The nFOG Task Force recommends sweeping changes to the life of the denomination, and the Presbyterian Coalition, along with the Presbyterian Renewal Network, is urging commissioners not to approve the recommendations.

One of the more significant issues coming before the 219th General Assembly is the proposed revision of the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s Form of Government (FOG).

If approved by GA commissioners, the new FOG – or nFOG, as it has become known – would be forwarded to the denomination’s 173 presbyteries for approval.

The nFOG Task Force recommends sweeping changes to the life of the denomination, and the Presbyterian Coalition, along with the Presbyterian Renewal Network, is urging commissioners not to approve the recommendations.

Both groups released a statement, “For a wealth of reasons, the nFOG should not be adopted. Throwing out our present Form of Government would bring many troubles … Nothing in the present Form of Government is keeping any congregation from being missional – which it should be and can be with the simple will to serve Jesus Christ.”

According to The Presbyterian Coalition’s paper “More harm than help: The new Form of Government,” nFOG:

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