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Polity Conference offers preview of the 222nd General Assembly (2016)

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By Eva Stimson, Office of the General Assembly. Presbyterian identity, environmental issues, and the election of at least two top denominational leaders will be among the matters of business topping the agenda of the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Participants of the 2015 Polity Conference got a preview of next year’s…

Host city for 221st PCUSA General Assembly files for bankruptcy

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The 221st General Assembly meeting of the Presbyterian Church (USA) takes place next summer in Detroit, Mich. That same city filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection Thursday, July 18. USA Today reported that Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr released a plan last month to restructure the cash-strapped city’s debt and obligations that would leave many…

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