The vote of Presbyteries on the BCO 14 amendments is now tied 18-18 on adopting the amendments.

On January 8 Metro New York Presbytery voted in favor of the amendments.

On 14-1: Yes 42; No 2; Abstain 1
On 14-2: Yes 36; No 5; Abstain 0

On January 11 the following Presbyteries voted against:

Grace Presbytery voted against:
On 14-1: Yes 3; No 42; Abstain 1.
On 14-2: Yes 2; No 40; Abstain 2.

Gulfstream Presbytery voted against:
On both 14-1 and 14-2: Yes 3; No 17; Abstain 1.

For the amendments to be approved 2/3 of the 79 Presbyteries (53) have to vote in favor, each by majority vote. If 1/3 of the Presbyteries (27) vote against approving the amendments, they will not be adopted.

The two amendments to BCO 14-1 and 14-2 will have the effect of changing the way the Administrative Committee, which includes the Stated Clerk’s office, would be funded. It would also change the definition of “voting membership” for General Assembly meetings.

If these BCO amendments are adopted by two-thirds of PCA Presbyteries, each local church, each teaching elder, and each Presbytery would be required to pay an “annual registration fee” in order to attend and vote at General Assembly meetings. Churches would be “required” to pay 1/3 of 1 % of their annual tithes and offerings to support the Administrative Committee. Teaching elders would be required to pay $100.00 a year, and Presbyteries would have to pay $500.00 a year. If approved, these amendments would require the payment of annual fees; if not paid annually, these fees will accrue and all unpaid fees will have to be paid in full before elders from the respective churches could be seated as voting members of General Assembly.

The Presbyteries voting in favor of adopting the BCO 14 amendments include:

1. Central Florida
2. Central Georgia
3. Eastern Canada
4. Evangel
5. Georgia Foothills
6. Heritage
7. Houston Metro
8. Korean Capital
9. Korean Southeastern
10. Korean Southern
11. Metro New York
12. New Jersey
13. Northern California
14. Potomac
15. Providence
16. Southwest Florida
17. Susquehanna Valley
18. Western Canada

The Presbyteries voting against adopting the BCO 14 amendments include:

1. Blue Ridge
2. Eastern Pennsylvania
3. Grace
4. Great Lakes
5. Gulfstream
6. Illiana
7. Korean Eastern
8. Korean Northwest
9. Mississippi Valley
10. New River
11. Northwest Georgia
12. Ohio
13. Philadelphia
14. Philadelphia Metro West
15. South Florida
16. Tennessee Valley
17. Westminster
18. Wisconsin

To view the votes by Presbytery on a map, go here. [Editor’s note: the original URL (link) referenced is no longer valid, so the link has been removed.]