General Assembly

The General Assembly is the governing body of the whole church and the highest court of appeal in judicial matters. It consists of approximately 150 voting commissioners, including the moderator and stated clerk of the previous assembly and such ministers and ruling elders as are commissioned by their respective presbyteries. The Seventy-seventh General Assembly will convene at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 on the campus of Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois, with a terminus no later than Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 12:00 noon.

General Assembly News and Reports

The Seventy-sixth General Assembly met in Grand Rapids, Michigan, from May 27 through June 3, 2009. Click on one of the links below to read more about the General Assembly.

• 2009 General Assembly Report
• Statistical Report for 2009
• Documents Pertaining to the Final Proposed Revision to the Directory for Public Worship
• Summary of requests made by the Seventy-sixth General Assembly to Orthodox Presbyterian Churches for 2010 (PDF)
• Summary of requests made by the Seventy-fifth General Assembly to Orthodox Presbyterian Churches for 2009 (PDF)

General Assembly Papers

General Assembly papers are thoughtful and weighty treatises on important matters but do not have the force of constitutional documents, namely, our Confession of Faith and Catechisms and Book of Church Order. Click here to access the papers.

Operating Documents

The following documents provide the procedural framework for meetings of the General Assembly:

• Standing Rules of GA [PDF]
• Instruments of GA [PDF]

Personnel

• William Shishko, moderator
• Donald J. Duff, stated clerk