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Presbyteries
G-11.0200
G-11.0200 Each presbytery
shall hold meetings at
Meetings least six times each year. The Moderator
shall
call a special meeting at the request
or
with the concurrance, of three ministers
and
three elders being of different churches.
Should the moderator be unable to act,
the
stated clerk shall, under the same
conditions, issue the call. If both
moderator and stated clerk are unable
to act, any four ministers and any four
elders,
(the elders being of different
churches), may call a special meeting.
The
Primary Synod (Auburn or
Westminster), with which the Presbytery
is aligned, or their Sub-Synod
may direct the Presbytery to convene
a special meeting for the transaction
of designated business. Notice of a
special meeting shall be sent not less
than ten days, prior to the special
meeting, to each minister and to
the session of every church in that
Presbytery.
G-11.0202 A quorum of any Presbytery
Quorum shall
be any nine ministers and nine
elder members present, provided that
at least nine churces are represented
by the elders. The Presbytery may fix
its own quorum at any higher amount.
G-11-1203 Presbyters (ministers
of the Word and
Corresponding Sacrament or elders) in good
Members standing
in governing bodies
bodies of the same Primary
Synod (either Auburn or
Westminster) within
the PCUSA, or
Presbyters in good standing with
the other Primary Synod
(Westminster or Auburn) within the
PCUSA,
or ministers of the Word and
Sacrament
and elders in any other
Christian Church who are present
at
any meeting of the Presbytery,
may be invited to sit as corresponding
members, with voice but without vote. A
Presbytery may invite ministers
of other Presbyteries who are
laboring within its bounds to sit
as
corresponding members with
voice but without vote for the
period of their service, or such
other period as the Presbytery
deems appropriate.
G-11.0301 In electing members to its council
Participation
and permanent committees, the
Presbytery shall adhere to the
principle
of participation and
representation required by
their
Primary Synod
(Auburn
or Westminster)
G-11.0302 A Presbytery Region consists of
Cross-Over the larger geographic Presbytery
Committees
in a region, which is either the
Westminster Primary Synod's
Presbytery or the Auburn
Primary Synod's Presbytery, and
all the Presbyteries of the other
Primary Synod (Auburn or
Westminster) within the
same geographic boundaries.
In each Presbytery Region, at least
65% of the Presbyters from each
Presbytery within the Presbytery Region
shall be assigned to a cross-over
committee engaged in the larger work
of
the PCUSA, in their Presbytery
Region. The cross-over committees
shall be the following:
(1) The
Presbytery Region Coordinating
Council
(2)
Evangelism and
church outreach
(3)
Regional healthcare
(4) The elderly
(5) Homeless families
and homeless women
These
committees shall consist
of
at least 65% of the Presbyters
drawn
from both Primary Synods, in
each
Presbytery Region.
They
will meet at least
six
times a year. The cross
-over committees are designed,
in
part, to promote unity and
cooperation
between the
two
Primary Synods at
the
Presbytery level.
The actions of the cross-
over committees are not
binding on the individual
Presbyteries in the
Presbytery Region.
The Presbytery Region
Coordinating Council shall
consist
of all Moderators, Stated-
Clerks, and Committee Chairpersons
within the Presbytery Region,
to facilitate effective dialogue
concerning issues affecting
the Presbyteries within the
the Presbytery Region.
The Presbytery Region
Coordinating
Council
shall
determine the
dates
and times that
all Cross-Over Committees
within the Presbytery Region
shall
meet. Any decision or action
taken or made by a Cross-Over
Committee or the Presbytery
Region Coordinating Council
shall not
be binding
on
any Presbytery within
the Presbytery Region.
G-11.0303 Each Presbytery's committee
Committee on
Representation shall
on advise their
respective
Representation Presbytery's nominating
committee of any need for
nominations in paricular
catagories needing increased
representation and shall
regularly
inform their respective
Presbytery,
of its
progress
toward fair
representation of the catagories
of persons listed by their
Primary
Synod (either
Westminster or Auburn)
as being under represented.
G-11.0304 A presbytery may employ
Staff administrative
staff personnel
including
an executive presbyter
and
other staff as needed. For
purposes
of coordination, the
presbytery
shall consult, with their Primary
Synod (Auburn or Westminster)
and their Sub Synod,
about
their overall mission needs
of
their respective Presbytery, as well as
the
need for financial assistance
in
maintaining presbytery staff
services.
In the employment
of
all personnel, including
administrative
staff, the Presbytery
shall, with
their respective
Primary
Synod (Westminster or
Auburn)
and Sub-Synod, follow
their
Primary Synod's (Auburn or
Westminster)
policies on
affirmative
action and equal
employment
opportunity.
G-11.0305
Budget Each
Presbytery shall have a
general mission budget to support the
church's mission and their Primary
Synod's
mission (Westminster or
Auburn)
within its geographic area.
As the Presbytery raises and expends
these funds, the presbytery shall do so
in light of the priorities of its Primary
Synod (Auburn or Westminster). The
Presbytery shall make its plans and
determine its general mission budget
after receiving recommendations from
their Sub-Synod in light of the
comprehensive strategy of their
Primary Synod (Auburn or
Westminster) and of the whole church.
Both
Primary Synods (Westminster
or
Auburn) shall send a summary
of these budget reports to the General
Assembly.
G-11.0306 Each Presbytery shall keep a full
and
Records accurate record of its
proceedings,
which
shall be submitted at least once
each year to their Sub-Synod and
their Primary Synod (Westminster or
Auburn) for its general review and
control. The Presbytery shall report
to their Sub-Synod and their Primary Synod
(Auburn or Westminster), once each
year, the condition and progress of the
church, within its geographic area. The
record
shall document all important changes
which have taken place including ordinations;
certifications of Christian educators;
the receiving, dismissing, and deaths
of ministers; and organizing, uniting,
dividing, or dissolving of churches.
Property of Minutes
and other official records of
Presbytery the Presbytery
are the property of
of
the Presbytery. The stated
clerk
of the Presbytery is responsible
for their preservation.
G-11.0307 The Presbytery shall send to
Annual Report the Stated Clerk of their Primary
Synod (Westminster or Auburn) lists
of its ministers, Certified Christian
Educators, and churches and statistical
and other information according to the
requirements of their Primary Synod
(Auburn or Westminster). This shall be
done once each year.
G-11.0308 The Presbytery shall have
a full financial
Audit
review of all books and records relating
to finances once a year by a public
accountant or public accounting firm
or a committee of church members
versed in accounting procedures.
Such auditors should not be related
to the treasurer (or treasurers).
Terminology in this section is meant
to
provide general guidance and is not
intended to require or not require
specific
audit procedures or practices
as
understood within the professional
accounting community.
G-11.0309 The Presbytery shall
obtain property
Insurance and liability insurance coverage
to
protect its facilities, programs, staff,
and elected and appointed officers.
G-11.0401 Every minister, shall align
themselves
Membership with one of the two Primary Synods
of Ministers (Auburn
or Westminster), and shall
be a member of the Presbytery where his
or her work is situated. A minister called
to work who is not under the jurisdiction of
the Presbytery may apply to the Presbytery
for reception to that Presbytery in which
he or she will be a resident, or to
another Presbytery, within the same
Primary Synod, (Westminster or
Auburn). The minister will retain membership
in
the Presbytery where he or she was
formerly a member. Each Presbytery may
grant a minister, aligned with the same
Primary Synod (Westminster or Auburn),
as the Presbytery, permission
to
engage in work which is
outside its geographic bounds or which
is not under its jurisdiction. No
Presbytery
shall permit a minister to engage
in work which is within the geographic
bounds of another Presbytery, which is
properly within the responsibility of that
other Presbytery, unless
that
Presbytery consents.
Such
permission and consent
shall be reviewed and renewed annually.
The Stated Clerk of the Presbytery shall
inform
ministers who seek permission to
labor outside the bounds of their Presbytery
where
they have their membership,
that
they must first seek
the
permission to labor within the bounds
of another Presbytery, that is aligned
with the same Primary Synod (Auburn
or
Westminster) as the minister and their
home Presbytery, where they hold their
membership. In January of each
year the Stated Clerk
of the Presbytery in which the ministers
are
members shall correspond with those
other Presbyteries, aligned with
their Primary Synod
(Westminster or Auburn), in which
the ministers labor, informing them of the
ministers' addresses. A minister
who
is serving as a minister in a church
outside
the United States may, with the
approval
of their Presbytery and Primary
Synod (Auburn or Westminster), may accept
ministerial membership in that church for
the
period of such such service. This will
not affect his or her membership in their
home Presbytery. A minister
of the Word and Sacrament who is
a
member in good standing of their
Presbytery or a candidate who is
under
care, can apply to transfer
their
membership to the
Presbytery of the other Primary
Synod (Westminster or Auburn)
within their Presbytery Region,
and they will be granted such transfer
upon approval by both Presbyteries
representing
both Primary Synods
within that Presbytery Region.
Authority to The authority for granting permission
Labor to
labor within or outside the bounds
of a
Presbytery, may be delegated
by
their Presbytery, to its council
or
committee on ministry, with
the
provision that all such actions be
reported to the next stated meeting of
their Presbytery.
G-11.0402
Minister Seeking
Membership The
Presbytery, through its appropriate
committee,
shall examine each minister
or candidate who seeks membership
in
the Presbytery, based upon his or her
Christian faith and their views regarding
theology, the Sacraments, and the government
of this church, consistent with the standards
and guidelines of the Primary Synod
(Westminster or Auburn) with
which the Presbytery is aligned.
Every minister seeking membership
in a Presbytery shall have a call to a
pastoral relationship
within that respective Presbytery
(either Auburn or Westminster)
or a call from a governing body
or agency of that Primary Synod
(Westminster or Auburn) with which
the Presbytery is aligned.
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