A Letter From The Presbyterian And Reformed Commission On Chaplains And Military Personnel
A letter to PRCC member denomination stated clerks, presbytery clerks, sessions, and members of congregations about providing pastoral counseling to members who are in or considering military service
The purpose of this communication is to assist you in pastoral counseling of members of your congregations who are in or considering military service. While our sons and daughters are to be commended for their desire to serve God in the uniformed services (Luke 3:14), we believe it is imperative to counsel them of the... Continue Reading
PCA Insider Movements Study Committee Submits Its Report
The Report will be considered by the PCA General Assembly in June 2014
The Study Committee is recommending the following: 1. That “A Call to Faithful Witness, Part Two: Theology, Gospel Missions, and Insider Movements” serve as a Partial Report (Part Two of Two Parts). And 2. That the 42nd General Assembly make available and recommend for study “A Call to Faithful Witness, Part Two: Theology, Gospel Missions,... Continue Reading
Philadelphia Presbytery Overtures 42nd PCA General Assembly to Study Meaning of 3rd Ordination Vow
Presbytery: The PCA constitution does not clearly delineate or define “the general principles of biblical polity” or their relation to male only eldership
Philadelphia Presbytery overtures 42nd GA to establish a study committee in order to clarify and define the general principles of biblical polity referenced in the third ordination vow (BCO 21-5, 3rd Vow), and their application to gender and the office of elder, and to evaluate whether or not the constitution should be amended…. At... Continue Reading
PCA Presbytery of the Southwest Sends Two Overtures to the 42nd General Assembly
Overtures proposing changes on how the PCA General Assembly reviews SJC cases
One overture proposes amendments to the Rules of Assembly Operation (RAO) 17-1, seeking to clarify the meaning of the review authority of the Committee on Constitutional Business (CCB) of cases decided by the Standing Judicial Commission (SJC). The second overture proposes amendments to the Book of Church Order (BCO) 15-3, which would allow the General... Continue Reading
Overture on ‘Child Protection’ Sent to the 42nd PCA General Assembly
The overture ‘exhorts all church leaders to become informed and to take an active stance toward preventing child sexual abuse in the church’
“We urge all church leaders to use their influence for the protection of children, by any and all godly means, including preaching and teaching against the heinous sin of child sexual abuse, warning anyone with knowledge of these sins to “take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose 1 them” (Ephesians... Continue Reading
Presbyterian Church in America General Assembly for Beginners, Part 1
An introduction for those for whom this will be their first GA
First, what is the GA? It is the annual meeting of representatives of the churches that make up the PCA. A fuller description of the GA is found in Chapter 14 of the BCO. I recommend that you read it. The GA meets at different locations around the nation, usually in a city that has... Continue Reading
Grace Presbytery Overtures the PCA GA to Amend BCO 15-5 to Vote on SJC Decisions
The overture asks the PCA General Assembly to amend BCO 15-5(a) and (b) in order to regularize the approval of judicial commission decisions
At its stated meeting on September 10, 2013, Grace Presbytery (South Mississippi) approved an overture on changing some of the judicial processes in the Presbyterian Church in America. The overture recommends that the PCA General Assembly amend its Book of Church Order 15-5 which deals with the decisions of the Standing Judicial Commission (SJC). ... Continue Reading
Is The PCA Liberal Or Just Going Off The Rails A Bit?
A former PCA member reflects on the recent General Assembly and what it may mean for the future
But realistically there are major problems that seem to be swept under the carpet for the time being. As I noted above the recent situation should bring a lot of concern. Whose example are we to follow? Why is the leadership appearing to perform on a level of ineptness that renders confusion and looks more... Continue Reading
The PCA Insider Movement Report: Times Are Changing, and Staying Exactly the Same
The moment when the rubber of theological innovation meets the road of practical consequence often happens with missions policy
The recent General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America featured a brief, but heated argument about the seemingly inconsequential … issue of foreign missions. Particularly, whether to receive and approve the Majority Report of the Committee on Insider Movements or whether to receive, as well, the Minority Report, written by a single committee member.... Continue Reading
Unjust Weights and the 41st PCA General Assembly
The principle of the use of unjust weights destroys trust in the church as it does in an economic system
Taking away PCA commissioners’ ability to debate and vote on issues in accordance with our RAO procedures destroys their trust in the underlying ecclesiastical system. Attempting to fix a vote’s outcome by changing voting order on the fly similarly erodes that same trust. Like unjust weights and balances, unjust political maneuvering should not be named... Continue Reading
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