The Overtures Committee has submitted the following grounds for its recommendations to the General Assembly.

Below is a summary of the decisions made by the Overtures Committee of the 46th General Assembly on June 12. The committee will reconvene on Wednesday, June 13, at 8 a.m. 

Just before press time, 24 overtures had been submitted to the 46th General Assembly. Below is a brief synopsis of most of them, grouped by subject

As the founder of Storytellers Creative Arts, Barnett offers individuals a chance to meet the Great Physician through creative arts so that they can experience the healing that only God can provide. 

“There’s no reason this church should be growing and thriving. God is bringing people together in Christ.”

The seminar will highlight the cultural context that makes a show like “13 Reasons Why” so popular, while providing guidance and resources to equip pastors who want to better understand the issue and minister to congregants who might be contemplating ending their lives. 

Throughout most of Christian history a concern for the vulnerable led to founding orphanages, building hospitals, rescuing abandoned children, and teaching that one’s work is an act of worship to God.

According to Tim Keller, there are four subjects that warrant the PCA’s attention.

A trained counselor, Joan Stratton McConnell knows abuse lurks in the church. She has worked with Westminster’s pastoral and ministry staff in abuse situations and helped the session understand and embrace a recognize-respond-rescue approach to abuse.  

The Bible speaks to our mind’s eye. It paints pictures, draws parallels, and makes analogies. In other words, it engages us 
on an imaginative level.