While retaining a connection to the Reformed tradition, he 
said, the hymnal should appeal to Presbyterian congregations that use 
contemporary hymns during worship. 
 
    Bohl said PPC is also pleased to be the printer and publisher of the 
every-household publication "Presbyterians: Being Faithful to Jesus 
Christ." The quarterly publication has a circulation of approximately 
600,000. 

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