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.
