Stated Clerk reminds the church of 1 Cor. 6:7 in recent letter to executives and stated clerks

In a November 18th letter to presbytery and synod executives and stated clerks, Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, addressed inaccuracies in a letter that was sent to PC(USA) moderators and clerks of sessions by the Presbyterian Lay Committee.

Parsons wrote, "The purpose of this letter is to speak to ... errors and misunderstandings" contained in the PLC piece.

Read the Stated Clerk's letter to presbytery and synod executives and stated clerks.

Tom Hay will be new director of operations in the Office of the General Assembly

The Reverend Dr. Thomas D. Hay has been selected to become director of operations for the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), beginning in January. The announcement came this week from Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly.

Hay will be filling the slot vacated by Parsons when he was elected as Stated Clerk of the General Assembly this past summer.

Read more about the new director of operations in the Office of the General Assembly.

2008 moderators' conference: "Leadership in the 21st century"

This year's moderators' conference will be held November 21-23, 2008, in Louisville, KY.

What is a moderators' conference?

The 209th General Assembly (1997) voted to encourage "that an annual gathering be called by the Moderator of the General Assembly ... and that this conference be held in Louisville, providing moderators the opportunity to meet and talk with national staff" (Commissioners' Resolution 97-3: Minutes 1997, Part I, p. 738).

Find out more about this year's event.

Looking for GA actions?

Commissioners and advisory delegates to the recent 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) considered and made decisions on many important issues before the church.

Every action taken by the assembly is available through PC-biz, the electronic system used to access GA business. News and photos from the assembly are also available.

In addition, you may be interested in learning more about Bruce Reyes-Chow, Moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008).

Stated Clerk releases 2007 PC(USA) statistics

The annual churchwide statistics for 2007 are now available.

Web site offers resources for interpreting GA per capita

What is per capita? Why is it important? What do General Assembly per capita dollars provide?

Find the answers to these and other frequently asked questions about per capita on a new Web site that focuses on this funding source, which is how Presbyterians mutually share the costs of coming together to discern the Spirit’s leading for the future.

Explore the per capita Web site.

Photo directory of presbytery and synod staff is valuable resource

A photo directory of presbytery and synod executives and stated clerks is available online through the Office of Governing Body Relations. The directory is intended to facilitate relationships, identify someone at a meeting or simply to know the person on the other end of the telephone or email.

Browse through the photo directory of presbytery and synod executives and stated clerks.