General Resources Related to GA Business
What Happens at a General Assembly?
The basic schedule: what happens when.
How Business Gets to a General Assembly
A brief explanation of the several ways items can be brought before the G.A.
PC-Biz
The place to go for all official G.A. business. You do not have to create an account to access it.
The Book of Order (2011-2013)

Order a hard copy, or download a pdf file.

The Book of Confessions
Historic Principles, Conscience, and Church Government

Adopted by the 195th General Assembly (1983)

Parliamentary Procedures
A concise guide to parliamentary process.
Why Use Roberts Rules of Order?

While this blog entry by Mary Naegeli was specifically addressed to the Fellowship of Presbyterians prior to their January meeting, it is a good reminder to GA commissioners that the tried-and-true "Roberts Rules" provides for a much fairer result than the widely-touted "Consensus Decision-Making" promoted in recent years.

Committee of the Whole
What is it, and when should it be used?

Closing Debate

Moving the Previous Question
Commentary on and highlighted text from Roberts' Rules. The photos below show the actual pages from Roberts' Rules.
Closing Debate
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