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Presbyterian Polity
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Our mission is to serve the PCA's Elders by curating easily navigable resources on the nature, procedures, and history of our denominational polity.
Greenville, SC Katılım Eylül 2022
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"The difficulty, as I see it, is not merely that Protestant views no longer dominate the public square. It is also that the very structures of local community have weakened so dramatically that the church is often expected to replace what has disappeared."
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"In this 250th anniversary year of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Penn, we thank You for the United States of America and the “state of liberty” which You, our covenant-keeping God, have graciously established and preserved in this land."
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Privileged to read a "Declaration of Thanksgiving" (which was Overture 76 from PCAGA) at the church picnic this evening to the congregation.
OVERTURE 76 from the Calvary Presbytery “Issue a Declaration of Thanksgiving for the United States of America (USA) on the 250th Anniversary of the Nation’s Founding.
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Great work from @GPTSeminary and @DunsonMartha’s husband! The #pcaga already has what it needs to deal with “deaconesses” and FFOs.
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The young leaders on the floor of the PCA General Assembly #PCAGA were incredibly impressive this week. And the General Assembly was emphatic in all the right directions.
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Steve Dowling deserves all of our thanks and then some. A great man who is doing great work at MNA.
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Here are my highlights from the work we did this past week at #pcaga
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Despite all the criticism of the #pcaga due to our commitment to polity, procedure, decency, and order, she is the LARGEST planter of OLD SCHOOL, CONFESSIONAL, and REFORMED Congregations. In the world. This is the way.
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2nd Annual GA breakdown with @stephenspin. Very cool to nail down every correct GA take with him.
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And that someone is TE Thomas Rickard, Stated Clerk of Westminster Presbytery. :-)
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Somewhere in the PCA, someone has almost certainly already started work on overtures for the 54th General Assembly. Maybe a Clerk has an overture in his inbox already. The 53rd GA adjourned Thursday.
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During yesterday's business at the 53rd General Assembly, I had the privilege of offering a prayer of thanksgiving to God for the United States of America. Many have asked for the text of that prayer. Here it is:
Heavenly Father, we praise You, our Creator and Keeper. Your mercies never fail, and they are new every morning. Great is Your faithfulness. You’ve ever and always been faithful, as revealed to us in, by, and through our Savior Jesus Christ: prophet, priest, and King of kings.
We give you thanks for Christ our King, and we do so in His Name. As a distant successor body of the Colonial American Synod of New York and Philadelphia, we thank You for hearing and answering the prayers of that Synod and its congregations, offered in solidarity with pious Christians “of probity and principle of every profession,” united under Christ’s banner of love. In this 250th anniversary year of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, we thank You for the United States of America and the “state of liberty” which You, our covenant-keeping God, have graciously established and preserved in this land. “Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land” (Psalm 85:9).
Lord our God, we earnestly renew the entreaty: “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10). We pray that You would advance the sacred cause of liberty here at home in North America and abroad around the world such that we Your Church might freely worship You according to Your Word. We pray that You would establish justice and righteousness in these United States through the equal protection of every human life under the law, and the punishment of evildoers (WCF 23.1). We pray this for the glory of Christ, the Head of the Church, that by His Word and Spirit, all nations would recognize His supreme beauty, power, goodness, grace, and love.
May God bless the PCA, may God bless America, and may God bless our pilgrimage, in the glorious Name of Christ we pray, Amen.
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During Thursday's business, the 53rd General Assembly of the PCA formally thanked God for the United States of America on the 250th Anniversary of the Nation's Founding. Moderator Mel Duncan then invited TE Zachary Groff to offer a prayer from the Assembly floor. Link to text 👇
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The Overtures Committee of the PCA's 53rd General Assembly recommends we answer overture 37 on the ordination of women to the diaconate in the NEGATIVE.
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The Nominating Committee Report (9:30 AM Thursday) is arguably the most important item of business. It is incumbent upon each of us to be as informed as possible of the nominees (floor and otherwise) put forward for potential service in our GA-level ministries.
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General Assembly week is full of excitement, but we must not forget that it is a week of important, even solemn, business... General Assembly exists for the sake of the Church’s worship, and not the other way around.
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May and June already have proven exciting for churchmen of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), and this coming week promises to bring us together for vigorous deliberation. What is a commissioner to do to get the most out of, or give the most into, the 53rd GA?
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