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2019-2020 Reports of the Permanent Committees and Agencies and Special Committees of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America
2019-2020 REPORTS OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA Submitted for the FORTY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA June 16-29, 2020 Birmingham, Alabama POSTPONED Until Date to be Decided Published by the Office of the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America Lawrenceville, Georgia 2020 PREFACE Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that emerged in the United States in early 2020, the 48th General Assembly, scheduled to meet June 16-29, 2020, in Birmingham, Alabama, was postponed until a date to be decided later. Consequently, no annual volume of the Minutes of General Assembly was published in 2020. The reports in this volume were originally prepared for the 2020 Commissioner Handbook in anticipation of the 2020 48th General Assembly. With the postponement of that Assembly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the decision was made to post the reports on the General Assembly website so our PCA people could be informed about the work of our General Assembly ministries throughout the 2019-20 year. They are now provided in this volume for informational purposes and the historical record of the denomination. Please note that the “Recommendations” at the end of these reports will not be acted upon until the 48th General Assembly meets. Each of the Permanent Committees and Agencies and other GA committees will submit a new report for the rescheduled 48th General Assembly with new Recommendations. Note also that the Committee and Agency budgets included in the Administrative Committee report have not been approved because of the postponement of General Assembly. -
St. Louis School Refuses to Release Audio Tapes of Woman's Chapel
P&R News ² March 1999 Recording the Presbyterian & Story of the Presbyterian Reformed News Church in America $2.75 per issue/$15.00 per year Volume 7 Number 2 Published by Presbyterian International News Service, Inc., Coeburn, Virginia March - April 2001 Covenant Seminary Shrouds Itself in Mystery St. Louis School Refuses to Release Audio Tapes of Woman’s Chapel Messages by Mark Rooze and Fridays throughout the fall and spring terms from Tapes of Dr. Langberg’s chapel appearances were 10:00-10:40 AM for a time of worship. Attendance at chapel marketed both separately and as part of a six-tape set In an apparent cover-up that adds fuel to the fire in is voluntary yet strongly encouraged. Chapel is the one including both sessions in classes and her speeches at the women preaching debate, Covenant Seminary consistent place and time in the seminary schedule to an evening event. Originally intending to purchase only administration officials have refused to make available, worship our sovereign gracious God, build Christian the chapel tapes, this reporter found the topics covered to both PCA pastors and to the press, materials which community as we seek His face together, and continually in other sessions to be of personal interest, and so placed may indicate that Covenant Seminary is now allowing an order for the entire conference set on April 10th. women to preach in its chapel services. He was promised that the order would be filled The allegations center on the visit of Dr. Diane immediately. Langberg to Covenant Seminary during a “Family On April 18th, as the tapes had not yet arrived, the Nurture/Counseling Conference” at Covenant Seminary Covenant Seminary media office was again contacted. -
1 2 Timothy 9 2 Timothy 4:9-22 August 25, 2013 the Rev. Dr. Robert S
1 2 Timothy 9 2 Timothy 4:9-22 August 25, 2013 The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn Tonight we conclude this series of sermons on Paul’s letters to his younger colleague Timothy; there were twenty-three in all. Next Lord’s Day evening we begin with one of the few remaining books of the Bible that I have never preached through: the Prophesy of Zechariah. I’m already greatly enjoying and profiting from the study of that book and I’m confident you will as well. As we said last time, vv. 9-22 are something of a postscript to this second letter to Timothy, the last of his New Testament letters. The argument of the letter was concluded in the previous few verses and what remains amounts to personal remarks. Those remarks, however, are illuminating and important and interesting in a variety of ways. This too is the Word of God and profitable for us; it likewise roots our faith in real history and the life of human beings, such life as we have experienced it ourselves. So let’s consider these final verses and what they have to tell us about Paul’s life and our own. Text Comment v.9 The great apostle to the Gentiles, titan that he was, remained a human being, with hopes and longings such as fill the heart of any human being: for companionship, for encouragement, and so on. v.10 Titus had by this time concluded his assignment in Crete, where he was when Paul wrote the letter to him that bears his name, and was now at work establishing the church on the eastern coast of the Adriatic sea opposite the eastern coast of Italy. -
Minutes Thirty-Sixth General Assembly Presbyterian
MINUTES of the THIRTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY of the PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA Part I DIRECTORY OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES Part II JOURNAL Part III APPENDICES Part IV CORRECTIONS TO PREVIOUS MINUTES Part V INDEX June 10-12, 2008 Dallas, Texas The Minutes of the General Assembly are published by the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly and distributed by the Committee on Christian Education and Publications. 36th GENERAL ASSEMBLY ACTIONS SENT DOWN TO PRESBYTERIES: Proposed Amendment to BCO: BCO 57-5, see 36-47, III, 4, pp. 189-90 THE NEXT MEETING OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Tuesday, June 16, through Friday, June 19, 2009 Orlando, Florida FUTURE GENERAL ASSEMBLIES: June 29-July 2, 2010 Nashville, TN June 7-10, 2011 Virginia Beach, VA June 19-22, 2012 Louisville, KY Order from: Committee on Christian Education and Publications PCA Bookstore 1700 North Brown Road, Suite 102A Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043-8143 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 1-800-283-1357 Web: www.cepbookstore.com Copyright 2008© Office of the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America All rights reserved. Minutes of the Thirty-Sixth General Assembly Published by the Presbyterian Church in America Lawrenceville, Georgia 2008 PART I DIRECTORY OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES 2008-2009 I. OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY Moderator TE Paul D. Kooistra 1600 North Brown Road Lawrenceville, GA 30043-8141 Phone: 678-823-0004 Fax: 678-823-0027 E-mail: [email protected] Stated Clerk TE L. Roy Taylor Jr. 1700 North Brown Road, Suite 105 Lawrenceville, GA 30043-8143 Phone: 678-825-1000 Fax: 678-825-1001 E-mail: [email protected] 3 MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY II. -
30Th General Assembly to Meet in Birmingham Briarwood Presbyterian Will Host GA for Third Time
P&R News ² March 1999 Recording the Presbyterian & Story of the Presbyterian Reformed News Church in America $4.75 per issue/$15.00 per year Volume 8 Number 2 Published by Presbyterian International News Service, Inc., Coeburn, Virginia April - June 2002 30th General Assembly to Meet in Birmingham Briarwood Presbyterian Will Host GA for Third Time The 30th General Assembly of the Presbyterian debate, including theological subscription, the The Assembly itself will begin on the evening Church in America (PCA) is slated to convene in proper role of denominational management of the 18th, with an opening communion service. Birmingham, Alabama, June 18-21, 2002. This will personnel, and whether individuals have the right to Bringing the message will be the retiring moderator, be the third time that the PCA Assembly has met in inspect the records of denominational agencies. Mr. Steve Fox of Montgomery, Alabama. A ruling Alabamas largest city. Other controversial issues include whether to elder at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Alabamas Host church for this years gathering will be replace the Standing Judicial Commission, and capital city, Mr. Fox is a printer by trade. His Briarwood Presbyterian Church, whose large overtures on racial reconciliation. announced message, based on Jeremiah 1:4-19, is facilities will house the Assembly itself as well as On Monday, June 17th, various committees of entitled, The PCA . A Fortified City, numerous meetings of committees connected with commissioners, as well as the Committee on Review After the communion service, a new moderator the annual meeting. This will be mark the third time of Presbytery Records, will begin their work. -
1 L. Roy Taylor, Stated Clerk the Fortieth General Assembly of The
ACTIONS OF THE 40TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PCA L. Roy Taylor, Stated Clerk The Fortieth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America met in the Kentucky International Convention Center in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, June 19-21, hosted by Ohio Valley Presbytery. A final total of 1,120 commissioners attended (832 Teaching Elders and 288 Ruling Elders). Michael F. Ross Elected Moderator Dr. Michael F. Ross, Pastor of Christ Covenant PCA, Matthews, NC, was elected moderator, after being nominated by Dr. Ligon Duncan, Pastor of First Presbyterian, Jackson, MS. Dr. Ross is a graduate of Ohio State University, Miami University of Ohio (MBA), Columbia Biblical Seminary (M.Div.), and Reformed Theological Seminary (D.Min.). He served as founding pastor of Surfside PCA, Myrtle Beach, SC, and Senior Pastor of Trinity PCA, Jackson, MS, before becoming Senior Pastor of Christ Covenant PCA in 2006. He does adjunct teaching in Pastoral Theology at RTS-Charlotte, NC. Dr. Ross’s interests in church planting and church revitalization have been evident throughout his ministry. He and his wife, Jane, have four children. Dr. Ross’s fairness and graciousness were evident in his moderating of the Assembly, guiding it through a full docket that included debates on several controversial issues. BCO Changes • The Assembly gave final approval to amend 19-11 to give Presbyteries discretion in repeating any portion of a transferring intern’s licensure examination. • The Assembly declined to give final approval to a proposed amendment to 12-4. • The Assembly gave initial approval to proposed amendments to BCO and sent them to Presbyteries for a vote. -
In Six Days: the Creation Study Committee and the PCA's Struggle
In Six Days: The Creation Study Committee and the PCA’s Struggle for Consensus on Anti-Darwinism Michael C. Wilkerson A thesis submitted to the faculty of The University of Mississippi in partial fulfillments of the requirements of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. Oxford May 2016 Approved by ___________________________ Advisor: Dr. Theresa Levitt ___________________________ Reader: Dr. Darren Grem ___________________________ Reader: Dr. Douglass Sullivan-Gonzalez ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Like the creation account itself, this thesis began without form, and void. Without the help of several individuals, this thesis would not have been possible, and they deserve recognition for their selfless contributions to this work. First and foremost, I would like to thank Dr. Theresa Levitt for her tireless work of editing countless drafts of the thesis, challenging my assumptions, and encouraging me over the course of three semesters. I would like to extend thanks to Dr. Darren Grem and Dr. Douglas Sullivan-Gonzalez, the second and third readers of my thesis respectively, for their contributions and encouragement. A special thanks is owed to Mr. Wayne Sparkman, Director of the PCA Historical Center, for his prompt and eager response to the numerous documents requests I made throughout my research. Additional thanks extended to Dr. Jack Collins and Mr. Sam Duncan for allowing me to interview them and for providing the structural framework of the thesis. Dr. Steve Shuman supplied the majority of documents from the Grace Presbytery Minutes, and Mr. Roger Collins provided documents for Mississippi Valley Presbytery. I am indebted to both of these men. Without Mrs. Rachel Case, I would have never come across the original documents of the Concerned Presbyterian Newsletter, and her insight was tremendously helpful. -
Prayer Guide
A GUIDE FOR PRAYER 48TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA June 28-July 2, 2021 St. Louis, MO Pray that the Commissioners will have an ear only to the Word of Christ, as delivered in the Scriptures, as the rule for settling all substantial matters before the General Assembly (GA); that they will exercise prudence and good sense in all matters merely circumstantial; and that they will have the wisdom to so distinguish among the matters before the GA. Pray also that the Commissioners will engage in debate with a sense of fair play, integrity and charity, and that they will be so moved by the Spirit of God, as to put aside selfishness, pride or party spirit, in order to glorify Christ in His Church and edify His people; pray that in times of work, worship & fellowship, the bonds of love & unity among our Elders would be strengthened; pray that Pastors who come in discouragement would be heartened & encouraged to be faithful in their labor. Pray for the Moderator (and his assistants); the Stated Clerk; the Parliamentarians; and the office staff. Pray for your Elders’ faithful participation in the work of the Assembly and pray for the Lord’s blessing upon the ministry of the Word in the worship services and in the seminars provided throughout the week. Pray for a safe journey home for all, for God’s favor in blessing that work which is according to His Word, and for His leading to see and correct that which is not. MONDAY Committees of Commissioners meet: pray for wisdom as they frame recommendations on all the business coming before the Assembly, as well as review the records of all the Permanent Committees and Agencies from the last year; pray especially for the Overtures Committee, as it must prepare recommendations on 35 of the 47 Overtures before the GA! TUESDAY Committees of Commissioners continue if needed. -
Doctor of Ministry
Introduction to the Assessment Report Every family has a self-proclaimed “official photographer.” At holiday celebrations and sporting events, during yearly vacations, on the first day of school and at graduation, this person faithfully insists that we pause to pose for “just one more” picture. Though we might complain about the inconvenience at the time, later on we are likely to be grateful for the photographer’s persistence, and for the visual history that accumulates over the years. We can understand this history most fully, and enjoy it most completely, when someone takes the time to group the photos by theme or by year. Stacks of photos that are filling up cabinets, boxes, and drawers take on a whole new meaning when seen in the context of a well-designed photo album. These become our treasure chests of cherished memories, books that we return to again and again in order to see and share who we are, where we have been, and where we would like to go. The 2003 Institutional Assessment Report is a photo album of sorts – not a visual history, but a verbal one. This series of verbal snapshots captures the essence of Covenant Theological Seminary during its 47th year of ministry, covering each of its five major departments: Academics and Instruction, Student Services, Advancement, Business Administration, and Information Technology. The final section of the report addresses issues concerning Governance, and the Appendix indicates the performance of Covenant Seminary in light of the 2002 Strategic Plan. The aim of this report is simple, yet comprehensive. Throughout its pages, we seek to portray the institution as it stood in 2003, highlighting any significant changes from previous years or any areas in which change was expected but did not occur.