The Steady Progress Assembly: PCAGA 52 Report

This year the General Assembly showed remarkable deference to her committees and continued the status quo of the last 5-7 years.

This year’s PCA General Assembly had the potential to be one of the most significant in the history of the PCA, but it did not live up to its full potential. Nonetheless, this was a successful Assembly as it largely continued the status quo of the last five years or so: upholding our Constitution and steadily progressing in appreciation for the Reformed Faith.

The Assembly opened with a worship service in which RE Steve Dowling, the retiring moderator, preached a sermon on Rev. 3:14ff in which he warned us against becoming moderates and exhorted us to zealously contend for Christ’s glory and gospel.

A. Procedural Challenges

This was one of the most well-attended Assemblies in the PCA with over 2300 commissioners. There appeared to be a large number of first-time commissioners to the Assembly who were not acquainted with parliamentary procedure, which created additional challenges for the moderator and lengthened the overall time of the Assembly.

This was manifested in a number of ways, …