Tag: Form of Government

  • FOG Task Force recommending replacing BOO chapters with new “statement”

    Presbyterian Outlook: FOG Task Force recommending replacing BOO chapters with new “statement” LOUISVILLE – While acknowledging that the first four chapters of the Book of Order are beloved by many in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Form of Government Task Force is recommending that the church replace those chapters with a new statement it has…

  • Given the choice

    Presbyterian News Service: Given the choice LOUISVILLE — A task force charged with revising the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Form of Government (FOG) has backed away from its proposed rewrite of the PC(USA) Constitution’s theological underpinnings (chapters 1-4 of The Book of Order). The task force was authorized by last summer’s 217th General Assembly to revise…