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General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission

General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission


Upcoming Meetings


TBD
For more information, please contact Flor.Vélez-Díaz@pcusa.org


Upcoming Hearings


For more information, please contact Flor.Vélez-Díaz@pcusa.org


Past Hearings

Friday, October 28, 2022
Rev. Dr. Brian John (Appellant/Cross-Appellee) v. Presbytery of New York City (Appellee/Cross-Appellant)

Friday, September 9, 2022
GAPJC Appeal 2022–02, Cary Tolley, Appellant/Cross-Appellee (Complainant) v. The Presbytery of Tropical Florida Appellee/Cross-Appellant (Respondent)

Friday, April 1, 2022
GAPJC Appeal 2021-03, The Presbytery of Lake Michigan, Appellant v. Session of North Kent Presbyterian Church


 

Due to restrictions put in place to address recent events, access to paper mail will be severely limited until further notice.  For that reason, any filings directed to the General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission will be received by Assistant Stated Clerk Flor Vélez-Díaz at Flor.Velez-Diaz@pcusa.org until access to paper mail can be restored. 

The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission is staffed by the department of Constitutional Services.

“Church discipline is the church’s exercise of authority given by Christ.” (Book of Order, D-1.0101). 

Judicial process is the exercise of authority for the church by the councils for the correction of:

  1. irregularities and delinquencies taken by councils, the Mission Agency, or an entity of the General Assembly (referred to as remedial cases); and
  2. offenses by individual members (referred to as disciplinary cases). 

Judicial process is explained in the Rules of Discipline found in the Book of Order, which is Part Two of The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The General Assembly, each synod, and each presbytery elects a permanent judicial commission composed of ministers and elders subject to its jurisdiction. The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission (GAPJC) is composed of one member elected by the General Assembly from each of its constituent synods (16).   The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission issues Authoritative Interpretations of The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) through its decisions.  

Staff Support

Flor Vélez-Díaz, Manager for Judicial Process
888-728-7228 ext. 5432
email: Flor.Vélez-Díaz@pcusa.org

The General Assembly Permanent Judicial Commission is a permanent commission of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that exercises church discipline through judicial process.