---
title: 'The Committee of 44'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Ernest Trice Thompson'
date: 1927-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 6'
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'John 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/thompson-1927-the-committee-of-44
---

# The Committee of 44

Inaugural address on modern seminary and church administration: establishes a Committee of 44 to streamline Assembly work, reduce overlap, and coordinate education and promotion.

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