2025 General Assembly Preview (1)
The 52nd PCA General Assembly has the potential to be one of the most consequential since the 2010 Nashville Assembly and the "Strategic Plan."
This year’s Assembly has a large workload ahead of it to fix the ongoing issues in our agencies and permanent committees as well as restore the damaged relationships and broken trust within the denomination and with our NAPARC partners.
Because of the amount of business pending before the Assembly, this year’s preview will be in two parts.
In Part One, I’ll reflect on where we are as a denomination in light of the 2010 Strategic Plan, consider the self-inflicted controversies creating business for the Assembly, review the work of the Nominating Committee, which helps select men to serve on the committees and boards of the General Assembly, and look forward to the election of a Moderator.
Part Two will overview the Overtures and Review of Presbytery Records as well as some other pending matters at GA.
I. Reversing the Strategic Plan
When the PCA met in 2010, key items of debate included the Strategic Plan and a “Funding Plan.” The Funding Plan was defeated by the Presbyteries.1 By cont…