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Jan/Feb 2023


Moderator’s Challenge - What is Truth? Keep your eyes on Christ and His absolute truth and He will never fail you.—Moderator Bill McKay


January Synod Emphasis - Called to be Humble What He accomplished began with His humiliation. He has not called us to endure anything that He Himself has not done. —Rev. Stephen Jordan


February Synod Emphasis - Called to be Bold Are you bold in telling others about Jesus Christ? —Rev. Rob Patrick


10 ARP 101 What do the colors of the ARPC seal stand for? —Susan Tanner


24 Inter-Church Relations As chairman of ICRC for the ARP, I had the privilege and the honor to attend multiple events in the past six months represent- ing our denomination in places as varied as Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Windhoek. —Rev. Ben Glaser


26 Te Resilient Congregation Iglesia Biblica Latinoamericana (IBL), has been an outreach of the Catawba Presbytery to the Hispanic community in


Columbia, South Carolina, for over thirty years. —Gillian Brickey


AGENCIES 11


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22 News In Brief 28 ARPinterest 29


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