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-fifth General Assembly will meet in Tacoma, Washington, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday July 9, 2008, with a terminus no later than noon, Wednesday July 16, 2008. Click here for registration materials.

General Assembly News and Reports

The Seventy-fourth General Assembly met in Sioux Center, Iowa from June 13-20, 2007. Click on one of the links below to read more about the General Assembly.

• 2007 General Assembly Report
• Statistical Report for 2007
• Amended Proposed Revised Version of the OPC Directory for the Public Worship of God (12/13/06 draft) (PDF)
• Amended Proposed Revised Version of the OPC Directory for the Public Worship of God, Preface and Chapter I, as amended by the 74th General Assembly (PDF)
• Summary of requests made by the Seventy-fourth General Assembly to Orthodox Presbyterian Churches for 2008 (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

• Robert Y. Eckardt, moderator
• Donald J. Duff, stated clerk