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Belhar is back

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by Elizabeth Broschart Before the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) officially convened, commissioners participated in carefully orchestrated overviews of several key issues on Saturday morning. One of the early sessions presented information on the Confession of Belhar and the committee affirmation of its inclusion in the Book of Confession. In his opening…

Accompanying letter raises Belhar beyond confessional to canonical

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A letter written to accompany the Confession of Belhar declares it to be a “word from God” in the first paragraph, thereby raising the confession to the level of canonical, instead of being what it is – the word of men. Written by the Special Committee on the Belhar Confession, the 3,131-word…

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