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GA99040 
21-June-1999 
 
         Integration of Stewardship Activities Discussed  
 
 
FORT WORTH   The theology of stewardship and how to integrate all the 
stewardship activities of the denomination occupied the Committee on 
Stewardship and Funding this morning. 
     Jim Henderson, interim president of the Presbyterian Foundation, 
briefed committee members on efforts to pull together all the stewardship 
functions the churchwide staff performs. A 10 person work group headed by 
Henderson and Executive Director of the General Assembly Council John 
Detterick is exploring "how to bring all stewardship resources into a more 
fully integrated system," Henderson said. 
     David McCreath, coordinator for Stewardship Education, led committee 
members through the proposed "Statement of Stewardship Theology." 
"Stewardship is one of the most confusing words in the lexicon of the 
church," McCreath told commissioners.  "That is because it is biblically 
old and theologically new."  The statement rests on three affirmations, 
rooted in the central conviction that "we belong to God": "We trust in God 
alone...We worship God alone...We serve God alone."  The statement seeks, 
McCreath said, to be "biblically grounded" as well as "contemporary" and 
"culturally responsible." 
     The Committee discussed the paper in small groups Monday afternoon 
prior to acting on it later in the day.  It also dealt with special 
offerings and recommendations from the Presbyterian Foundation.  Tuesday 
morning it is slated to discuss an overture and recommendations about the 
Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program. 
 
Peggy Rounseville 

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