General Assembly

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The General Assembly is the highest governing body of the Presbyterian Church in America, responsible for setting doctrine, policy, and direction for the denomination.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
General Assembly canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf church council ⓘ
denominational assembly ⓘ
governing body ⓘ
adopts Book of Church Order (Presbyterian Church in America) ⓘ
doctrinal standards ⓘ
can amend the Book of Church Order ⓘ
erect and oversee permanent committees and agencies ⓘ
issue pastoral letters and statements ⓘ
confessionalStandardsInclude Westminster Confession of Faith ⓘ
Westminster Larger Catechism ⓘ
Westminster Shorter Catechism ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess majority vote of commissioners ⓘ
denomination Presbyterian Church in America ⓘ
denominationType Presbyterian ⓘ
ecclesiasticalPolity Presbyterian polity ⓘ
elects Moderator of the General Assembly (Presbyterian Church in America) ⓘ
establishedInContextOf formation of the Presbyterian Church in America in 1973 ⓘ
foundedBy Presbyterian Church in America ⓘ
governs Presbyterian Church in America ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver denominational agencies of the Presbyterian Church in America ⓘ
doctrinal controversies in the Presbyterian Church in America ⓘ
judicial appeals from lower courts in the Presbyterian Church in America ⓘ
hasCommittee Committee on Christian Education and Publications (Presbyterian Church in America) ⓘ
Committee on Constitutional Business (Presbyterian Church in America) ⓘ
Committee on Mission to North America (Presbyterian Church in America) ⓘ
Committee on Mission to the World (Presbyterian Church in America) ⓘ
Committee on Review of Presbytery Records (Presbyterian Church in America) ⓘ
hasLowerCourt presbytery (Presbyterian Church in America) ⓘ
session (Presbyterian Church in America) ⓘ
hasOfficialNameVariant PCA General Assembly ⓘ
language English ⓘ
meetingType deliberative assembly ⓘ
meets annually ⓘ
meetsIn various cities in the United States ⓘ
membershipType representative ⓘ
membersInclude ruling elders ⓘ
teaching elders ⓘ
oversees church planting efforts of the Presbyterian Church in America ⓘ
mission work of the Presbyterian Church in America ⓘ
theological education standards in the Presbyterian Church in America ⓘ
religiousTradition Reformed ⓘ
responsibleFor overseeing church courts below it ⓘ
overseeing denominational ministries ⓘ
setting direction for the Presbyterian Church in America ⓘ
setting doctrine for the Presbyterian Church in America ⓘ
setting policy for the Presbyterian Church in America ⓘ
role highest governing body of the Presbyterian Church in America ⓘ
theology Calvinist ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Presbyterian Church in America → churchGovernmentLevel → General Assembly ⓘ
subject linked to: PCA