Plenary Meetings of the General Assembly

What is the Manual of the General Assembly?

• Standing Rules of the General Assembly – how the General Assembly orders itself
  
• Open Meeting Policy – meetings are open to the public with few exceptions
  
• Guidelines for Preparation of Minutes of Agencies
  
• Guidelines for Reviewing Synod Records – a task of the Assembly Committee on Mid Councils
  
• Guidelines for Presbyterians During Times of Disagreement – principles for everyone
  
• Forming Social Policy – how the PC(USA) speaks to itself and the world
  
• Guiding Principles: Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates
  
• Interreligious Stance for the PC(USA)
  
• Standards for Review of General Assembly Permanent, Advocacy, and Advisory Committees and Commissions
  
• Standards for Review of General Assembly Agencies
  
• Standards of Ethics for Commissioners and Advisory Delegates to the General Assembly
  
• Cultural Proficiency Standards
  
• Child/Youth/Vulnerable Adult Protection Policy and Its Procedures
  
• Organization for Mission – how the PC(USA) is structured