2025 Overtures

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OVERTURES SUBMITTED TO THE 52nd GA PRESBYTERY ASSIGNED COMMITTEE

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1 Northern New England CCB, OC Amend BCO 32-2 to Clarify that a Court May Investigate When Charges are Filed
2 South Florida MNA Expand Boundaries of South Florida Presbytery
3 Arizona OC, AC Erect Ad Interim Committee on Christian Nationalism
4 South Texas OC, AC Erect Ad Interim Study Committee on Christian Nationalism
5 Calvary CCB, OC Grant BCO 60-63 Full Constitutional Status
6 Rocky Mountain CCB, OC Amend BCO 18-2 to Allow Flexibility on Applications to Come Under Care
7 Missouri CCB, OC Amend BCO 34-1 Regarding Advisors and Original Jurisdiction in Process Against a TE
8 Nashville CCB, OC Amend BCO 24-1 To Require REs and Deacons to State Confessional Differences
9 James River CCB, OC, AC, CC, CDM, CTS, Geneva, MNA, MTW, PCAF, RH, RUF Amend BCO 14-1 to Make AC Members Appointed by Committees and Agencies Non-voting Advisory Members
10 Central Florida CCB, OC Amend BCO 22 to Affirm the ‘Consent of the Governed’ Regarding Assistant Pastors
11 South Texas OC, AC, CC, CDM, CTS, Geneva, MNA, MTW, PCAF, RH, RUF To Study Incorporating Bitcoin into Session, Presbytery, and Committee & Agency Balance Sheets
12 Providence CCB, OC Amend BCO 58-5 to Specify Only Officers May Distribute the Lord’s Supper
13 Great Lakes CCB, OC Amend BCO 25-1 to Specify Only Members in Good Standing May Vote
14 Great Lakes CCB, OC Amend BCO 38-1 to Indicate Ways a Court May Interact with an Offended Party
15 Mississippi Valley CCB, OC Amend BCO 36-4 to Add Language for the Administration of Definite Suspension from Office
16 Mississippi Valley CCB, OC Amend BCO 36-5 to Conform the Language to BCO 37-3 re Suspension from Office
17 Mississippi Valley MNA Change the Boundaries of Covenant and Mississippi Valley Presbyteries
18 Gulf Coast RUF Direct RUF to Update “Campus Ministry Manual” for GA Approval
19 Eastern Carolina CCB, OC Amend BCO 57-5 to Revise the Membership Vows
20 Covenant MNA Change the Boundaries of Covenant and Mississippi Valley Presbyteries
21 Covenant   WITHDRAWN BY PRESBYTERY Change the Boundaries of Covenant and Hills & Plains Presbyteries
22 Pacific Northwest CCB, OC Amend BCO 20-3, 24-3 and 25-1 to clarify “Regular Standing” re minimum voting age
23 Pacific Northwest CCB, OC Amend BCO 41-3 to Allow Supplemental Judges for a Session Trial
24 Evangel CCB, OC Amend BCO 24-1 to Clarify a Session’s Role in Examining Officer Nominees
25 Northwest Georgia CCB, OC Amend BCO 46-4 to Add a Class of Associate Membership for Honorably Retired TEs
26 Northwest Georgia OC, AC Erect Ad Interim Committee to Revise the Directory for Worship for Authoritative Use
27 Northwest Georgia OC, AC, CC, CDM, CTS, Geneva, MNA, MTW, PCAF, RH, RUF Erect Ad Interim Committee to Receive Suggestions for Permanent Committee and Agency Operations, Resources, and Expenses
28 Northwest Georgia MNA Demand Mission to North America (MNA) to Apologize and Terminate Personnel
29 Houston Metro CCB, OC Amend BCO 15-5.c to Clarify the Handling of an SJC Minority Decision by GA
30 Houston Metro CCB, OC, AC, CC, CDM, CTS, Geneva, MNA, MTW, PCAF, RH, RUF Amend BCO 8-4, 20-1, 21-1, 21-12, and 23-1 re the Calling and Dissolution of TE Relationships for Needful Works
31 Houston Metro CCB, OC Amend BCO 31-10 to Require Vote of the Entire Court to Suspend an Officer’s Official Functions during Process
32 Houston Metro CCB, OC Amend BCO 36 to Provide for Elevation of a Censure without an Entirely New Trial
33 TE Fred Greco CCB, OC Amend BCO 57-2 re the Examination of Young Persons for Admission to the Sealing Ordinances
34 Savannah River CCB, OC Amend RAO 16 to Require Reporting on Session and Diaconate Membership and Duties
35 Pacific Northwest AC Request AC to Study and Report on GA Meeting Locations
36 Georgia Foothills MNA Change the Boundaries of Georgia Foothills and Metro Atlanta Presbyteries
37 Southeast Alabama CCB, OC Amend BCO 12-3 so that a Session May Elect One of Its Members as Moderator in Judicial Cases
38 Southeast Alabama CCB, OC Amend BCO 30-4 to Require a New Case with Process for Elevation of Indefinite Suspension to Excommunication
39 Southeast Alabama CCB, OC Amend BCO 34-8 and add BCO 33-5 to Clarify the Process for Elevating Suspension from Office to Deposition
40 Southeast Alabama CCB, OC Amend BCO 35-9 to Require Recording All Parts of a Trial
41 Calvary AC Direct the AC to Collect & Report Each Congregation’s Public Worship Service Times
42 Calvary AC Direct the Stated Clerk Not to Collect Statistical Data Pertaining to Age or Ethnicity
43 Calvary CCB, OC, AC Amend RAO 4-11 regarding Data on Age and Ethnicity
44 Pee Dee AC Transition byFaith to a Press-Release-Based Publication
45 Hills and Plains MNA Change the Boundaries of Covenant and Hills & Plains Presbyteries
46 Metro Atlanta MNA Change the Boundaries of Georgia Foothills and Metro Atlanta Presbyteries
47 Great Lakes OC, AC Erect Ad Interim Committee on Christian Nationalism
48 Tennessee Valley OC, AC Erect an Ad Interim Committee for a Pastoral Letter on Christian Citizenship and Church-State Relations
49 Pacific Northwest OC, AC, CC, CDM, CTS, Geneva, MNA, MTW, PCAF, RH, RUF Erect an Ad Interim Committee on AI
50 Chesapeake OC Encouragement to Discernment and Compassion regarding Immigrants

 

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