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Denominational committee responds to recent Bible Context Exam results

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From the Office of the General Assembly. Changes to the Bible exam Presbyterian Church (USA) candidates for ministry must take have yielded less than stellar results from the most recent round of testing, but the long-term outcome will be ministers more deeply grounded in the scriptures, those closest to the exam maintain. The average score…

Changes coming to PCUSA ordination exams

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By Tim Cargal, Office of the General Assembly. The Presbyterian Church (USA) committee charged with preparing ordination exams has approved changes to administration procedures for the tests, complying with assignments it was given by the General Assembly. At its annual meeting March 9–14 in Atlanta, the Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates (PCC) voted…

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