Manuals and policies
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Preparation of Commissioned Ruling Elders: A Study of the Features of Representative Programs
From Office of the General Assembly—Commissioned Ruling Elders
Part II of the study on Commissioned Ruling Elders, commissioned by the Office of Ordered Ministries and Certification in partnership with COTE, involves a close look at the variety of Commissioned Ruling Elders education programs offered by presbyteries, seminaries, colleges and others. The second part of the study was produced by the Center for the Study of Theological Education at Auburn Seminary.
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Presbyterian 101 - Per Capita
From Office of the General Assembly—Per Capita
This resource offers a brief overview of how per capita serves the life of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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Presbyterian Church (USA) Response to Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry
From Office of the General Assembly—Ecumenical Relationships
Our common baptism, which unites us to Christ in faith, is thus a basic bond of unity.... Therefore, our one baptism into Christ constitutes a call to the churches to overcome their divisions and visibly manifest their fellowship,
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Presbyterian Principals For Interfaith Dialogue
From Office of the General Assembly—Ecumenical Relationships
Christians live among people groundcd in other religions and ideologies, or in none. If our immediate circle of neighbors or friends does nor reveal the religious plurality of the world, we need look no further than our cities, our nation, and our globally-connected world to see the diverse religious traditions which increasingly intermingle there. In this environment, persons and communities affect one another even when they are unaware of doin g so.
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Presbyterian Women Celebration Giving Representative
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Presbyterian Women
Celebration Giving Representative
A new position on the leadership team of Presbyterian Women, Celebration Giving Representative (CGR), has been developed by the Churchwide Coordinating Team (CCT) to interpret the giving opportunities of Presbyterian Women and encourage participation in Celebration Giving. Celebration Giving Representatives are needed to represent PW at each level—congregational, presbytery, synod and churchwide. This new position was approved at the Churchwide Business Meeting of PW in July 2009.
Basic Function
Interpret the giving opportunities of Presbyterian Women and encourage participation in Celebration Giving (which includes Mission Pledge, Birthday and Thank Offerings, Memorial/Recognition Gifts, Honorary Life Membership ... -
Presbyterian Women's Bylaws
From Presbyterian Mission Agency—Presbyterian Women
Learn about the structure, committees, officers and meetings of Presbyterian Women at the churchwide level.
These bylaws were adopted on July 16, 2009, and revised on July 20, 2012, again in November 2014, and a third time in June 2015.
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Presbyterian/Episcopal Bi-Lateral Dialogue Report and Agreement
From Office of the General Assembly—Ecumenical Relationships
It has been nearly fifty years since the Rev. Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA, proposed in a sermon at Grace Episcopal Cathedral, San Francisco, the establishment of a dialogue between the Protestant Episcopal Church and the United Presbyterian Church in the USA, in the hope that this would result in a united church that would be “truly catholic, truly reformed, and truly
evangelical”. This would later be expanded to include the United Methodist Church and, subsequently, seven other denominations, including three historically black Methodist denominations. This would give rise to the Consultation ... -
Previous Form Of Government for Transitional Manuals
From Office of the General Assembly—Mid Council Relations
This file contains the text of the Form of Government as printed in the Book of Order 2009/2011, which was made null and void by the affirmative vote of a majority of presbyteries on the new Foundations of Presbyterian Polity and the new Form of Government as printed in the Book of Order 2011/2013. Presbyteries may want to use the text of the 2009/2011 Form of Government in transitional manuals.
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Racism Truth and Reconciliation Commission of the PCUSA Sample Application
From Office of the General Assembly—General Assembly Nominating Committee
Sample Application for the Racism Truth and Reconciliation Commission of the PCUSA
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Registration Information and Travel Expense Policies and Procedures for Commissioners and Advisory Delegates
From Office of the General Assembly—222nd General Assembly (2016)
Please read this information about your assembly responsibilities and arrangements carefully before you make your travel and housing arrangements. These procedures and policies have been developed in the interest of good stewardship, and to provide fairly for the comfort and convenience of assembly commissioners and advisory delegates. Contact the G.A. Meeting Service of the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) at 888-728-7228, ext. 2417 or gameetingservice@pcusa.org with any questions or concerns. Please see www.pcusa.org/ga222 for additional information and resources.