The revised Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) [Part II], which took effect as a governing document July 9, can be accessed online in three formats from the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) pages of pcusa.org. Bound copies can be ordered through the PC(USA) store.
A new Spanish-language translation of the Book of Order will soon be available to Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leaders, church members and anyone else looking for guidance about Presbyterian polity. As with a simultaneous project to translate the Book of Order into Korean, the work is being led by Global Language Resources (GLR), a division of the Administrative Services Group of the PC(USA).
This spring, an amendment to the Book of Order’s section G-2.0804 (TERMS OF CALL) was ratified by the presbyteries. The historic vote mandating a minimum of 12 weeks of paid family leave for called and installed pastors at congregations is the culmination of a six-year story of General Assembly process, but also of grassroots church advocacy.
It has been a long time coming, but an updated Korean version of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Book of Order will soon be available to Korean-speaking congregations, presbyteries, and mid councils, as well as Korean churches outside of the PC(USA) and Korea.