State of the union : the uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, 1999-2004

Abstract

This paper will argue that the union which brought
 the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
 into being was based on an inadequate vision of the
 role of the Church in Southern Africa. While it was a
 natural outcome of various attempts at union for over
 one hundred years, many untested assumptions were
 made concerning the process and outcome of the
 union. Subsequent problems have forced the UPCSA
 to reconsider the basis of the union and to work
 through some of the many hurts and problems experienced.