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#GA223: Ah, Yes – Committee Work!! by Laura Rogers

#GA223: Ah, Yes – Committee Work!! by Laura Rogers

by Albany Presbytery Communications | June 20, 2018 | GA223governanceOverturePCUSApolityracism | Blog

My role at GA is as an Overture Advocate.  All business presented to the Assembly first goes to a committee for discussion and hopefully recommendation to the Assembly as a whole for final action.   The fascinating piece of this is that an action which goes to the... Read more
Albany Presbytery Concurs with Overtures for 223rd General Assembly

Albany Presbytery Concurs with Overtures for 223rd General Assembly

by Dan Rogers | April 24, 2018 | GA223governanceOverturepolity | Blog

Overtures to the 223rd General Assembly of the PC(USA) meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, from June 16-23, 2018. Albany Presbytery acted in February and April 2018 to concur with the following overtures that had been submitted by other presbyteries to the Office of the... Read more
2018 Listing of Overtures for the Office of the General Assembly

2018 Listing of Overtures for the Office of the General Assembly

by Dan Rogers | December 13, 2017 | GA223governanceOverturepolity | Blog

In the months before each meeting of the General Assembly (GA) presbyteries send overtures to the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) to be considered by the GA. Each overture must have the concurrence of at least one other presbytery to be presented to a GA... Read more

BREACH OF FAITH: Why the Apology Overture is So Wrong by Barbara G. Wheeler

by Albany Presbytery Communications | March 28, 2016 | General AssemblyOverturePCUSA | Blog

In 2011, a majority of presbyteries voted to replace language in the PCUSA Constitution (G-6.0106b) that was intended to bar partnered gay and lesbian church members from serving in ordained office. The new text is permissive. No new teaching about human sexuality is... Read more

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