This document will help you better understand the purpose of each narrative question.
As we start a completely new matching system for our denomination, we have taken time to update, renew and reflect on the way things were done and the vision needed for the future of this project. With that, time was spent considering the names and the composition of various processes, documents, and sections for the new system. This glossary explores the different acronyms and new definitions that you will see in the new CLC system.
These instructions will assist you in entering your Personal Discernment Profile (PDP) in the new Church Leadership Connection (CLC) system. Review all the instructions before you begin.
Church Leadership Connection (CLC) User Guide for Executive/General Presbyters
Church Leadership Connection (CLC) User Guide for Committee on Preparation for Ministry (CPM)
Church Leadership Connection (CLC) User Guide and Instructions for Clerks of Session.
Church Leadership Connection (CLC) User Guide for Committee on Ministry (COM) moderators.
As we transform the CLC system into a modern, easy, and automated system for all users, we have found certain aspects that needed to be redefined to the need and theology that accompanies the calling process in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
This action of the 225th General Assembly (2022) in response to a report from the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) provides an update to the statistics included in the 2010 "Gun Violence, Gospel Value: Mobilizing in Response to God's Call." It also provides new recommendations including the implementation of the PCUSA's 10-year campaign, the Decade to End Gun Violence.
This action of the 225th General Assembly (2022) is a report from the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) in the aftermath of the war in Afghanistan, our country's longest war. It includes a call for self-examination, confession and repentance and recommended actions to be taken by the General Assembly, national and local governments, congregations and members.