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Society" Magazine 30-August-1996 
 
 
96306        General Assembly's Action on Ordination 
Published by       "Church & Society" Magazine 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--"Ordination and Human Sexuality," a 20-page booklet 
reprinted from "Church & Society" magazine that details the 208th General 
Assembly's actions and processes in dealing with the controversial issue 
this summer in Albuquerque, is now available for free to interested 
persons. 
 
     The booklet, reprinted from the September/October issue of "Church & 
Society," includes the complete text of the action on ordination and human 
sexuality approved by the Assembly, its preamble and other related actions; 
the report of the Assembly Committee on Ordination and Human Sexuality on 
the processes it used to arrive at its recommendations; an account by 
"Church & Society" editor the Rev. Kathy Lancaster of the Assembly's 
deliberations and events before and after the vote; and the text of the 
minority report from the Assembly committee that was not adopted.   
 
     The reprint also includes the Office of the General Assembly's report 
to the Assembly on the results of the three-year period of churchwide study 
and dialogue that preceded this year's Assembly. 
 
     The September/October issue of "Church & Society," from which the 
reprint comes, includes all of the social justice actions of this year's 
Assembly, plus a number of other features.  More information is available 
by calling the Rev. Kathy Lancaster in the National Ministries Division in 
Louisville at (502) 569-5810. 
 
     The free reprint, "Ordination and Human Sexuality," can be ordered by 
calling Presbyterian Distribution Service at 1-800-524-2612 and asking for 
PDS product #72-630-96-615. 

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