The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s own retrospective account of its founding reunion service, held 10 June 1983 at the World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Names the two moderators who led the proceedings, John Anderson of the Presbyterian Church in the United States and James Costen of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, the reading of the Declaration of Reunion, the communion that followed, and James Andrews as the newly unified church's first Stated Clerk.
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The denomination's own published account of its own founding event, tier 2 for a primary institutional retelling of a well-documented public service with a precise date and named participants, consistent with the general background carried above. NotesUsed for the exact 10 June 1983 date, the Atlanta location, the two moderators and the first Stated Clerk.
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PublisherPresbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Publication Year2022
URLhttps://pcusa.org/news-storytelling/news/2022/6/30/stories-ga-1983-reunion
Source Typechurch body
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This source names Georgia directly: "the World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia."
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