2020 General Assembly Update
By AC Staff

A special meeting of the Administrative Committee (AC) has been called for April 13. The committee will meet virtually to consider a recommendation from the Moderator, Ruling Elder J. Howard Donahoe, and the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, Dr. L. Roy Taylor, to postpone the 48th General Assembly scheduled to meet in Birmingham, Alabama on June 15-19, 2020.  The moderator and stated clerk are making this recommendation in the interests of the health and safety of PCA commissioners and their families. 

The AC cannot act earlier than April 13 because Rules of Assembly Operation (RAO) 4-14 requires a 10-day notice for a special meeting. Moreover, AC Business Manager, John Robertson, and Meeting Planner, Amanda Burton, have been in negotiations with the convention center and hotels, and needed to confer with the host committee of Evangel Presbytery.

The moderator, stated clerk, and staff have been monitoring the situation since the pandemic has spread and restrictions upon gatherings have been put in place. There is a provision in the RAO for the AC to make alternative arrangements for a meeting of the General Assembly when the moderator and the stated clerk make such a recommendation to the AC (RAO 10-6).

We are grateful that the host committee of Evangel Presbytery has responded so well to this crisis. We will communicate the decision of the AC after its meeting on April 13.

Please consider joining us this month in praying for the church, nation, and world during this crisis. We also invite you to join with other denominations for a special day of prayer and fasting on Good Friday, April 10.  You can find out more about both of these special prayer events here:  https://pcaga.org/prayer/

For the latest information, please visit pcaac.org/coronavirus/.

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