Category: GS 2025

GS 2025 Article 182 – APPENDIX A-2 Suggestions from the churches not to approve specific alternate psalms and additional hymns that were recommended for approval by the SCBP 1.    Suggestion not to approve Alternate Psalm 4 2.    Suggestion not to approve Alternate Psalm 13 3.    Suggestion not to approve Alternate Psalm 22 4.    Suggestion not…

GS 2025 Article 182 – APPENDIX A-3 Suggestions from the churches to change the lyrics for alternate psalms recommended by the SCBP 1.    Suggestion to keep Psalm 23 as it was 2.    Suggestion to tweak the lyrics of Psalm 112 3.    Suggestion to overhaul the lyrics of Psalm 149 ADOPTED

GS 2025 Article 182 – APPENDIX A-1 Suggestions from the churches to approve specific alternate psalms and additional hymns 1.    Suggestion to approve Alternate Psalm 11 2.    Suggestion to approve Alternate Psalm 32 3.    Suggestion to approve Alternate Psalm 39 4.    Suggestion to approve Alternate Psalm 51 5.    Suggestion to approve Alternate Psalm 59 6.   …

GS 2025 Article 182 – SCBP (Book of Praise) Report Section One, Part 6 (Expansion Book of Praise) 1.   Material 2.   Admissibility 3.   Observations 4.   Considerations 5.   Recommendations That Synod decide:

GS 2025 Article 181 – Acts The prepared articles of the Acts were corrected and adopted.

GS 2025 Article 180 – Reopening Synod reopened in plenary session. The Chairman had the meeting sing Psalm 113:1,2. He observed that all synod members were present and he made some housekeeping announcements.

GS 2025 Article 179 – Overture RSE 2024: Shortening Duration of General Synod 1.   Material 2.   Admissibility 3.   Observations 4.   Considerations 5.   Recommendations That Synod decide: ADOPTED Synod was adjourned for committee work.

GS 2025 Article 178 – Appeal against GS 2022 art. 155: Pulpit Access 1.   Material 2.   Admissibility 3.   Observations 4.   Considerations 5.   Recommendations That Synod decide: ADOPTED G. Boot abstained as per CO 32.

GS 2025 Article 177 – PCA (Presbyterian Church in America) 1.   Material 2.   Admissibility 3. Observations 4. Considerations 5.   Recommendation That Synod decide: ADOPTED

GS 2025 Article 176 – Overture RSW 2024: CO art. 30 (Ecclesiastical Route) 1.   Material 2.   Admissibility 3. Observations 4.   Considerations 5.   Recommendation That Synod decide: ADOPTED For the Guidelines as revised by GS 2025, see Appendix 25.