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.
