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[Korean] Assembly in Brief, the popular bulletin insert-size summary of the 221st General Assembly (2014) is now available as a free download. The insert is chock-full of information about the Assembly, complete with color photographs. Assembly in Brief is a partnership between PNS and the Office of the General Assembly. It relies heavily on the writing and photography staff of the General Assembly Communications Center.

• 주로 “Yes”…로 응답한 총회
• 세개의 미국 회사들로부터 투자를 철수하자는 안건에 ‘Yes’
• 동성 결혼에 ‘Yes’: 목회적 역량과 새로운 정의
• 벨하 신앙 고백에 ‘Yes’
• 새로운 대회 경계에 ‘Yes’
• 총회 기관들의 리더들에 대해 ‘Yes’
• 피스메이킹을 위한 미국 장로교의 지속적 의지에 ‘Yes’
• 총기 폭력 방지에 ‘Yes’
• 공동의 선을 위해 다른 종교를 지닌 사람들과 함께 일하기
• 화석 연료에 대한 투자 철수 문제를 ‘연구할 것’
• ‘한 아이를 교육시켜, 세상을 변화시켜라’
• 확대된 피스메이킹 헌금
• 최종 결과

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• La Asamblea del Sí… en su mayoría
• Sí a la desinversión en tres compañías de Estados Unidos
• Sí al matrimonio entre parejas del mismo sexo
• En fin de cuentas...
• Estudio en desinversión de Combustibles fósiles
• Educa a la niñez, transforma el mundo 
• Expansión de la Ofrenda de Paz 
• Sí a la Confesión de Belhar
• Sí a las fronteras de los Sínodos
• Sí a líderes de las Agencias de la Asamblea General
• Sí a continuar nuestro compromiso con la paz
• Sí a prevenir la violencia con armas
• Trabajando por el bien común con personas de otras creencias

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Can we imagine?

The Mid Council Commission II is inviting the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to image a new structure for the denomination’s synods. Hear in these video segments how commission members arrived at their recommendation to the 221st General Assembly (2014), and how the church can work collaboratively to envision new possibilities.

A side by side comparison of the proposed amendment of W-4.9000 on marriage and the current wording.

The Belhar Confession

The full version of the Confession of Belhar, published September 1986.

벨하 고백서
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This is a translation of the original Afrikaans text of the confession as it was adopted by the synod of the Dutch Reformed Mission Church in South Africa in 1986. In 1994 the Dutch Reformed Mission Church and the Dutch Reformed Church in Africa united to form the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA). This inclusive language text was prepared by the Office of Theology and Worship, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

English
Spanish - La Confesión de Belhar

A verison of the Confesion of Belhar with references included to support the text.

This is a map of downtown Detroit.

• Why does the church care about Israel/Palestine?
• What is the point of divestment?
• What were the recommendations to the (221st) General Assembly (2014)?
• Why is the General Assembly focusing on these three corporations?
• What actions have been considered by past General Assemblies?
• What is the position of the church on Israel and Palestine?
• What have other denominations done on the issue of divestment?
• What is the position of the church on anti-Semitism?
• What is the position of the church on Zionism?
• What is the actual language of the divestment measure?
• What is the language of the measure regarding a …

The General Assembly Special Committee on the Confession of Belhar unanimously recommends the following:

1. That the 221st General Assembly (2014) approve the inclusion of the Confession of Belhar in The Book of Confessions, and that this amendment be sent to the presbyteries for their affirmative or negative votes by June 2015.
   
   [Explanatory notes:  (a)Text for the Confession of Belhar can be found as Attachment 1., (b) Biblical citations should be listed in the margins by the relevant text as is shown in Attachment 1, and (c) While not of Constitutional character, whenever the Confession of Belhar is printed in …