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 Overtures

Overtures to the 2026 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 53rd GA by the 52nd GA PRESBYTERY ASSIGNED COMMITTEE

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2025-49 Pacific Northwest OC, AC, CC, CDM, CTS, Geneva, MNA, MTW, PCAF, RH, RUF Erect an Ad Interim Committee on AI
OVERTURES SUBMITTED TO THE 53rd GA PRESBYTERY ASSIGNED COMMITTEE

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1 Potomac CCB, OC Amend BCO 23-1 on Associate/Assistant Pastors Succeeding Senior Pastor
2 Wisconsin CCB, OC, MNA Amend BCO 5-4 for Consent of Mission Church Members in Calling a Pastor
3 New York State CCB, OC Amend BCO 32-20 and 32-21 Regarding Dismissing Charges
4 Pacific Northwest OC Docket a Prayer of Thanksgiving for Adult Professions of Faith
5 Pacific Northwest CCB, OC, AC

Amend RAO 5-1.a that AC Members Elected by GA Must Be from Different Presbyteries

REVISED February 2026

6 Pacific Northwest CCB, OC Amend RAO 14-9, 15-8, and add 16-7.h to Require a 10% Minority to Remove from an Omnibus
7 Pacific Northwest CCB, OC Amend RAO 16 Regarding RPR’s Reporting on Presbytery Records
8 Pacific Northwest CCB, OC Amend RAO 8-4.i to Set the Deadline for Floor Nominations Earlier
9 Hills and Plains CCB, OC Amend RAO 8-4.i to Highlight Proportionate Representation of Presbyteries by Floor Nominations
10 Ohio MNA Change the Boundaries of Pittsburgh Presbytery and The Ohio Presbytery
11 Ohio CCB, OC, MNA Amend RAO 4-21.d to Require Assessment Data from MNA
12 Chesapeake CCB, OC Amend BCO 21-4.a to Allow Alternatives to a Bachelor’s Degree for Ordination
13 Great Lakes CCB, OC Amend BCO 15-2 Regarding Session Commissions
14 Southwest Florida CCB, OC Amend BCO 7-3, 7-4, 9-2, and 9-7 to Regarding Titles and Offices for Unordained People
15 Southwest Florida CCB, OC Amend BCO 42-4 and 43-3 to Clarify the Deadline for Filings
16 Southwest Florida CCB, OC Amend BCO 43 to Clarify Circularizing the Court
17 Westminster CCB, OC Amend BCO 5-2 Regarding the Dissolution of Mission Churches
18 Westminster CCB, OC Amend BCO 5-4 to Allow a Mother Church to Call a Church Planter
19 Westminster CCB, OC Amend BCO 5-8 to Include Ecclesiastical Government
20 Westminster CCB, OC Add to BCO 5 a Section ‘C. Churches Without a Governing Body’
21 Westminster CCB, OC Amend BCO 13-6 to Clarify Exams for Ministers from Another Denomination
22 Westminster CCB, OC Amend BCO 13-8 to Apply Only to Churches from Outside the PCA
23 Westminster CCB, OC Restructure and Renumber BCO 14 for Clarity and Ease of Reference
24 Westminster CCB, OC Amend BCO 15-2 to Clarify that Presbytery Itself Must Conduct Ordination Exams
25 Westminster CCB, OC Restructure and Amend BCO 21-1 through 21-4 for Clarity, Consistency, and Ease of Reference
26 Westminster CCB, OC Amend BCO 26-2 to Only Count Presbyteries Who Submit Votes
27 Westminster CCB, OC Amend BCO 34-1 Regarding GA Assuming Original Jurisdiction
28 Westminster CCB, OC Add BCO 41-7 to Provide a Right to Complain when a Presbytery Acts on a Reference
29 Westminster CCB, OC Amend BCO 42 to Clarify Between Verbal and Written Notice of Appeal
30 Westminster CCB, OC Amend BCO 46-6 to Require the Recording of the Reception of One Dismissed to Another Presbytery
31 Westminster CCB, OC Amend BCO 58-5 to Specify that Ruling Elders Shall Distribute the Elements
32 Westminster CCB, OC, AC, CC, CDM, CTS, Geneva, MNA, MTW, PCAF, RH, RUF Amend RAO 14-3 for the Review of Committee and Agency Standing Rules and Manuals
33 Westminster CCB, OC Amend RAO 16-7.h Regarding Minority Reports from RPR
34 Savannah River CCB, OC Amend BCO 9-2 Regarding the Expectation of the Establishment of a Diaconate
35 Illiana CCB, OC Amend BCO 31-2 to Establish a Deadline for the Issuing of an Indictment
36 Catawba Valley CCB, OC Add BCO 8-11 and 9-8 Regarding the Exercise of the Duties and Authority of Elder and Deacon
37 Pacific CCB, OC Amend BCO 9-3 to Allow Women to Serve as Ordained Deacons
38 Metro Atlanta CCB, OC Amend BCO 7-3 and add 9-8 to Allow Sessions Flexibility Regarding the Diaconate
39 Central Florida CCB, OC Amend BCO 22 to Affirm the Consent of the Governed for Assistant Pastors
40 Savannah River CCB, OC, AC, CDM, MNA, MTW, RUF Amend RAO 4-9 to Set Calendar Year Terms for Stated Clerk and Coordinators
41 Savannah River CCB, OC, AC, CDM, MNA, MTW, RUF Amend RAO 4-9 to Require 2/3 Majority to Elect Stated Clerk and Coordinators
42 Northern California CCB, OC Restore the Reference to the Westminster Standards at the end of BCO 29-1
43 Pacific Northwest CCB, OC, AC, CDM, MNA, MTW, RUF Amend RAO 4-9 so that Coordinators of Committees are Elected to 4-year Terms
44 Covenant MNA Divide Covenant Presbytery into Two Presbyteries
45 Covenant CCB, OC Amend RAO 8-4.i to Require that Floor Nominations for Committees and Agencies Come from Previously Submitted Presbytery Nominees
46 New York State CCB, OC Add BCO 29-5 on Public Allegations without Prior Reporting to the Court of Jurisdiction as Probable Violations of the Ninth Commandment
47 Suncoast Florida CCB, OC Amend RAO 8-4.i to Require that Floor Nominations for Committees and Agencies Come from Previously Submitted Presbytery Nominees
48 Northwest Georgia CCB, OC Amend BCO 7-2 and 7-3 Regarding Commissioning and Titling of Unordained Persons
49 Northwest Georgia CCB, OC Amend BCO 13-1 and 14-2 to Increase Ruling Elder Representation at Presbytery and GA
50 Mississippi Valley OC Call for a Day of Fasting and Prayer for Revival and Renewal of the Church
51 Mississippi Valley CCB, OC Amend BCO 5 to add a Section on ‘Assisted Churches’
52 Mississippi Valley CCB, OC Add BCO 7-4 Prohibiting the Creation of Ecclesiastical Offices
53 Great Lakes CCB, OC Amend RAO 16 to Prohibit Members of RPR from Participating in GA Debate on the RPR Report
54 Hills and Plains CCB, OC Amend BCO 42-2 to Clarify that a Person Judged Contumacious has the Right of Complaint Not Appeal
55 Southwest Florida CCB, OC Amend BCO 22-3 and 23-1 Concerning the Tenure of Assistant Pastors
56 Southwest Florida CCB, OC Amend BCO 32-19 to Limit Representation in Judicial Process to Officers
57 South Texas CCB, OC Amend BCO 12-7, 13-9, and 25-5 to Explicitly Require Minutes of Congregational Meetings Be Included in Session Records
58 Calvary CCB, OC Amend BCO 10-4 to Specify that Clerks Must Be Elders
59 Calvary CCB, OC Amend BCO 38-3.a to Recognize the Non-Punitive Removal of Individuals from Membership Roll
60 Calvary CCB, OC Amend BCO 58-5 to Specify that Only Men Lawfully Ordained Shall Distribute the Elements
61 Calvary OC Declare the ‘Danvers Statement’ as a Biblically Faithful Declaration
62 Tennessee Valley MNA Divide Tennessee Valley Presbytery into Two Presbyteries
63 South Texas CCB, OC Amend RAO 19-4 to Establish Preference in Recognition for an Objector to an In Gross Motion
64 Canada West CCB, OC Amend BCO 23-2 to Establish Associate Membership for Honorably Retired TEs
65 Canada West CCB, OC Amend BCO 38-1 re Confessions and Cases without Process
66 Philadelphia OC Issue a Declaration of Thanksgiving on the Occasion of the 250th Anniversary of the Nation’s Founding
67 Potomac CCB, OC Amend BCO 40-5 to Clarify a Court Shall Make Two Determinations before Citing a Lower Court

 

*For the 2025 Overtures, click here.

 Travel 

The 2026 General Assembly will be located at:

Kentucky International Convention Center
221 S 4th Street
Louisville, KY 40202

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. – 8:00 p.m. (EST) and refer to Meeting Event Code NM4U2

*Please note there is not a service fee for reservations booked and ticketed via our reservation
800 number.

 Apps

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.

 Seminars 

The deadline for Seminar Proposals was January 31. Contact events@pcanet.org with any questions.

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 2026 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 Wednesday, June 17 to stuff the truck and Tuesday, June 30 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:

  1. Serve as the liaison for each seminar speaker in your assigned room with the seminar staff and tech team.
  2. Present the seminar sponsorship (if applicable – a script will be given ahead of time).
  3. Introduce the speaker.
  4. 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!

Additional opportunities may be available onsite. Please contact Ashley Davis by e-mail at events@pcanet.org or by phone at (678) 825-1000.

Get In Touch

PCA Administrative Committee

1700 North Brown Road
Suite 105
Lawrenceville, GA 30043

678-825-1000

ac@pcanet.org