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NEW: Application form for the newly created [Unified Agency] Governing Board is now available | due December 3, 2025

  • Log in (or create a new account to create your profile)

  • select [Unified Agency] Governing Board under "Nominations to the  227th GA (2026)

  • read the description, skillsets needed, and prayerfully discern God's call to service

  • complete and submit an application form for the GA Nominating Committee's consideration.

The 225th General Assembly (2022) created a Commission to Unify the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) and the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) and mandated the Commission to a clear mandate to oversee and facilitate the unification of the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) and the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) into a single agency. The description below for the Governing Board outlines the board’s purpose:

The work of the governing board

Following the Holy Spirit’s guidance, the [Unified Agency] Governing Board provides oversight of the [Unified Agency] and stewards its relationship to the General Assembly, its service to mid councils and congregations, and its engagement with the broader church in the world.

The primary tasks of the Governing Board are to:   

  • Advise, guide, evaluate, support and collaborate with the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly and Executive Director of the [Unified Agency] (SC/ED)

  • Oversee the operations and performance of the [Unified Agency]

  • Fulfill fiduciary responsibility by

○     Establishing budget development and approval processes

○     Presenting a budget in collaboration with the Administrative Services Group, developed in collaboration with [Unified Agency] staff, to General Assembly

  • In collaboration with the SC/ED and the President of the A Corporation, establish and maintain standards of accountability throughout the [Unified Agency]

  • Ensure effective communication within the [Unified Agency] itself and with General Assembly commissioners, mid councils and congregations.

  • Maintain and nurture relationships with the other General Assembly agencies and entities of the PC(USA).

Additionally, the Governing Board will have the responsibility of continuing to guide the ongoing efforts of unification by working with the SC/ED’s senior leadership team and the Unification Management Office.

Nomination process

The members of the Governing Board will be nominated by the General Assembly Nominating Committee and will serve four-year terms divided into two classes. Nominees should reflect the General Assembly values related to diversity, equity and inclusion (F-1.0403) and other commitments such as geography and size of congregation. Members shall be ruling elders or teaching elders in good standing. Each of these ordered ministries will be represented at 50% of the elected body. Two members of the Unification Commission will be included in each of the first two classes. The SC/ED and the Moderator(s) of the General Assembly will be ex-officio members of the Board.

Time commitment and expectations of governing board members

The Governing Board may meet four times a year in person for two days with the possibility of additional virtual meetings. The work on behalf of the PC (USA) is a significant responsibility and attendance at meetings is expected. Each member will also be assigned to a standing committee that will meet virtually between in-person meetings.

Governing board member gifts and experience

  • Faith in Jesus Christ, who alone is head of the church (F-1.0201)

  • General knowledge of the PC(USA) and the functioning of the General Assembly

  • A known history of serving with “energy, intelligence, imagination and love” (W-4.0404h)

  • A capacity for embracing, leading and envisioning change

  • Demonstrated ability and willingness to work collegially with others, including those with a diversity of voices and opinions. 

The Governing Board will need members with several of these crucial skillsets

  • Leadership and professional development

  • Strategic, analytical and critical thinking

  • Governance and polity

  • Financial literacy

  • Change management

  • Human capital management (with skills in human resources and organization design and development)

  • Communication

  • Diversity, equity and inclusion.

 

 

Additional Nominations for
GENERAL ASSEMBLY LEVEL COMMITTEES AND COMMISSION

 

1. APPOINTMENTS BY THE CO-MODERATORS OF THE 226TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Special Committees and Task Forces - 226th General Assembly

Task Force to Write a New Study Document in Response to the 2022 GA Statement

Denouncing Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia

 

2. APPLICATIONS FOR PENDING VACANCIES :

THE FOLLOWING COMMISSION AND COMMITTEES

Advisory Committee on Litigation 2026

Advocacy Committee for Women and Gender Justice 2026

Educator Certification Committee 2026

GA Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations 2026

GA Committee on Representation 2026

GA Permanent Judicial Commission 2026 - SYNOD OF ROCKY MOUNTAINS and SYNOD OF LIVING WATERS

Mission Responsibility Through Investment 

Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Foundation 2024-2026

Racial Equity Advocacy Committee 2026

 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN SERVING THE PCUSA IN APPOINTED AND ELECTED SERVICE

 

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