The overtures, though similar, differ slightly in their details.

When a presbytery sends an overture to the General Assembly (GA), the stated clerk is responsible for referring that overture to the appropriate committee for its consideration. Any overture relating to a particular permanent committee or agency, or to an …

Under the current rule, an officer can be nominated on the floor of the GA and elected to serve on a permanent committee even if he did not seek or receive nomination from his own presbytery.

The overture from Platte Valley Presbytery seeks to clarify how appeals and complaints must be filed to the higher court and when the “countdown” for filing begins.

Central Indiana Presbytery proposes allowing a session to present a request for the dissolution of an assistant pastor’s call directly to the presbytery.