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Volume 1 [1973 -
1993]:
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Volume 2 [1973 -
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Volume 3 [1994 -
1998]:
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| Part I - Assembly Actions Part II - Interpretations of The Constitution Part III - Judicial Cases Part IV - Bylaws, Manuals and Guidelines |
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Part I - Assembly Actions Part II - Interpretations of the Constitution Part III - Judicial Cases Part IV - Bylaws, Manuals and Guidelines Part V - Position Papers Comprehensive Index |
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| Message to All Churches of Jesus Christ Throughout the World [1973] ------------ |
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Re-Affirmation to Biblical fidelity and the "Message to All Churches" [1993] ------- |
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| Abortion [1978] ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Agencies, Their Relationship to General Assembly --------------------------------- |
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| AIDS Task Force Report [17th General Assembly, 1989, 17-25, p.62] ----------- |
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| Alcohol, Beverage Use of, [8th General Assembly, 1980, 8-69, III, p. 98] --------- |
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| Apostasy and Ecclesiastical Separation -------------------------------------------- |
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| Archives Position Paper ----------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Baptism : ----------------------Click here to print all four baptism articles as one file4 | [HTML] |
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• Baptism and Non-Communing Membership (1977)------------------------------ |
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| • Appendix P: Report on the Validity of Certain Baptisms (1987)------------------ |
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| • Appendices to the Report on the Validity of Certain Baptisms (1845) ----------- |
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| • Minority Report, Ad Hoc Committee on the Validity of Certain Baptisms (1987)- |
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| Church/State Subcommittee Report (1987) : | ||||
| • Click here to view or print Parts I - V of the Church/State Report as one file 4 | [HTML] |
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| • Summary Positions | [HTML] |
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• I. Biblical Historical & Contemporary Concepts of Church/State Relations, Kelly |
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• II. Should the PCA Remain Incorporated?, by Douglas Kelly-------------------- |
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• III. Taxation and the Church, by Thomas O. Kotouc----------------------------- |
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• IV. Education & Parental Responsibility, by R. S. Barnes and T. O. Kotouc --------------- |
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• V. Propriety of Christians Non Violent Disobedience to the Civil Magistrate in the Abortion Controversy, by Mark Belz and Linwood Crowe------------------------- |
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• Church/State Subcommittee Report, Summary Positions (1988)----------------- |
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| • Protest in Response to the "Summary Positions" Paper, by O. Palmer Robertson | [HTML] |
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| Church Union, Biblical Basis of ---------------------------------------------------- |
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• Guiding Principles for Ecumenical Relations ------------------------------------- |
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| Conflict of Interest ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| • Report of the Study Committee (28th GA, June 2000, p. 119-212) |
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| • 1979 - Report of the Ad Interim Theological Committee on Divorce [image scans only, from pages 57-59 & 105-110 of GA Minutes | ||||
| Divorce and Remarriage [1992 Report of the Ad Interim Committee on Divorce and Remarriage] | ||||
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| • Introduction and Outline -------------------------------------------------------- | [HTML] |
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| • Chapter 1 - Historical Perspective on Divorce and Remarriage ------------------ | [HTML] |
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| • Chapter 2 - Scriptural Perspective on Divorce and Remarriage ------------------ | [HTML] |
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| • Chapter 3 - Pastoral Perspective on Divorce and Remarriage ------------------- | [HTML] |
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| • Appendix I - The Westminster Divines on Divorce for Physical Abuse ---------- | [HTML] |
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| • Appendix II - Divorce Reconsidered, by RE David C. Lachman ---------------- | [HTML] |
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| Evangelicals and Catholics Together, Response to --------------------------------- |
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| Federal Vision | ||||
| • Report of the Ad-Interim Study Committee on Federal Vision, New Perspective, and Auburn Avenue Theologies - pdf image scans only, from the Minutes of the 35th General Assembly (2007) | ||||
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| Fencing the Lord's Table ---------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Fund Raising Policy [M4GA (1976), page 80, 4-74, 5] ---------------------------- |
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• Part I. - The Church's Role in Higher Education (1978) -------------------------------------- |
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• Part II - Christian Education and Federal Aid (1978) ----------------------------------------- |
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• Part III - Covenant College's Philosophy of Education (1978) ------------------------------ |
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| • Overture No. 11, 5th General Assembly (1977) -------------------------------------------- |
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| • RPCES Report of the Study Committee on Homosexuality (1980) ---------------------- |
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| • A Declaration of Conscience on Homosexuals and the Military -------------------------- |
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| • Assembly Actions on the Matter of Homosexuality (1996) ------------------------------- |
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| • 1999 Resolution regarding Homosexual Agenda ------------------------------------------- |
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| • Resolution on Interchurch Relations (1973) ------------------------------------------------- | [HTML]
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| • Policy Statement (1974) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | [HTML]
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| • Miscellaneous Addenda (1975, 1976, 1985, 1990)-------------------------------------------- | [HTML]
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| • Conceptual Framework for Mission/Church Relations (1984) | [HTML] |
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| • Report on Defining the Nature of Relations with Other Churches ------------------------- | [HTML]
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| Joint Statement on Joining & Receiving -------------------------------------------- |
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| • "Principles of Judicial Process Derived from the Old Testament Scriptures," by Dr. Paul R. Gilchrist--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| • "Principles of Judicial Process from a New Testament Perspective," by Dr. Paul B. Fowler--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| • "Church Discipline in Light of the Evidence of the New Testament," by Dr. T. David Gordon------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| • "Shepherds as Judges: The Judicial Responsibilities of Elders in the PCA," by Dr. T. David Gordon------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| • "The Use of Commissions in the Presbyterian Churches in the United States of America," by Pastor Leroy H. Ferguson, III--------------------------------------------------- |
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| • "Select and Annotated Bibliography on Ecclesiastical Judicial Procedures: Doctrines and Practices of the American Presbyterian Church," by Pastor David F. Coffin, Jr.------ |
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| • Procedural Checklist for PCA BCO Rules of Discipline ------------------------------------ |
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| Medical Insurance, Ad Interim Committee Report on Options for ------------------ |
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| Mercy Ministry, Biblical Guidelines ------------------------------------------------ |
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| Mission and Purpose of the PCA -------------------------------------------------- |
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| NAPARC's Agreement on Transfer of Members ---------------------------------- |
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• Appendix A: Two Offices (Elders/Bishops, and Deacons) and Two Orders of Elders (Preaching/Teaching Elders, and Ruling Elders): A New Testament Study, by Dr. George W. Knight, III |
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| • Appendix B: Ministers of the Word, by Donald A. Dunkerley (1977) |
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| • Appendix C: Biblical Study on "Ordination," by Don Clements (1977) |
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| • Appendix D: Empowered to Serve, by Robert H. Kirksey (1977) | [HTML] |
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| • Dr. C. Everett Koop's 1986 Address before the 14th General Assembly | [HTML] |
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| "Psalm Singing," Report of the Subcommittee (1993) | [HTML] |
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| Taxation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Uniform Curriculum for Theological Education ------------------------------------- |
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• Guidelines for Theological Education -------------------------------------------- |
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| Women in the Church (WIC) ------------------------------------------------------ |
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| • Final Report [M30GA, 30-54, p. 282 and 30-57, p. 283] -------------------------------------------------- | [HTML] |
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| • Communications 1, 2 and 6 [M30GA, 30-57, pp. 287 - 289] --------------------------------------------- | [HTML] |
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| • Consensus Report 2001 [M29GA, 29-57, p. 259 - 278] --------------------------------------------------- | [HTML] |
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| • Final Recommendations 2002 [M30GA, 30-57, p. 285] ---------------------------------------------------- | [HTML] |
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| • "Man's Duty to Protect Woman" [M29GA, 29-57, pp. 278 - 308] ------------------------------------- | [HTML] |
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| • Overtures 2, 21 and 26 [M30GA, 30-53, III, 7, p. 245; 30-57, 5, p. 287] -------------------------------- | [HTML] |
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| • Supplemental Report 2002 [M30GA, 30-57, p. 287] ------------------------------------------------------- | [HTML] |
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| Women in the Presbytery Organization -------------------------------------------- |
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Last update: 13 September 2010.