2026 Overtures

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OVERTURES SUBMITTED TO THE 53rd GA by the 52nd GA	PRESBYTERY	ASSIGNED COMMITTEE	TITLE (To read an overture, click on the title below)
2025-49	Pacific Northwest	OC, AC, CC, CDM, CTS, Geneva, MNA, MTW, PCAF, RH, RUF	Erect an Ad Interim Committee on AI
OVERTURES SUBMITTED TO THE 53rd GA	PRESBYTERY	ASSIGNED COMMITTEE	TITLE (To read an overture, click on the title below)
1	Potomac	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 23-1 on Associate/Assistant Pastors Succeeding Senior Pastor
2	Wisconsin	CCB, OC, MNA	Amend BCO 5-4 for Consent of Mission Church Members in Calling a Pastor
3	New York State	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 32-20 and 32-21 Regarding Dismissing Charges
4	Pacific Northwest	OC	Docket a Prayer of Thanksgiving for Adult Professions of Faith
5	Pacific Northwest	CCB, OC, AC	Amend RAO 5-1.a that AC Members Elected by GA Must Be from Different Presbyteries REVISED February 2026
6	Pacific Northwest	CCB, OC	Amend RAO 14-9, 15-8, and add 16-7.h to Require 150 Commissioners to Remove from an Omnibus REVISED April 2026
7	Pacific Northwest	CCB, OC	Amend RAO 16 Regarding RPR’s Reporting on Presbytery Records REVISED April 2026
8	Pacific Northwest	CCB, OC	Amend RAO 8-4.i to Set the Deadline for Floor Nominations 24 Hours Earlier REVISED April 2026
9	Hills and Plains	CCB, OC	Amend RAO 8-4.i to Highlight Proportionate Representation of Presbyteries by Floor Nominations
10	Ohio	MNA	Change the Boundaries of Pittsburgh Presbytery and The Ohio Presbytery
11	Ohio	CCB, OC, MNA	Amend RAO 4-21.d to Require Assessment Data from MNA
12	Chesapeake	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 21-4.a to Allow Alternatives to a Bachelor’s Degree for Ordination
13	Great Lakes	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 15-2 Regarding Session Commissions
14	Southwest Florida	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 7-3, 7-4, 9-2, and 9-7 to Regarding Titles and Offices for Unordained People
15	Southwest Florida	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 42-4 and 43-3 to Clarify the Deadline for Filings
16	Southwest Florida	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 43 to Clarify Circularizing the Court
17	Westminster	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 5-2 Regarding the Dissolution of Mission Churches
18	Westminster	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 5-4 to Allow a Mother Church to Call a Church Planter
19	Westminster	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 5-8 to Include Ecclesiastical Government
20	Westminster	CCB, OC	Add to BCO 5 a Section ‘C. Churches Without a Governing Body’
21	Westminster	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 13-6 to Clarify Exams for Ministers from Another Denomination
22	Westminster	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 13-8 to Apply Only to Churches from Outside the PCA
23	Westminster	CCB, OC	Restructure and Renumber BCO 14 for Clarity and Ease of Reference
24	Westminster	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 15-2 to Clarify that Presbytery Itself Must Conduct Ordination Exams
25	Westminster	CCB, OC	Restructure and Amend BCO 21-1 through 21-4 for Clarity, Consistency, and Ease of Reference
26	Westminster	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 26-2 to Only Count Presbyteries Who Submit Votes
27	Westminster	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 34-1 Regarding GA Assuming Original Jurisdiction
28	Westminster	CCB, OC	Add BCO 41-7 to Provide a Right to Complain when a Presbytery Acts on a Reference
29	Westminster	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 42 to Clarify Between Verbal and Written Notice of Appeal
30	Westminster	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 46-6 to Require the Recording of the Reception of One Dismissed to Another Presbytery
31	Westminster	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 58-5 to Specify that Ruling Elders Shall Distribute the Elements
32	Westminster	CCB, OC, AC, CC, CDM, CTS, Geneva, MNA, MTW, PCAF, RH, RUF	Amend RAO 14-3 for the Review of Committee and Agency Standing Rules and Manuals
33	Westminster	CCB, OC	Amend RAO 16-7.h Regarding Minority Reports from RPR
34	Savannah River	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 9-2 Regarding the Expectation of the Establishment of a Diaconate
35	Illiana	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 31-2 to Establish a Deadline for the Issuing of an Indictment
36	Catawba Valley	CCB, OC	Add BCO 8-11 and 9-8 Regarding the Exercise of the Duties and Authority of Elder and Deacon
37	Pacific	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 9-3 to Allow Women to Serve as Ordained Deacons
38	Metro Atlanta	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 7-3 and add 9-8 to Allow Sessions Flexibility Regarding the Diaconate
39	Central Florida	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 22 to Affirm the Consent of the Governed for Assistant Pastors
40	Savannah River	CCB, OC, AC, CDM, MNA, MTW, RUF	Amend RAO 4-9 to Set Calendar Year Terms for Stated Clerk and Coordinators
41	Savannah River	CCB, OC, AC, CDM, MNA, MTW, RUF	Amend RAO 4-9 to Require 2/3 Majority to Elect Stated Clerk and Coordinators
42	Northern California	CCB, OC	Restore the Reference to the Westminster Standards at the end of BCO 29-1
43	Pacific Northwest	CCB, OC, AC, CDM, MNA, MTW, RUF	Amend RAO 4-9 so that Coordinators of Committees are Elected to 4-year Terms
44	Covenant	MNA	Divide Covenant Presbytery into Two Presbyteries
45	Covenant	CCB, OC	Amend RAO 8-4.i to Require that Floor Nominations for Committees and Agencies Come from Previously Submitted Presbytery Nominees
46	New York State	CCB, OC	Add BCO 29-5 on Public Allegations without Prior Reporting to the Court of Jurisdiction as Probable Violations of the Ninth Commandment
47	Suncoast Florida	CCB, OC	Amend RAO 8-4.i to Require that Floor Nominations for Committees and Agencies Come from Previously Submitted Presbytery Nominees
48	Northwest Georgia	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 7-2 and 7-3 Regarding Commissioning and Titling of Unordained Persons
49	Northwest Georgia	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 13-1 and 14-2 to Increase Ruling Elder Representation at Presbytery and GA
50	Mississippi Valley	OC	Call for a Day of Fasting and Prayer for Revival and Renewal of the Church
51	Mississippi Valley	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 5 to add a Section on ‘Assisted Churches’
52	Mississippi Valley	CCB, OC	Add BCO 7-4 Prohibiting the Creation of Ecclesiastical Offices
53	Great Lakes	CCB, OC	Amend RAO 16 to Prohibit Members of RPR from Participating in GA Debate on the RPR Report
54	Hills and Plains	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 42-2 to Clarify that a Person Judged Contumacious has the Right of Complaint Not Appeal
55	Southwest Florida	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 22-3 and 23-1 Concerning the Tenure of Assistant Pastors
56	Southwest Florida	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 32-19 to Limit Representation in Judicial Process to Officers
57	South Texas	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 12-7, 13-9, and 25-5 to Explicitly Require Minutes of Congregational Meetings Be Included in Session Records
58	Calvary	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 10-4 to Specify that Clerks Must Be Elders
59	Calvary	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 38-3.a to Recognize the Non-Punitive Removal of Individuals from Membership Roll
60	Calvary	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 58-5 to Specify that Only Men Lawfully Ordained Shall Distribute the Elements
61	Calvary	OC	Declare the ‘Danvers Statement’ as a Biblically Faithful Declaration
62	Tennessee Valley	MNA	Divide Tennessee Valley Presbytery into Two Presbyteries
63	South Texas	CCB, OC	Amend RAO 19-4 to Establish Preference in Recognition for an Objector to an In Gross Motion
64	Canada West	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 23-2 to Establish Associate Membership for Honorably Retired TEs
65	Canada West	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 38-1 re Confessions and Cases without Process
66	Philadelphia	OC	Issue a Declaration of Thanksgiving on the Occasion of the 250th Anniversary of the Nation’s Founding
67	Potomac	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 40-5 to Clarify a Court Shall Make Two Determinations before Citing a Lower Court
68	Catawba Valley	CBB, 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 Members
69	Southwest Florida Presbytery	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 32-18 and 42-5 to Clarify the Contents of the Record of the Case in Judicial Cases
70	Korean Northwest Presbytery	MNA	Expand Korean Northwest Boundaries to Include Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington
71	Northern California Presbytery	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 5-9.e, 9-2, and 9-7 to Allow Session to Directly Administer Diaconal Ministry
72	Presbytery of the Ascension	CCB, OC	Add a new BCO 12-8 to Require Recording of Session and Diaconate Members in Session Minutes
73	TE Cody Hooper	CCB, OC, AC, CDM, MNA, MTW, RUF	Amend RAO 4-9 to Require 2/3 Majority to Elect Stated Clerk and Coordinators after 3 Consecutive Years of Service
74	Eastern Carolina Presbytery	CCB, OC	Add a New Chapter BCO 17A ‘Of Commissioning for Non-Ordained Ministry’
75	Central Florida Presbytery	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 42 to Clarify the Process for Filing an Appeal
76	Calvary	OC	Issue a Declaration of Thanksgiving for the United States of America (USA) on the 250^th Anniversary of the Nation’s Founding
77	Southeast Alabama	CCB, OC, AC, CDM, MNA, MTW, RUF	Amend RAO 4-9 so that Coordinators and the Stated Clerk are Elected to 4-year Terms
78	Southeast Alabama	CCB, OC, AC, CDM, MNA, MTW, RUF	Amend RAO 4-21 to Authorize Electronic Meetings for GA Committees and Commissions
79	Calvary	CCB, OC, AC, CDM, MNA, MTW, RUF	Amend RAO 4-21 to Authorize Electronic Meetings for GA Committees and Commissions
80	Calvary	OC, AC	Erect Ad Interim Committee on Critical Theory and Critical Race Theory
81	Potomac	CCB, OC	Amend RAO 1-1 to Require Serving Wine and Grape Juice for the Lord’s Supper at General Assembly
82	Rocky Mountain	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 12, 13, and 25 to Clarify the Right of the Congregation to Give Consent to those who Exercise Authority Over Them
83	Northwest Georgia	CC, CTS	Require Courses on Scripture and Doctrine at Covenant College and Covenant Seminary Be Taught by Ordained Elders
84	Northwest Georgia	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 12 and 13 to Require Annual Attestation of Officer’s Views
85	Northwest Georgia	CCB, OC	Add BCO 44 on Objections
86	Session of Grace Covenant Church	CCB, OC	Amend BCO 43 to Rename Complaints as Inquiries
87	Pittsburgh	MNA	Change the Boundaries of Pittsburgh Presbytery and the Ohio Presbytery
88	Siouxlands	AC	Instruct the AC to Format the BCO for Ease of Printing
89	Fellowship	OC	Issue a Declaration of Thanksgiving for the United States of America (USA) on the 250^th Anniversary of the Nation’s Founding
90	Session of Grace Presbyterian Church	OC	Append Reformed Christian Politics to AIC Report on Christian Nationalism

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