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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
OVERTURES SUBMITTED TO THE 53rd GA by the 52nd GA
PRESBYTERY
ASSIGNED COMMITTEE
TITLE
(To read an overture, click on the title below)
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
TITLE
(To read an overture, click on the title below)
Potomac
CCB, OC
Amend
BCO
23-1 on Associate/Assistant Pastors Succeeding Senior Pastor
Wisconsin
CCB, OC, MNA
Amend
BCO
5-4 for Consent of Mission Church Members in Calling a Pastor
New York State
CCB, OC
Amend
BCO
32-20 and 32-21 Regarding Dismissing Charges
Pacific Northwest
OC
Docket a Prayer of Thanksgiving for Adult Professions of Faith
Pacific Northwest
CCB, OC, AC
Amend
RAO
5-1.a that AC Members Elected by GA Must Be from Different Presbyteries
REVISED February 2026
Pacific Northwest
CCB, OC
Amend
RAO
14-9, 15-8, and add 16-7.h to Require 150 Commissioners to Remove from an Omnibus
REVISED April 2026
Pacific Northwest
CCB, OC
Amend
RAO
16 Regarding RPR’s Reporting on Presbytery Records
REVISED April 2026
Pacific Northwest
CCB, OC
Amend
RAO
8-4.i to Set the Deadline for Floor Nominations 24 Hours Earlier
REVISED April 2026
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
68
Catawba Valley
CBB, OC, AC, CC, CDM, CTS, Geneva, MNA, MTW, PCAF, RH, RUF
Amend
BCO
14-1 to Make AC Members Appointed by Committees and Agencies Non-voting Members
69
Southwest Florida Presbytery
CCB, OC
Amend
BCO
32-18 and 42-5 to Clarify the Contents of the Record of the Case in Judicial Cases
70
Korean Northwest Presbytery
MNA
Expand Korean Northwest Boundaries to Include Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington
71
Northern California Presbytery
CCB, OC
Amend
BCO
5-9.e, 9-2, and 9-7 to Allow Session to Directly Administer Diaconal Ministry
72
Presbytery of the Ascension
CCB, OC
Add a new
BCO
12-8 to Require Recording of Session and Diaconate Members in Session Minutes
73
TE Cody Hooper
CCB, OC, AC, CDM, MNA, MTW, RUF
Amend
RAO
4-9 to Require 2/3 Majority to Elect Stated Clerk and Coordinators after 3 Consecutive Years of Service
74
Eastern Carolina Presbytery
CCB, OC
Add a New Chapter
BCO
17A ‘Of Commissioning for Non-Ordained Ministry’
75
Central Florida Presbytery
CCB, OC
Amend
BCO
42 to Clarify the Process for Filing an Appeal
*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
Parking
Kentucky Convention Center Parking:
Downtown Louisville Parking:
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,
NM4U2,
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.
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.
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
Download Apple App
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Docket and Schedules
PCA Events Calendar
GA Schedule
GA Docket
Committee of Commissioners Schedule
Exhibit Hall Schedule
Women & Family Schedule
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:
Serve as the liaison for each seminar speaker in your assigned room with the seminar staff and tech team.
Present the seminar sponsorship (if applicable – a script will be given ahead of time).
Introduce the speaker.
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
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