Enabling Amendments
A. Within 140 days after the General
Assembly
Stated Clerk has certified
that the last Presbytery
required
to ratify these Proposed
Amendments has approved them,
each
congregation shall,
upon a 60% affirmative vote of
their
Congregation and their Session
vote to align themselves with either the
Auburn
Primary Synod or the
Westminster Primary Synod. The
Stated Clerk of each congregation's
Session shall certify the vote and send
a copy of their certification to their
Presbytery, the General Assembly,
and to the address of the
Primary Synod that the congregation
and
Session have voted to align
themselves with, either the
Westminster Primary Synod or the
Auburn Primary Synod. If the above
stated voting thresh-holds are not
satisfied, then the congregation
shall default to the Auburn Primary
Synod. The Stated Clerk of the Session
shall
certify the vote and send
a copy of the certification to
their Presbytery, the General
Assembly, and to the address
of the Primary Synod that they
have voted to align themselves with.
B. Presbyteries shall be formed
along 2008 Presbytery boundary lines
and
consist of 2 Presbyteries,
one Presbytery being created using the original
Presbytery boundaries, for
congregations aligned
with the Westminster
Primary Synod and one Presbytery being
created using the original Presbytery
boundaries for congregations aligned
with the Auburn Primary Synod,
within the same original
Presbytery boundary lines. These new
Presbyteries within the original Presbytery
boundary lines, one Presbytery for
the Westminster Pimary Synod aligned
congregations,
and one Presbytery for the
Auburn Primary Synod aligned congregations,
within each of the original Presbytery's old boundaries
would replace all
of the original
original Prebyteries.
C. Within 180 days after the General
Assembly
Stated Clerk has certified that the last Presbytery
required to approve these Proposed
Amendments has voted to approve
them, the congregations that have
voted to align themselves with the
Westminster Primary Synod shall
send their Ministers of the Word
and Sacrament and elders in
accordance with section G-11.0101,
of the Book of Order (2008)
to form a new Presbytery within
their old Presbytery boundaries.
This would include the election of
a Stated Clerk and Moderator of
the Presbytery aligned with the
Westminster Primary Synod. Such
results shall be certified by the
Stated Clerk of the newly
formed Presbytery aligned
with
the Westminster
Primary Synod, and a copy
of the certified
results is to be
be sent to the General Assembly
and
to the address for their
Primary Synod.
D. Within 180 days after the
General
Assembly Stated Clerk has certified
that
the last Presbytery required
to approve these Proposed
Amendments has voted to approve
them, the congregations that have
voted to align themselves with the
Auburn Primary Synod shall send
Ministers of the Word and Sacrament
and elders, in accordance with
Section G-11.0101, of the
Book of Order (2008), to form a
new Presbytery within their old
Presbytery boundaries. This would
include the election of a Stated
Clerk and Moderator of the
Presbytery aligned with the
Auburn Primary Synod. Such
results shall be certified by
the Stated Clerk of the newly
formed
Presbytery
aligned with the Auburn Primary
Synod,
and a copy of the certified
results is to be sent
to the General Assembly and to
the address of their Primary
Synod.
E. Within 180 days after the General
Assembly Stated Clerk has certified
that the last Presbytery required to
approve these Proposed Amendments has
approved them, the governing authority
of
the original Presbytery and its
Permanent
Judicial Commission shall
cease.
F. The property of the local Presbytery
governing body, buildings,
offices
etc., shall be used equally by
both Primary Synod's Presbyteries
in that geographic area.
The Presbytery aligned
with the Westminster
Primary
Synod and the Presbytery
aligned with the Auburn Primary
Synod shall share the property
of the Presbytery within
their
geographic area, equally.
The two Presbyteries,
the Presbytery aligned
with
the Auburn Primary Synod and
the Presbytery aligned with
the
Westminster Primary Synod may
share expenses for shared
staff
at the Presbytery office. All expenses
accruing
to maintain the office or
buildings shall be shared by the
two new Presbyteries
in the region
based upon the number of members
of each new
Presbytery, e.g. the Presbytery
aligned with the Auburn Primary
Synod and the Presbytery aligned
with the Westminster Primary
Synod in the same geographic
area. Both Presbyteries may
also sell the Presbytery property
and share the proceeds equally.
G. The
Premanent Judicial Commission
of each Regional Synod shall cease
to have any authority 40 days after
the General Assembly Stated Clerk
has
certified that the last Presbytery
required to pass these Proposed
Amendments has voted to adopt
these Proposed Amendments.
The basic governing
body of each Regional Synod shall
cease to have authority 110 days
after the General Assembly Stated
Clerk has certified that the last
Presbytery required
to pass these Proposed Amendments
has voted to adopt these
Proposed Amendments. Synods shall
be folded into the new Sub-Synods
described
in section G-12-0113 of
the Proposed Amendments. All
property within the boundaries of
each Sub-Synod shall be shared
equally
by the Presbteries aligned
with the Westminster Primary Synod
and the Presbyteries aligned with
the Auburn Primary Synod within
the
regional boundaries of that
Sub-Synod.
H. The Permanent Judicial Commission
of the General Assembly shall cease
to have authority 40 days after the
General Assembly Stated Clerk has
certified that the last Presbytery
required to adopt these
Proposed Amendments has
adopted them. The Permanent
Judicial Commission at the General
Assembly level shall be replaced
by the General Assembly Arbitration
Board as defined in G-13-0103 (o)
of these Proposed Amendments.
I. Each Presbytery, aligned with
their respective Primary Synod,
shall elect Commissioners to
their Primary Synod's General
Session in accordance with
G-12.0102, of the Proposed
Amendments.
J. The General Synod Session
for the Westminster Primary
Synod shall be held August 1st
of each year.
K.
The General Synod Session
for the Auburn Primary
Synod shall be September 1st
of each year.
L. At
the first Primary Synod
General Session, of each
Primary Synod, a temporary
moderator and a temporary
stated clerk shall be elected
by voice vote, based
upon names
submitted
for each office by each Presbytery.
Each
Presbytery can submit one name
each. The temporary Stated Clerk
and
the temporary Moderator shall oversee
the following:
1. The election of the nine General
Synod Council members by
their respective
Primary
Synod's commissioners,
(Westminster or Auburn).
The
General Synod Council
members elected shall
be the
candidates, with the top nine
vote totals. Each Commissioner
can
vote for nine General Synod
Council Member
candidates,
aligned with their Primary
Synod.
2.
Of the nine elected General
Synod Council
Members, a
Stated Clerk and Moderator
shall be elected for a 2 year
term,
by the Commissioners
elected to attend
their Primary
Synod's General Session.
3. The General Assembly
Moderator and General
Assembly Stated Clerk
shall constitute the
other 2 voting members
of the 11 member
Primary Synod
General Synod Council,
for each Primary
Synod
(Auburn and Westminster).
M. Adoption of Ordination Standards,
Statements of faith, appointment
of Committee Members, the
appointment of each Primary
Synod's respective Permanent
Judicial Council. etc.
shall take place at each of the
Primary Synod's
General
Synod Session, (The Westminster
Primary Synod and the Auburn
Primary Synod).
N. On December
1, the Sub-Synods
shall meet. The commissioners
from the
Presbyteries aligned
with the same Primary Synod
(Auburn
or Westminster), as
the Sub-Synod, shall,
send
their commissioners to
elect their Sub-Synod council,
in that
region.
O. On October 1, the Joint Committee
on
Presbytery Boundaries and
Regional Presbytery Boundaries
shall
meet and vote to approve
final boundaries of each Primary
Synod's
Presbyterys' and Presbytery
Regions' boundary lines. Each Primary
Synod (Westminster and Auburn)
shall have one vote each, and the
General Assembly Committee
members shall have one single vote.
Each entity shall appoint 7 committee
members, with each entity
entitled to only one vote. An
affirmative vote of all 3 entities is
required. This is based upon a majority
vote of the seven committee members
that represent each entity, required
to approve the final Presbytery
boundaries for each of the Primary Synods'
Presbyteries,
as well as the
final Presbytery Region Boundary
lines,
containing one or
more of those Presbyteries from
each Primary
Synod.
P. The Second Primary Synod General
Session, of the Westminster
Primary Synod shall convene
August 1st. During that
session the Primary
Synod must vote
to approve the final boundaries of
their Presbyteries and the
the final boundaries of the
Presbytery Regions
Q. The Second Primary Synod
General
Session, of the Auburn Primary
Synod shall meet September
1st.
During that session the Primary
Synod must
vote to
approve the final
boundaries of their
Presbyteries and the final
boundaries of the Presbytery
Regions.
R. Sub-Synod's of each of the
Primary Synods will
meet
December 1st
every year to elect their
board
and conduct the business of the
Sub-Synod
and business on
behalf of their Primary Synod
with
which they are aligned.
S. The Westminster
Primary Synod General
Session
will convene every August 1st
to conduct the Westminster
Primary Synod's business
T. The
Auburn
Primary Synod General Session
will
convene every September 1st
to conduct the Auburn Primary
Synod's business.
u. Each Primary Synod General
Council (Auburn
and
Westminster) will each lease,
at market
rates, one (1)
floor at the PCUSA
headquarters
building in
Louisville, Kentucky,
for a total
of 2 leased
floors, one floor leased
by
each Primary Synod.
This leased space shall
be
used for executive
offices, meeting and
conference
rooms, and for
support staff. If more
space
is needed, the
Primary Synod needing
the additional
space
shall lease additional
space in the PCUSA
headquarters building,
at market rates.
Each Primary Synod
(Westminster and Auburn)
may
also maintain a second
main office, located
in a
city of their choice.
v. Congregations that have
voted, with
their sessions,
to leave the PCUSA, within
the last
72 months, may retake
a vote of their congregation
and session to rejoin the
PCUSA, and align with the Primary
Synod of their choice
(Westminster or Auburn).
Any
court proceedings
and/or administrative
commissions authorized
by their Presbytery shall
be
dissmissed with no
punitive action permitted
against
the congregation
or its pastoral staff.
