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2010 Overtures Addressing a Restructured PCUSA

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The following was an Overture to the 2010 General Assembly.  It does not contain all of the elements of a Two Synod Constitutional Structure but some elements are similar.

Overture by the Presbytery of Beaver-Butler:
G-11.000 The Presbytery
G-11.0101 Membership
     Strike: Presbytery is a corporate expression of the church
               consisting of all the churches and ministries of the
               Word and Sacrament within a certain district.
     Insert:  Presbytery is a corporate expression of the church
                consisting of churches and ministries of the Word
                and Sacrament who have chosen to affiliate based
                upon geographic, theological, missional, or other
                considerations of importance to those congregations.
G-11.0103  Responsibilities
     Strike:  j. to control the location of new churches and of
                   churches desiring to move;
     Insert:  new section heading for remaining provisions as
                 applicable.
Following G-11.0504
     Insert: G-11-0600 Changes in Membership
                 a.  Congregations may choose membership in a
                      particular presbytery based on geographic,
                      theological, missional, or other consideration
                      of importance to those congregations.
                 b.  A congregation may seek to change presbytery
                      membership by a two-thirds vote at a properly
                      called congregational meeting.
                 c.  The receiving presbytery will accept the congregation's
                      request for membership by a majority vote at a
                      properly called presbytery meeting.
                 d.  The Minister(s) of the Word and Sacrament of the
                      joining congregation become members of the
                      receiving presbytery when it is determined by the
                      Committee on Ministry of the receiving presbytery
                      that their call is in order (G-14.0506-07).
                 e.  A church may only transfer its membership to another
                      presbytery within one day's reasonable travel.
                 f.   Upon transferring to another presbytery, a church
                      may not change its presbytery membership for
                      at least 4 years and shall covenant to not seek
                      dismissal from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
                      for at least five years.  

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