Overture 72
On Amending D-10.0105, “Transfer Prohibited”—From
the Presbytery of Susquehanna Valley.
The Presbytery of Susquehanna Valley overtures
the 217th General Assembly (2006) of the Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.) to direct the Stated Clerk to send the following proposed
amendments to the presbyteries for their
affirmative or negative votes:
Shall D-10.0105 be amended to read as follows:
[Text to be deleted is shown with a strike-through; text to
be added or inserted is shown as italic.]
“A session shall not grant a certificate
of transfer to a member, nor shall a presbytery either
grant a certificate of transfer to a minister or give permission
to labor outside the bounds, while an inquiry or charges
are pending. The reasons for not granting transfer may be communicated
by the clerk of session or the stated clerk of the presbytery
to the appropriate persons.
“A minister member of presbytery
shall not seek to move outside the presbytery to serve in any
ministerial or ecclesiastical capacity while an inquiry or charges
are pending by either transfer of membership to another presbytery
or seeking permission to labor outside the bounds in another
presbytery.”
Rationale
This amendment serves the purpose of closing
a loophole potentially allowing minister members against whom
disciplinary actions are pending to seek to “labor outside
the bounds” of their presbytery of membership, and to
clarify that minister members may not circulate their Personal
Information Form (PIF) through vocational services of the PC(USA)
while any inquiry or charges are pending.
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