The vote of Presbyteries on the BCO 14 amendments is now at 13-6 against adopting the amendments.

On October 22, Eastern Canada Presbytery voted in favor of adoption: On BCO 14-1: Yes 11; No 1; Abstain 0. On BCO 14-2: Yes 10; No 1; and Abstain 1.

On November 2, Mississippi Valley Presbytery voted against adoption: BCO 14-1: Yes 9; No 40; and Abstain 3. On BCO 14-2: Yes 2; No 48; and Abstain 3.

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 against adopting the BCO 14 amendments include:

1. Blue Ridge
2. Eastern Pennsylvania
3. Great Lakes
4. Illiana
5. Korean Eastern
6. Korean Northwest
7. Mississippi Valley
8. New River
9. Northwest Georgia
10. South Florida
11. Tennessee Valley
12. Westminster
13. Wisconsin

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

1. Central Georgia
2. Eastern Canada
3. Georgia Foothills
4. Korean Southern
5. Northern California
6. Western Canada