Ohio Presbytery has overtured the PCA General Assembly to eliminate funding for byFaith and byFaithonline.com. Such a move, the overture claims, would remedy the Administrative Committee’s (AC) funding problems.

The overture, introduced by Rev. David Bayly, passed by a voice vote at the presbytery’s January meeting.

Between 15 and 26 percent of the AC’s budget is devoted to byFaith. According to the Ohio overture the AC has consistently struggled to meet 13 to 15 percent of its budget for the past five years. “If byFaith was allowed to stand on its own outside of the support of the AC’s budget the AC would be able to meet their budget each year,” the overture claims.

The Ohio motion would have the AC equip byFaith “to financially stand on its own outside the support of the Administrative Committee,” and that by the 2012 General Assembly (GA), the AC no longer financially support the magazine or web magazine.

The overture was initially introduced to Ohio Presbytery as a substitute motion to one sponsored by Grace Presbyterian Church in Hudson, Ohio.

The overture from Grace proposed creating a study committee to determine the best way for the PCA “to communicate with elders, deacons, congregants, fellow evangelicals, and… those who have not yet been called into Kingdom” and recommend a “funding mechanism as a permanent solution to the AC funding.”

The PCA’s Cooperative Ministries Committee, composed of agency and committee coordinators as well as the past six GA moderators, now has the responsibility to propose such a mechanism to the AC.

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