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Highlights of our first twelve years include:

  • Issuing A Call to Covenant Community
  • Gaining the affirmation of the Call by more than 3,000 ministers, 2,000 other officers, 20 former G.A. Moderators, 400 sessions, and several presbyteries
  • The popular Covenant Network Luncheons at G.A., with speakers Jack Stotts, Peter Gomes, J. Barrie Shepherd, Joanna Adams, Jon Walton, Tim Hart-Andersen, Brian Blount, Cynthia Campbell, and John Buchanan
  • The 1998 Covenant Conference in Denver on Living Faithfully in the Church When We Disagree, with Jack Rogers’s keynote address on “Reading the Bible the Presbyterian Way”
  • The 1999 Covenant Conference in Atlanta on Jesus Christ and the Church, with Douglas John Hall and Barbara Wheeler keynoting
  • The 2000 Covenant Conference in Pittsburgh on Biblical Authority and the Church, keynoted by Walter Brueggemann and William Placher
  • The 2001 Covenant Conference in Pasadena on Christ Transforming Culture, with keynotes by Peter Gomes and Jack Rogers
  • The 2002 Covenant Conference in Minneapolis on Confessing Christ Today, keynoted by Shirley Guthrie
  • The 2003 Covenant Conference in Washington, DC on The Church We Are Called to Be and to Become, with a keynote dialogue between Barbara Wheeler and Richard Mouw
  • The 2004 Covenant Conference in Chicago, Made in the Image of God: Thinking Theologically about Sex, keynoted by Luke Timothy Johnson and Jack Stotts
  • The 2005 Covenant Conference in Memphis, Disciples in Community, keynoted by Kathleen Norris
  • The 2006 Covenant Conference in Columbus, Discerning the Call, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of women’s ordination as ministers
  • The 2007 Covenant Conference in Atlanta, Testimony, with presentations by Anna Carter Florence and Beverly Gaventa
  • The 2008 Covenant Conference in Minneapolis, keynoted by Walter Brueggemann and Stacy Johnson, on Covenant: God Is Faithful Still
  • Publication of Renewing the Vision: Reformed Faith for the 21st Century, edited by Cynthia Campbell (Geneva Press, 2000)
  • Publication of Far From Home: Tales of Presbyterian Exiles (2004)
  • Publication of Frequently Asked Questions about Sexuality, the Bible & the Church (2006)
  • Publication of Guidelines for Examination of Church Officers (2006; rev. 2008)
  • Production of Turning Points: Stories of Life and Change in the Church, named Best Educational Video of 2004 by the Religion Communicators Council, shown at the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, and broadcast on 100+ PBS stations
  • Participating actively in local conferences on The Unity We Seek in Our Diversity
  • Organizing successfully to defeat proposed Amendment 00-O, the “Limits on Prayer” amendment
  • Actively supporting implementation of the 2006 and 2008 G.A.’s Authoritative Interpretations on “departures”
  • Organizing three as-yet-unfulfilled campaigns to remove G-6.0106b from the Book of Order
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