Ad Interim Committee on
Strategic Planning

PROGRESS REPORT:  4/21/06

The 2005 General Assembly constituted an Ad Interim Committee for the purpose of presenting the final report and recommendations of the Strategic Planning Committee directly to the Thirty-fourth General Assembly. Teaching Elders Frank Barker, Bryan Chapell, Dave Clelland, David Coffin, Ligon Duncan and Ruling Elders Joel Belz and Frank Brock compose the Ad Interim Committee.  The other SPC and advisory members served as advisory members on the Ad Interim Committee.

The Ad Interim Committee considered its task to be the receipt of input from presbyteries and interested individuals, and to perfect the work of the Strategic Planning Committee, while honoring the broad principles of the Strategic Planning Committee. By April 2006, members of the original Strategic Planning Committee or Coordinators of the Committees and Agencies made trips to more than fifty (50) presbyteries to present the 2005 report, answer questions and collect formal and informal feedback. Other presbytery visits are scheduled in the months prior to General Assembly.

In March 2006, the Ad Interim Committee met in Atlanta for a two-day meeting to consider the feedback collected and modified the 2005 Strategic Plan’s recommendations. Please see the 2006 report of the Ad Interim Committee (available below to download) which not only details the changes but presents the recommendations for consideration by the 2006 General Assembly.

The Ad Interim Committee will continue to collect presbytery reports and communications up through the pre-Assembly seminar on the Strategic Plan. It will then meet to review, consider and respond to this belated input. The Ad Interim Committee does not expect more than minor changes, as it does not want to surprise commissioners with further revisions they have had little time to consider.

2006 Ad Interim Report to the 2006 General Assembly

2005 REPORT TO AC/GA: 

Overview, Five Imperatives and Development of the Plan – 8 pages

Survey Task Force Report– 23 pages

External Validation Task Force Report – 4 pages

Statistical Analysis – 14 pages

Report from Task Force on Engaging Ruling Elders – 11 pages

Report from Task Force on Preparing the Next Generation – 7 pages

General Assembly Task Force Report – 25 pages

Joint Task Force on Continuing Collaboration and Funding – 11 pages

Recommendations – 3 pages

DETAILED DOCUMENTS for in-depth study:

Effecting Motion for Presentation to the 34th General Assembly - 1 page document explaining the thought process behind the SPC's decision to present two sets of recommendations as unamendable packages.

PCA Denominational Survey Full Executive Summary - 69 slides giving more extensive survey result analysis.

PCA Denominational Survey Technical Summary - 90 page document that describes the technical aspects of the construction, implementation, and analysis of the survey mainly from a statistical and survey methods perspective.

PowerPoint Presentation on Growth – 13 slides with notes  (Click link at left to view in browser without notes.  Right-click the link at left and select "Save Target As..." to open in PowerPoint with notes.)

PowerPoint Presentation on Giving– 6 slides with notes  (Click link at left to view in browser without notes.  Right-click the link at left and select "Save Target As..." to open in PowerPoint with notes.)

A Plea for Effective and Efficient Cooperative Ministry - 16 pages - This document by Roy Taylor and John Robertson details the background, current situation and biblical discussion concerning funding for denominational ministries.

BACK-UP DOCUMENTS for perspective:

Being Revived + Bringing Reformation:  A Framework for Planning for the Presbyteries and Churches of the Presbyterian Church in America – 11+ pages – This document, presented prior to the 2003 General Assembly, gives an overview of the elements of the PCA Strategic Plan:  the PCA’s Identity, Mission, Values, Vision and Strategic Prioirites

Highlights of the Report - 9 pages - This document gives an overview of the findings and recommendations being put forth to the 2005 General Assembly through the Administrative Committee, and describes the recommended process for bring the full report to the 2006 GA.

COMMON QUESTIONS and answers:

Have a question or issue regarding anything you’ve read?  Try reading more on our page of ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS.

Presbytery Visit Schedule – To see who is assigned to visit your presbytery, click here.

If you have other questions or would like more information, please contact SPC Chairman Frank Brock (brock@covenant.edu, 706-419-1061) or Admin. Asst. Diane Hitzfeld (dhitzfeld@pcanet.org, 678-386-4542).

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