Dallas, Texas – The 36th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America, on Thursday, June 12, 2008, found "unsatisfactory" the responses of Northern California and Philadelphia Presbyteries on their having granted exceptions on women serving as deacons or deaconesses serving on diaconates.   All PCA Presbytery have to submit their minutes for annual... Continue Reading

Ohio Valley Presbytery erected a special committee at the October 12, 2007 stated meeting to investigate the irregularities concerning the office of deacon at one of its churches in that the church asserts, “There is no scriptural basis to differentiate between men and women serving as Deacons under the authority of the Session.” The committee... Continue Reading

  The 36th General Assembly Presbyterian Church in America will be meeting in Dallas, Texas June 10-13, 2008. Four of the nineteen overtures coming before the GA regard the question of whether women can and should be ordained as deacons.   Overture 9 from Philadelphia Presbytery requests GA to create a committee to study the... Continue Reading