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20-August-1997 
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    Notes About People 
 
    by Julian Shipp 
 
    Charles Wiley will soon begin a three-year term as project manager for 
theology in the Christian Faith and Life Program Area of the Congregational 
Ministries Division in Louisville. His position is made possible by a grant 
from the Lilly Foundation. Wiley will be responsible for a number of 
programs in the Office of Theology and Worship, freeing the associate for 
theology to devote time to the expansion of the "Pastor as Theologian in 
the Congregation" program. Wiley is a Ph.D. candidate in theology, with an 
emphasis in history of doctrine, at Princeton Theological Seminary. He 
holds the M.Div. from the Divinity School, Duke University and the B.A. 
from Davidson College. 
 
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    Dr. Norman Aste Horner, professor emeritus of missions and former dean 
of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, died Aug. 6, 1997, from 
acute leukemia in Louisville, Ky. He was 84. Horner had been retired and 
living in Louisville since 1983. A 1938 graduate of Louisville Seminary, 
Horner served as a professor of missions from 1949 through 1968. He also 
served simultaneously as dean starting in 1956. He was the author of four 
major books: "Cross and Crucifix in Mission: A Comparison of Protestant and 
Roman Catholic Missionary Strategy," "Protestant Crosscurrents in Mission: 
The Ecumenical-Conservative Encounter," "Rediscovering Christianity Where 
It Began: A Survey of Contemporary Churches in the Middle East and 
Ethiopia" and "A Guide to Christian Churches in the Middle East." Horner is 
survived by his sister, Carol Bohert of Denver, and his brother, John W. 
Horner Jr. 
 
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    The Rev. Marie T. Cross has been called by the Churchwide Coordinating 
Team of Presbyterian Women (PW) to be the new editor of "HORIZONS" magazine 
and Bible study, according to PW moderator Diana Lim.  Cross begins her 
work Oct. 1 upon the retirement of longtime "HORIZONS" editor the Rev. 
Babara Roche.  Cross is currently the associate for stewardship resources 
in the Congregational Ministries Division. 

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