GA Seminar: Why the diversity conversation needs to happen now

General Assembly can be bewildering for first time commissioners. Dr. Stephen Estock has authored a very helpful guidebook which Reasoning Together is posting, chapter-by-chapter, over the next four weeks

General Assembly can be bewildering for first time commissioners. Dr. Stephen Estock has authored a very helpful guidebook which Reasoning Together will post, chapter-by-chapter, over the next four weeks.

After three years of work, deliberation, and heated debate at General Assembly, the Ad-Interim Committee on Insider Movements has submitted its final report to the 42nd General Assembly.

Letter urges leaders to welcome differences of opinion and discourse on various issues, while affirming “the need for our leadership to always be searching for the center so that unity might be maintained and our mission might be accomplished.”

The Stated Clerk’s office is conducting a survey of teaching and ruling elders to determine their motivations for attending or not attending General Assembly, as well as to understand what they think about key aspects of the Assembly.

Since joining the denomination 10 years ago, Sim has been an outspoken leader among the Korean language presbyteries (KLPs). Although this group often falls under the radar, Sim is excited to see increasing connections between the Korean language churches and their English-speaking counterparts.

Platte Valley Presbytery, comprised of the state of Nebraska and Pottawattamie County, Iowa, is one of the smallest in the PCA. But since its founding in 2007 with seven congregations, it has planted three churches and has another on the way. What are some of the dynamics that have given this small presbytery mission-effectiveness beyond their means?

Southwest Presbytery has submitted two overtures that concern Standing Judicial Commission (SJC) Procedure. Overture 8 would change the way SJC decisions are finalized – for more information on that overture, click here. Overture 9 would give the Committee on Constitutional Business (CCB) broader scope in reviewing SJC minutes. Since the adoption of recommendations from the…

Overture 8, submitted by Southwest Presbytery, seeks to change the procedures that govern the Standing Judicial Commission (SJC). Overture 3 from Grace Presbytery and Overture 11 from Calvary Presbytery also address the issue. The recent flurry of SJC-related overtures comes in response to the case of Hedman vs. Pacific Northwest Presbytery. Five charges were brought…