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GA NEWS: Walton Award winners announced, Four new church developments honored for innovative ministry

SAN JOSE — Four Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) new church developments — two in California and one each in Pennsylvania and Oregon — have been named winners of the 2008 Sam and Helen Walton Awards, it was announced June 21.

 

Each congregation, selected for its innovative approach to new church ministry, will receive $50,000 to further advance its mission.

The Walton Awards were established in 1991 as part of a $6 million gift from the late Sam and Helen Walton — founders of Wal-Mart — through the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation. Half of the gift created an endowment, the interest on which funds the awards.

Since 1993, there have been 84 Walton Awards...

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