Changing a provision in the BCO is a three-step process.

The latest proposed change to the BCO to receive official approval from 59 presbyteries is Item 7 on the list of eight proposals approved by the 48th GA.

Economic pressures and staffing shortages resulting from the pandemic, along with major sporting events taking place over the summer in Birmingham, result in room shortages for General Assembly.

Through the years, the various networks have sought to move the denomination according to their vision of the PCA’s identity.

So why this issue, and why now? There are two primary reasons.

At the 48th General Assembly, Tim Keller and Kevin DeYoung talked, on video, about their experience serving on the Ad Interim Committee on Human Sexuality. The committee’s report was accepted by the Assembly.

The Assembly voted Bryan Chapell as stated clerk of the PCA and took other actions.

The General Assembly heard several reports, including the Ad Interim Committee on Human Sexuality.

The Overtures Committee resumed its work at 8 am on June 29. Here is a summary of its action: – The committee recommended that the Assembly answer Overture 23, “Amend BCO 17 by Adding a Clause Which Prohibits Ordination for Men Who Self-Identify as ‘Gay Christians,’ ‘Same-sex Attracted Christians,’ ‘Homosexual Christians,’ or Like Terms” in…

All of these votes will be affirmed or rejected by the 48th General Assembly.