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When I visit congregations across the church, I am often told stories about legendary Sunday school teachers. The teachers are admired for their patience, their faith, and their loving tenacity. These folks are true gifts from God for the church.

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Signs of hope

Feb 6, 2012

One question I’m asked almost more than any other is, “So, where do you see hope in the PC(USA)?”

A comprehensive answer would take up more than the word limits of this column. But two things stand out.

First, all across the denomination persons are realizing that our structures – borne of the corporate mentality of the 1950s – have to change for us to proclaim the gospel effectively in a diverse, multicultural 21st-century world. We don’t know what the PC(USA) will look like in ten years. Will there be synods? Will there be more presbyteries? Fewer presbyteries? Who knows?

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