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General Assembly News for Wednesday, June 14

by Megan Fowler

The 45th General Assembly voted on three of the nine recommendations from the Ad Interim Study Committee on Women in Ministry.

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Alexander Jun Elected Moderator of 45th General Assembly

by Megan Fowler

Dr. Alexander Jun has been elected moderator of the 45th General Assembly. Jun is a founding member and a ruling elder of New Life Mission Church in Fullerton, California, and the first ethnic minority elected as moderator of the Assembly.

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General Assembly News for Tuesday, June 13

by Megan Fowler

On Tuesday morning, the Overtures Committee approved the following grounds for recommending that the overtures below be answered in the negative or referred back to the originating presbytery.

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General Assembly News for Monday, June 12

by Megan Fowler

For those not following byFaith Magazine on Twitter (@PCABYFAITH) and Facebook, here are the big events from the first day of the 2017 General Assembly.

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Overture 18 Calls for Specified Route for Proposing Ad-Interim Committees

by Megan Fowler

While Leino doesn’t want the overture to be interpreted as opposition to the appointment of the Women in Ministry Study Committee, he is concerned about “the manner” in which it was formed. In Leino’s view, it “did not reflect the strength of our form of government.”

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