The Assembly reconvened at 8:00 a.m. to resumed its business. Review of Presbytery Records The Assembly convened with the report from the Committee for the Review of Presbytery Records. The Assembly approved in omnibus seven General Recommendations and the recommendations that were unanimously recommended by RPR. The Assembly then approved in omnibus the recommendations that...
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A lifelong member of Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, South Carolina, Duncan comes from what he calls “a long line of Presbyterian forebears.”
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