Documents and Resources
Documents & Resources
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PC(USA) Structure and Governing Bodies
Issued Feb. 9, 2011
The governing bodies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are: sessions, presbyteries, synods and the General Assembly. They are described below. All references in parentheses are to paragraphs in the Book ...
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Peacemaking: The Believers' Calling
Issued Dec. 1, 1980
The Advisory Council on Church and Society was commissioned by the 187th General Assembly (1975) to reassess the concept of peacemaking and the direction of our country's foreign policy in ...
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Per Capita - Sample Letter to Congregation
Issued Oct. 16, 2019
Sample letter from pastor to congregation to inform members about Per Captia.
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Politica Presbiteriana Sobre Inmigracion
Issued May 17, 2007
Las asambleas generales de la Iglesia Presbiteriana comenzaron a hablar sobre inmigración y temas concernientes a los/as refugiados/as cuando las secuelas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la división europea ...
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Pornography: Far From The Song of Songs
Issued Dec. 1, 1988
Responding to overtures from the presbyteries of Elizabeth and Cincinnati, the 196th General Assembly (1984) adopted a resolution on pornography that mandated the Council on Women and the Church (COWAC) ...
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Presbyterian/Episcopal Bi-Lateral Dialogue
Issued Feb. 7, 2012
It has been nearly fifty years since the Rev. Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the United Presbyterian Church in the USA, proposed in a sermon at Grace Episcopal Cathedral, ...