Administration

Administrative Committee

The Administrative Committee keeps the presbytery's business orderly. It plans each meeting, staffs the other committees, handles matters from the General Assembly, and reviews the records of every session in Illiana (SR 6).

Who Serves

The committee is made up of the presbytery's officers (the Stated Clerk, Moderator, Deputy Moderator and Treasurer) and two members elected by the presbytery. It aims to include at least two Teaching Elders and two Ruling Elders. It ordinarily meets three weeks before each stated meeting. Its members also serve as the presbytery's Board of Trustees.

Planning Presbytery Meetings

• Prepares the docket for each stated meeting with the Stated Clerk and Moderator

• Receives every committee's report and recommendations ahead of the meeting

• Assists and advises the Clerk and Moderator in their duties

Staffing Committees

• Recommends qualified men to serve on the presbytery's committees

• Fills committee vacancies until the presbytery can hold an election

• Forms ad-hoc committees when the presbytery directs

General Assembly Business

The committee brings matters from the PCA General Assembly before the presbytery. These include proposed amendments to the Book of Church Order, nominations to denominational committees, and responses to the Assembly's review of the presbytery's minutes.

Matters of Christian Character

When a written report concerning an officer's Christian character is received, the committee gathers the relevant information and informs the parties involved. It makes sure the proper biblical and constitutional steps (Matthew 18; BCO 31) have been followed before anything comes before the presbytery.

Review of Session Records

Each year the committee reviews the minutes of every session in the presbytery, following the Book of Church Order (BCO 40) and the guidance of the PCA Stated Clerk's Office.

• Two committee members conduct each review.

• Churches receive their results at least two weeks before the stated meeting.

• Findings are reported at every stated meeting.

• The committee works with each session's clerk to resolve questions and directs sessions on how to correct any exceptions of substance.

• Repeated exceptions, or a session that does not submit its minutes, are brought to the presbytery.