wfn.org | Assembly Refers "Theology of Stewardship" Paper, Urges Recycling

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GA99102 
25-June-1999 
 
        Assembly Refers "Theology of Stewardship" Paper,  
                         Urges Recycling 
 
 
FORT WORTH-The Assembly today voted to refer "Trust, Worship and Serve: A 
Statement of Stewardship Theology" to the General Assembly Council for 
further work.  The document, which is intended to guide stewardship work 
throughout the church, was referred "so that it may be refined to be more 
usable in the local church." 
     The Assembly asked that the paper be refined in four areas.  The 
Assembly wants the purpose clarified, as well as "how [the paper] is to be 
used as a foundational statement for development of stewardship resources 
for the church."  The Assembly further would like the document to "include 
a stronger dominant theological motivation."  It also said the paper "needs 
clear, obvious biblical references in the body of the document."  Finally, 
they want it to be "clear and concise." 
     The Assembly also directed that recycling for aluminum cans, glass 
bottles and newspapers be available at the next General Assembly in Long 
Beach, Calif.  The Assembly already recycles other paper products.    
     The Assembly also adopted new "deliverances" to enable the the 
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation to create three subsidiary 
corporations.  The three are: New Covenant Trust Co., NA; New Covenant 
Annuity Insurance; and New Covenant Funds.  A "deliverance" is the "second 
highest act a General Assembly can take short of amending the "Book of 
Order", Mark Martin, Iowa City, Iowa, told commissioners.  Martin moderated 
the Assembly Committee on Stewardship and Funding.  The 210th General 
Assembly first adopted "deliverances" creating these entities, but banking 
authorities balked at details in these agreements, requiring action from 
this Assembly. 
 
Peggy Rounseville    

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