Aiken Churches Vote on Presbyterian Union Plan
Aiken County PCUS congregations will vote February 1 at Congaree Presbytery meeting in North Augusta on joining the United Presbyterian Church of the United States of America. If 45 of 60 PCUS presbyteries approve, the union moves to a joint General Assembly. Revealed are regional splits, political concerns, and church governance debates shaping the historic proposal.
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Aiken
Presbyterian Church
Aiken County
Fairview Presbyterian Church
North Augusta
Presbyterian Church of the United States
PCUS
United Presbyterian Church of the United States of America
United Presbyterians
Old Confederacy
Congaree
Columbia
Camden
South Carolina
W. Scott Barnes
Committee On Presbyterian Union
United Presbyterian
William R. Johnston
First Presbyterian Church
Johnston
General Assembly
Barnes
North Carolina
Virginias
Pcus Presbyteries
The
Cong
Georgia
Texas
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Union Presbyteries
United Presbyterian Church
du Pont
Savannah River
Pcus General Assembly
Northern
Cancer Society forecasts 440000 cancer deaths this year
The American Cancer Society projects 855000 Americans will learn they have cancer this year and 440000 will die. Lung cancer deaths rise sharply while some cancers level off or decline. Breast cancer remains leading female killer with 37500 deaths. early detection improves. Data drawn from SEER program and NCI.
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New York
American Cancer Society
Churches Announce Week of Religious Events and Installations
Belvedere United Methodist Church hosts dramatic monologues on Charles Wesley tonight and over the weekend. Various area churches schedule revivals sermons guest ministers and choir performances through Sunday with multiple services and locations.
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Charles Wesley
Belvedere United Methodist Church
James D. Reese
St. Simons Island
Wesley
Methodist Church
Rhomboid Place
Belvedere
Springfield
Academy of Religion condemns any use of nuclear weapons
The American Academy of Religion, with about 4700 faculty members, condemned nuclear weapon use as contrary to faith and moral values. Its annual meeting approved a resolution noting past wars may have been just, but current inability to constrain nuclear conflict makes moral justification impossible.
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Academy of Religion
New York
American Academy of Religion
Col
Leges and Universities
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Aiken Presbyterians
Aree Presbytery
Atlanta
Dupont
John M. Hunter
Hunter
Presbyterian Church IN the
United States
National Cancer Institute
SEER
Steven T. Thompson
Kappa Upsilon Omega Chapter
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Friendship Baptist Church
Richland Avenue
Mt. Anna Gospel Chorus
Alfred Olmes
Bruce Wright
Second Baptist Church
W.E. Day
Peace Missionary Baptist Church
Durham
N.C
Voices of Peace Choir of
North Aiken Baptist Church
Bill Moore
Congregational Holiness the Believers
Langley
Bob Hanly
Clinton
Park Ave
New Ellenton
Kathy Petty
Aiken Standard
Laurel-Pridgen Hardware, Inc
Aiken, South Carolina