Women’s Ministries study referred to GAC
The Layman Online, July 5, 1999
FORT WORTH – The General Assembly referred to the General Assembly Council a Commissioner’s Resolution calling for the formation of “a fact-finding committee” to look into concerns and questions raised about the denomination’s Women’s Ministries Program Area (WMPA).
Specific concerns include:
The Women of Faith Awards given by the WMPA to lesbians Jane Spahr and Letty Russell.
The failure of WMPA to provide proper supervision of the National Network of Presbyterian College Women.
The promotion of positions “contrary to our church’s biblical and constitutional standards” at the triennial Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women.
According to the instructions of the Commissioner’s Resolution, the fact-finding committee is to be composed of members of the GAC and should invite all “interested Presbyterian individuals and groups to present factual information related to concerns and questions regarding the advocacy and program activities of the Women’s Ministries Program Area.
The GAC will decide how to handle the referral at its fall meeting.
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