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27-September-1997 
 
 
96388    Error Discovered in Book of Proposed Amendments 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--What a difference a word makes. 
 
     The Office of the General Assembly has reported a word missing on page 
four, paragraph four of the "Proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the 
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)."  The booklet of proposed amendments, 
approved by the 1996 General Assembly and sent to the presbyteries for 
their affirmative or negative votes, has already been widely distributed. 
 
     The mistaken sentence incorrectly reads: "The church must be an 
exclusive, condemning community; it must be a community of welcome and 
love." 
 
     The word "not" is missing.  The sentence should read: "The church must 
not be an exclusive, condemning community; it must be a community of 
welcome and love." 

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