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>More than 200 tune into moderator's Webcast

Conversation about 'rebuilding the Presbyterian
establishment' can still be viewed

>by Jerry L. Van Marter
>Presbyterian News Service

LOUISVILLE ― The second Webcast featuring Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow
drew more than 200 viewers to a lively discussion of a
paper entitled "Rebuilding the Presbyterian Establishment."
[www.pcusa.org/re-formingministry/papers/rebuilding.pdf]

The one-hour Dec. 9 conversation between Reyes-Chow and the
author of the paper ― Centre College professor Beau Weston
― can be viewed in its entirety at the Ustream site
[www.ustream.tv/recorded/938452].

The Office of Theology and Worship of the General Assembly
Council ― which commissioned Weston's paper for its
"Occasional Papers" series ― issued a statement following
the Webcast commending the two.

"The conversation on the Webcast modeled dialogue even in
the midst of clear disagreement, and we commend it as an
example of the sort of engaged conversation which will help
us think clearly together as we seek faithfully to follow
Jesus Christ today," the statement said. "More broadly, we
are pleased by the varied critiques and commendations of
the paper, and we look forward to further conversation
about the ideas in the paper."

In his paper, Weston questions "whether the institutional
arrangements of the PC(USA) help us flourish ... or is it
time for some of them to be reworked, reshaped or even
replaced?"

Reyes-Chow remarked during the webcast that Weston's paper
has generated considerable discussion around the PC(USA) ―
which was also reflected in the number of people tuning
into the Webcast ― "because it is asking the right question
and inviting conversation about what are the best answers
to that question."

Theology and Worship said "we look forward not only to
continuing conversation about the paper itself, but also to
other new proposals about where the shape of our life
together is weak and where it is strong, why that is so,
and what concrete steps can be taken to address weaknesses
and enhance strengths."

Other "Occasional Papers" in the series include "Ordinary
and Extraordinary Discipline"
[www.pcusa.org/theologyandworship/pubs/cs6o-ediscipline.pdf] by Charles Wil ey;
"Bearing the Marks of the Church," [www.pcusa.org/re-formingministry/papers .htm#marks]
with essays by Darrell Guder and others; and "Identity - Polity - Praxis:
Ecclesiology and the Presbytery," [www.pcusa.org/re-formingministry/papers/ identitypolitypraxis.pdf]
by Paul Hooker.

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