General Assembly of Australia in 2010 buried the 2007 plan to ban women from the eldership.

     The General Assembly of Australia in September 2007 voted to sustain, and send down as a remit, an overture from the Presbytery of Sydney South that would, if approved by presbyteries and state assemblies before 2010, have banned women from being elders of the church.

Since then the respective state assemblies and their presbyteries have strongly disapproved of the remit and in 2010 the GAA laid the matter to rest.

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Beware of the Remit from Ministry and Mission on the appointment of pastoral Assistants

The General Assembly in NSW has sent down a remit on its new rules regarding the appointment of pastoral assistants in congregations. Don't ignore it! It contains an element of sexism that should be addressed before it is allowed to become law.

“Hearts and Hands and More Voices”, the follow-up to “Hearts and hands and Voices” is now in print.
Even more stories and recollections of life in the Presbyterian Church.
For your copy at a cost of $20

contact

Jill Stevenson

Did you miss out on a copy of “Hearts and Hands and Voices”?

This is now sold out and there are no plans for a second print run.
However the Committee has agreed to put the book on CD as a PDF file for those who missed out.
If you would like to register an expression of interest in having a copy sent to your address at cost of $20, contact

                         David Crawford
                         7/42 Fuller St
                         Chester Hill
                         NSW 2162
                         Ph (02) 9645 4951