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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. Even as this volume is being prepared–and in the light of constantly changing Covid-19 dynamics as well as the many-sided considerations for the health of God’s people–the Administrative Committee of the PCA is moving ahead with plans for a rescheduled on-site 48th General Assembly. Responsible planning requires continuing to explore alternatives as we remain attentive to medical and government authorities who are advising us while also tracking rapidly changing disease and vaccination dynamics. The times in which we serve the Lord are challenging indeed. As churches, presbyteries, and the PCA as a whole face an uphill climb on twisting paths, we could be tempted to turn from the journey. Instead, let us offer an ancient prayer with confidence, “Guide us, O Thou great Jehovah, pilgrims through this barren land.” When we so pray, we know that His presence will go with us, and the PCA will flourish in God’s providence. Bryan Chapell Stated Clerk Pro Tempore CONTENTS Stated Clerk’s 2020 Report to 48th GA........................................................... 2 BCO Amendment Votes ......................................................................... 18 Administrative Committee 2020 Report to 48th GA ..................................... 24 Committee & Agency 2021 Budgets ...................................................... 40 Committee on Discipleship Ministries 2020 Report to 48th GA ................ 105 Covenant College 2020 Report to 48th GA ................................................. 116 Covenant Theological Seminary 2020 Report to 48th GA .......................... 122 Mission to North America 2020 Report to 48th GA ................................... 150 Mission to the World 2020 Report to 48th GA ........................................... 176 PCA Foundation 2020 Report to 48th GA .................................................. 203 PCA Retirement & Benefits 2020 Report to 48th GA ................................ 208 Reformed University Fellowship 2020 Report to 48th GA ......................... 217 Ridge Haven 2020 Report to 48th GA ........................................................ 241 Interchurch Relations Committee 2020 Report to 48th GA ........................ 244 Nominating Committee 2020 Report to 48th GA ....................................... 248 Theological Examining Committee 2020 Report to 48th GA ..................... 280 Standing Judicial Commission 2020 Report to 48th GA............................. 282 For Ad Interim Committee on Human Sexuality Report to 48th GA Click here: https://pcaga.org/aicreport REPORT OF THE STATED CLERK TO THE FORTY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA L. Roy Taylor May 2020 NEW PCA STATED CLERK NOMINATED At a special called meeting Feb. 20 in Atlanta, Georgia, the Administrative Committee of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) nominated Dr. Bryan Chapell to serve as the next Stated Clerk of the PCA. Pending approval by the 48th General Assembly at its upcoming meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, Chapell would become the denomination’s fourth Stated Clerk. The search began at the Administrative Committee’s meeting last April after I announced my plan to retire as Stated Clerk in June 2020 after 22 years of service. The Administrative Committee formed a seven-member Search Committee consisting of five ruling elders and two teaching elders who concluded their work with Dr. Chapell’s unanimous nomination. The Search Committee recommended to the AC an excellent candidate in Dr. Bryan Chapell, and the AC has approved that nomination. I cannot think of anyone who is more qualified by gifts, experience, and temperament than Dr. Chapell is to become PCA Stated Clerk. I believe he will serve the PCA well. Under RAO 4-17, the AC may call a provisional AC coordinator, Stated Clerk Pro Tempore. I will continue to serve as Stated Clerk until Dr. Chapell assumes his duties. Thereafter, I am willing to serve in whatever capacity Dr. Chapell may want. 2020 GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, POSTPONED At a special, called meeting on April 13, the Administrative Committee (AC) of the Presbyterian Church in America approved a recommendation to postpone the 48th General Assembly scheduled to meet in Birmingham on June 15-19, 2020. The recommendation to postpone came from the current Moderator of the General Assembly, Ruling Elder J. Howard Donahoe, and the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, Dr. L. Roy Taylor, in the interests of the health and safety of PCA commissioners and their families. Moreover, the AC approved a recommendation to schedule the meeting of the 48th General Assembly for June 29-July 2, 2021, in St. Louis, Missouri, hosted by 2 2020 Reports to General Assembly Stated Clerk Missouri Presbytery. They also approved the 49th General Assembly to meet in Birmingham in 2022, hosted by Evangel Presbytery. We invite churches and their members to join us in prayer as we ask for God’s mercy upon the church, the nation, and the world during this time. REFERENCE OF OVERTURES As of the date of this writing I have received twenty-three overtures, which I have referred to the appropriate committee or commission (RAO 3-2.g; 11-5; 14-1). For a complete listing, and the text of the overtures, please go to pcaga.org and click on General Assembly/Commissioners/Overtures. There, you can also keep abreast of additional overtures as they are submitted. The deadline for submitting overtures to the General Assembly (if they do not require CCB review) is 31 days before the convening of the Assembly (RAO 11-8). PRESBYTERY VOTES ON THE BOOK OF CHURCH ORDER (BCO) AMENDMENTS BCO 26-2 requires an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Presbyteries as part of the amendment process. The two items sent down for vote by the Forty- seventh General Assembly require the affirmative vote of fifty-nine Presbyteries. (As of January 1, 2020, we have eighty-eight presbyteries.) As of May 2019, neither of the two proposed BCO amendment items initially approved by the 47th General Assembly had received the affirmative vote of 59 (2/3) of the presbyteries. Some presbyteries have not yet voted. Only proposed amendments to the BCO that have received the affirmative vote of at least 59 presbyteries prior to the 48th General Assembly are before the Assembly for final vote. Presbytery Votes on Amendment Sent Down by 47th General Assembly (as of May 2019) Amend: For Against Item 1 BCO 42-4, 43-2, 43-3 52 0 Item 2 BCO 32-8, 32-13, 35-10 52 0 For a complete tally of the presbytery votes as of the writing of this report, please see the Attachment, p. 18. Presbyteries need to be aware that not voting on a proposed amendment to the BCO is tantamount to a negative vote (BCO 26-2) because the advice and 3 2020 Reports to 48th General Assembly\ Stated Clerk consent of two-thirds of Presbyteries are required. That is unlike Robert’s Rules of Order in which abstentions (refraining to vote) are not counted in determining a majority. The BCO is of higher parliamentary authority than Robert’s Rules of Order. COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND HOW WE MEET The coronavirus pandemic has led to the cancellation or postponement of gatherings such as conventions, trade shows, ecclesiastical meetings, sporting events or entire sports seasons, civic clubs, and church services. Many churches have struggled to learn how to do livestream services. Zoom and GoToMeeting are doing a booming business for online meetings of various types. Some, but not most of our presbyteries, at my suggestion, have adopted a standing rule regarding virtual meetings, and some changes have been made to the RAO and OMSJC regarding virtual meetings. Many of our General Assembly committees have changed from face-to-face to virtual meetings, including the AC (called meeting of April 13 and stated meeting of April 23), the Committee on Constitutional Business (April 27), and the Committee on Review of Presbytery Records (May 27). Other Permanent Committee and Agency Board meetings have held virtual meetings. PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS ARISING FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC We have received three types of questions arising from the coronavirus pandemic: 1) virtual congregational meetings, 2) virtual Presbytery meetings, and 3) Internet communion. We have advised against virtual congregational meetings. o There is no provision in the BCO for virtual congregational meetings. The BCO forbids proxy voting or absentee voting. Admittedly, our BCO traces its lineage to 1648, 1789, 1861, 1933, and 1973 long before wide usage of the internet had been established.
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