Office of the Stated Clerk - Presbytery of the Pacific

The Stated Clerk is the Presbytery’s ecclesiastical administrator. This office relates to congregational Sessions, the Synod of Southern California & Hawai’i, and the General Assembly. The Stated Clerk serves as the Presbytery’s scribe and parliamentarian. The Stated Clerk also serves as a polity resource to Clerks of Session, Moderators, and the constitutional committees of the Presbytery. Required by the Book of Order, annual reviews of the congregation’s minutes, rolls, and registers are coordinated by the Stated Clerk’s Office.

Email statedclerk@statedclerk@pacificpresbytery.org

QUICK LINKS to RESOURCES & FORMS

2024 Clergy Minimum Terms of Call
2024 Congregation Per Capita Amounts (for more information, see “2024 Per Capita” below)
Annual Statistical Report for the General Assembly
Clerk of Session Handbook
Retention of Church Records Management from PHS
Congregation Records Retention Schedule PDF
How to Update Your Church’s Bylaws: A Guideline
Sample Session Minutes (coming soon)
Mission Pledge Form
Annual Compensation Online Report (available in Fall of 2024)
Session Records Checklist for Annual Review 2023 – English
Annual Session Checklist Review Form KOREAN TRANSLATION – 2023- 연례검토를 위한 당회 기록 점검표

2024 Per Capita

The 2024 per capita allocation totals $48.00. The distribution is as follows:

Presbytery	$35.30
Synod	2.85
General Assembly	9.85
Total	$48.00

SESSION RECORDS CHECKLIST FOR ANNUAL REVIEW

In accordance with G-3.0108a, The Presbytery reviews the recorded minutes of Sessions to determine that minutes have been correctly recorded; the meetings have been regular and in accordance with the Constitution; the meetings have been prudent and equitable; the meetings have been faithful to the mission of the whole church and that the lawful injunctions of a higher council have been adhered to.

DOWNLOAD – Session Records Checklist for Annual Review

ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORTING

This annual report on congregational statistics is designed to guide you through the statistical information that you must provide to the Office of the General Assembly in accordance with G-3.0202f. The information you provide will be combined with that from other PC(USA) congregations to become the “OGA Statistics” that appear annually in the General Assembly Minutes, Part II, Statistics.

The reporting process can be stopped and started as often as necessary as the system saves your progress automatically.

PLEASE NOTE: No longer is a workbook being produced. PDFs have been created related to the questions and definitions being asked. Click on the appropriate link below for your language of choice. The program has been updated to include helpful tools and definitions to complete the process. The reporting system is available in Korean, Spanish, and English.

PART I – The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) consists of two parts: Part one is The Book of Confessions, and part two, the Book of Order, consists of the Foundations of Presbyterian Polity, Form of Government, Directory for Worship, and Rules of Discipline.

THE BOOK OF CONFESSIONS

The Book of Confessions, containing historical statements of what we as a church believe, is available in several forms.

You can download the following:

The Book of Confessions in English
Libro de Confesiones en Español (PDF)
The Book of Confessions in Korean (PDF)
O Livro de Confissões in Portuguese (PDF)

You can use this searchable online version, or you can purchase a printed version from Presbyterian Distribution Service (Church Store).

You can use this annotated searchable version online. This web application lets you search for a word or phrase in the Annotated Book of Order, including the history of amendments since 1983.