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PCUSA Apologizes for Boarding School Abuses in Alaska

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By Lisa Demer, Alaska Dispatch News. For the first time, a church organization has apologized to the Alaska Federation of Natives for its treatment of Native people and especially for abuses in boarding schools. The Presbyterian Church’s national general assembly agreed in June, at the prompting of Alaskans, to issue an apology to all Native…

Six Alaskan churches leave PCUSA; only nine remain in presbytery

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Six churches located along the panhandle of Alaska were dismissed from the Presbyterian Church (USA) during a Presbytery of Alaska meeting that took place April 6, and their departure leaves the presbytery below the required minimum number of churches. All six of them were dismissed to join ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. The…

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