At what point in our form of government is there freedom for those who have not been ordained to church office to serve? Is there authority other than governing authority that is open to any member in good standing?
The guide provides the information PCA members need to pray wisely — and specifically — for the denomination’s upcoming Assembly.
The stated clerk has 20 specific responsibilities associated with the gathering of the denomination’s highest court. ByFaith asked Taylor to talk about a few of the specific things he does before and during the Assembly.
The General Assembly voted on the following overtures on Thursday afternoon and evening: Overture 3, referred back to Chesapeake Presbytery without prejudice. Overture 5, answered in the negative. Overture 7, referred back to the Administrative Committee. Overtures 21 and 22, affirmed. The Assembly affirmed the recommendation to answer Overture 25 in the negative. Overture 26, answered…
In addition to the recommendation on Overture 45, the Overtures Committee made recommendations on the six more overtures today.
What happened, who attended, and what will be remembered about this year’s General Assembly.
On June 8th, the Overtures Committee passed a substitute version of Overture 10 by a vote of 94-0-1. The added language is as follows: That the Assembly receive and spread on its Minutes this and all other overtures memorializing teaching elders who passed into glory during the past year, and we recommend that the Assembly…
Mike Milton on why the chaplaincy is one of the greatest acts of Christlike service and what it takes to minister to men and women coming back from combat.
Thirty-nine presbyteries and one individual teaching elder have submitted a total of fifty-two overtures requesting action by the 42nd General Assembly of the PCA.
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 weeks leading up to the 42nd General Assembly.