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Donald J. MacNair Papers
Manuscript Collection # 19

Donald J. MacNair, D.D.
1922 - 2001
Box 436
Content Summary: Documents on the proposed Plan of Union of the OPC and RPCES, 1968 - 1979; Fraternal Relations Committee of the RPCES and the Joining and Receiving efforts of 1979 - 1982.
Span Dates: 1963 – 1988
Size: 1 cu. ft.
Access Restrictions: None
Collection Citation: Donald J. MacNair Papers: Collection MS 19, Box 436, File __: item description, PCA Historical Center, St. Louis, MO.
Related Collections: Churches Vitalized, Inc.; National Presbyterian Missions.
Acquisition: The Papers of the Rev. Dr. Donald J. MacNair were received as direct donations from Dr. MacNair himself, delivered to the PCA Historical Center over a period from 1994 – 1999.
Processing: Some processing was completed by Jerry Kornegay prior to his leaving the PCA Historical Center in 1998.  The bulk of the processing was completed by Wayne Sparkman in 2001, soon after the Center had moved into its new facility in the renovated Buswell Library.  All HTML formatting was done by Mr. Sparkman.
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Finding Aid is normally located in folder number 1 of each box.

Subject

Box

File

Joining & Receiving, 1980 – 1982, Progress Reports, Numbers 1 through 4

436

2

Joining & Receiving, 1980, Comments of Donald J. MacNair before the 158th General Assembly of the RPCES

436

3

Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1940, Plan of Union: Certificate of Incorporation; By-Laws

436

4

Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1968 – 1969, 1972, Plan of Union: Minutes of the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations and the Fraternal Relations Committee of the RPCES

436

5

Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1972 – 1973, Plan of Union: Adopting Act Subcommittee, Minutes

436

6

Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1973, Plan of Union: Standards of the RPCES and the OPC: A Comparison Study; Proposed Standing Rules

436

7

Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1974, Plan of Union: Letter of Jack Miller to The Presbyterian Guardian, 9 November, [8 lvs], re union; Progress Report on Bicentennial Celebration; Two Essays by Donald F. Stanton; Proposed Basis of Union; Tentative Basis of Union; Plan of Union Adopted by Both Synods; Standing Rules, Revised January, 1974

436

8

Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1975 – 1977, Plan of Union: Correspondence; Minutes of the Joint Committee on Fraternal Relations [RPCES and  OPC]; Evaluation of 1977 Pre-Assembly Conference

436

9

Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1979, Plan of Union: Correspondence and documentation regarding OPC Synod action urging membership in the Reformed Ecumenical Synod [R.E.S.]; 1964 letter of Francis Schaeffer presenting reasons against joining the R.E.S.

436

10

Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1979, Plan of Union: Correspondence; Copies of Summons and Complaint against First Presbyterian Church [OPC], San Francisco, CA; OPC Synod action regarding Chaplaincy

436

11

Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1980, Joining and Receiving: Correspondence; Suggested Sites for Church Planting, by Larry D. Conard

436

12

Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1981, Joining and Receiving: Correspondence; Report of the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations Concerning Joining the PCA [51 pp.]

436

13

Presbyterian Church in America, 1973, Proposed Book of Church Order [77 pp.]; Reaffirmations of 1973 [Steering Committee tract]

436

14

Presbyterian Church in America, 1977 – 1979, Corre1spondence re union

436

15

Presbyterian Church in America, 1980, Correspondence re J&R

436

16

Presbyterian Church in America, 1981, Correspondence re J&R

436

17

Presbyterian Church in America, 1982 – 1983, Correspondence re J&R

436

18

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1973 – 1978, Correspondence; Reports; The Biblical Basis of the Necessity of Seeking Ecclesiastical Union, by Edmund P. Clowney; Biblical and Confessional Bases for the Separated Life, by R. Laird Harris

436

19

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1976 – 1977, 1982, Lamb Fund, Complaint and Response regarding the legitimate use of

436

20

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1977 – 1980, Annual Reports

436

21

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1978 – 1979, Annual Reports

436

22

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1979, Correspondence; Reports; Materials regarding First Presbyterian Church [OPC], San Francisco, CA

436

23

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1980 – 1981, Joining & Receiving Data [Miscellaneous correspondence]

436

24

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1980 – 1981, Minutes

436

25

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1980, Correspondence regarding J&R

436

26

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1980, Norman Shepherd Situation:  Minority Report to the Board of Westminster Theological Seminary, Phila., PA

436

27

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1981 – 1982, “Letters for FRC Meeting,” [Miscellaneous correspondence leading up to Joining & Receiving]

436

28

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1981 – 1982, Concerns of World Presbyterian Missions (WPM) Committee re Joining and Receiving

436

29

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1981, Correspondence regarding J&R

436

30

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1981, Correspondence regarding the concerns of the Rev. Albert F. Moginot, Jr.

436

31

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1981, Miscellaneous Items, including the Agenda for the Fifth General Assembly of the Korean American Presbyterian Church

436

32

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1982, Correspondence, Reports re J&R

436

33

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1982, Notes for Meeting of June 11; Draft Verbal Revision of the Westminster Confession of Faith, [30 pp.]

436

34

RPCES, Fraternal Relations Committee, 1982, Reports to 160th General Synod; Index to Synodical Actions of the RPCES, 1965 – 1980; Summary of Speeches before the vote for J&R [notes]

436

35

 



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