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Overtures

Overtures to the 2025 General Assembly will be posted as they are received.

Overture Guidelines and Deadlines, click here.
To follow how the presbyteries are voting on proposed BCO amendments initially passed at last year’s General Assembly, visit https://www.pcaac.org/dashboard/

OVERTURES SUBMITTED TO THE 52nd GA	PRESBYTERY	ASSIGNED COMMITTEE	TITLE (To read an overture, click on the title below)
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	MNA	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

*For the 2024 Overtures, click here.

Travel

The 2025 General Assembly will be located at:

Chattanooga Convention Center
One Carter Plaza
Chattanooga, TN 37402

Rental Cars

Avis has provided the PCA discount number T121200 (enter this code in Discount Codes/AWD#)
For reservations go to www.avis.com or call (800) 331-1600
Up to 30% discounts are available depending on demand (vehicles in less demand have the greater discounts). Better discounts are available on the Avis site versus other travel websites.

Flights

Special Opportunity with Delta Airlines

The PCA Administrative Committee (AC) has arranged a small discount for those who wish to use Delta. You may receive a discount between 2-10%. Using this code may benefit the ministry of the Administrative Committee by helping us with future travel needs.

Delta Air Lines is pleased to offer special discounts for Presbyterian Church in America

Please click here to book your flights.

You may also call Conferences and Events® at 1.800.328.1111* Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. (EST) and refer to Meeting Event Code NY3H2
*Please note there is not a service fee for reservations booked and ticketed via our reservation 800 number.

Apps

GUIDEBOOK

Instructions to download the GA App will be available closer to the 2025 General Assembly.

All the General Assembly documents will be available to registered commissioners on ShareFile on the following dates:

Commissioner Handbook – a month prior to GA
Supplement to the Commissioner Handbook – a week before GA
Onsite Reports – as completed

Download the ShareFile app for all your ShareFile needs below today!

*For new app users: You may be asked for the “subdomain” before you log in. Our subdomain is pcaga.

If you are a registered commissioner and need your login, please email ac@pcanet.org.

Download Apple App

Download Android App

Docket and Schedules

Seminars

Are you interested in volunteering to share your experiences and expertise? Seminars provide high quality information, training, and resources to the General Assembly attendees. Each seminar is featured on our podcast, Gifts and Graces, regularly getting hundreds of listens per episode! Presenters must not use the time to promote their organization or its services, but rather share information and takeaways.

Seminars must be:

Biblically-based
Practical
Relevant
Compelling
See the full seminar guidelines HERE.

The deadline has passed to submit a seminar proposal for the 2025 General Assembly.

Interested in sponsoring a seminar?

Your organization, products, and services will be promoted to seminar attendees and a table for your materials will be inside the room. Your sponsorship will be noted in printed materials and onsite signage!

To learn how to be a sponsor, email events@pcanet.org.

Please also check out our podcast – Gifts and Graces! Click here to listen.

Volunteer

The Administrative Committee has the following volunteer needs in preparing for the 2025 General Assembly. Please volunteer your time, gather your friends and family, and come to serve the church together.

Load and Unload the Truck to GA

We need 10+ able bodied men and women or a youth group to help load the Administrative Committee Truck leading up to GA and after GA.

Location: PCA Office Building, 1700 North Brown Road, Suite 105, Lawrenceville, GA
Time: 9:00 am on Thursday, June 19 to stuff the truck and Tuesday, July 1 at 9:00 am to unload it.
To volunteer: contact us via e-mail at events@pcanet.org.

Seminar Room Host

As a seminar room host, you will:

Serve as the liaison for each seminar speaker in your assigned room with the seminar staff and tech team.
Present the seminar sponsorship (if applicable – a script will be given ahead of time).
Introduce the speaker.
Keep the speaker on time – give time warnings as the end of the seminar approaches.

As the Seminar Room Host, you’ll need to serve in your room the entire seminar block – arriving at least 30 minutes prior to the first seminar time, and staying at least 10 minutes after the last seminar. Seminar Room Hosts do not need to be commissioners, and may be men or women.

Sign-up HERE to volunteer!

Host Committee Volunteer in Chattanooga

Thank you for your willingness to help with the 2025 PCA General Assembly in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Your help is needed and appreciated. Please sign-up below for the area(s) where you would like to serve.

Click on this link to sign-up! https://reg.planetreg.com/E11138505179449