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General Assembly 2006
General Assembly 2006 (GA06) was held at St Kentigern College, Pakuranga Road, Auckland. The theme of GA06 was “Christ-centred, community-facing”.
General Assembly is the opportunity for church elders and ministers to have input into the future direction of the Church. This function characterises one of the things that makes the Presbyterian Church distinct from other denominations: our tradition of participatory decision-making at all levels.
How can you communicate what happened at GA06 to your church? Download some resources here.
Download the official minutes of GA06.
GA06 highlights
Thursday 28 September
- Download the GA06 opening worship service here.
- Download Moderator the Right Rev Pamela Tankersly's opening sermon to GA06 here.
- New Moderator installed in colourful opening service
- Te Aka Puaho - A year of celebration
- National tasks review
- National funding money matters
Friday 29 September
- Download the morning worship service here
- Media release - General Assembly votes to confirm rule on sexuality and leadership
- GA06 confirms rule on sexuality and leadership
- Binding decision continues status quo of the past two years
- Martin Baker - New AES
- Compulsory retirement age for ministers abolished
- Make-up of Council of Assembly to change
- Download the Rev Dr Kerry Enright's keynote speech here
- Revised Book of Order adopted
Saturday 30 September
- Download the morning worship service here
- Review of the General Assembly meeting
- Winnie Laban encourages Church to engage on margins
- The Honourable Winnie Laban's keynote speech will be available on her website.
- Moderator Designate confirmed
- Licensing for ministry agreed
- Nominations Committee decisions questioned
- Centre for Christian Leadership gets go-ahead
- CASI proposals to General Assembly
- Focal Identity Statement: A work in progress
Sunday 1 October
- Download the morning worship service here
- Overseas guests aspire Assembly
- "We are here for those who are absent" - Incoming AES the Rev Martin Baker addresses General Assembly
- Download the Rev Martin Baker's exercise in developing a strategy for parish growth
- Outgoing Moderator urges "more courage and less caution". To download The Very Rev Garry Marquand's address, click here.
- Supporting the servants
- Assembly Assessment
Monday 2 October
- Download the morning worship service here
- Motions related to Assembly Assessment
- National nominations process under the spotlight
- Overture four lost
Preparing for GA06
- We will be sending out regular email updates about various aspects of GA06 prior to and throughout Assembly. If you want to keep up to date with what’s happening, then please register here to receive these updates.
- Download studies that help you prepare for GA06 (pdf format)
- Download the proposed Book of Order (pdf format)
- Download the proposed Conditions of Service Manual (pdf format)
- Click here to view the agenda for GA06
- Click on the links below to download the contents of the second of Assembly papers mailing
Barrier Act Process (B)
Te Aka Puaho Report (C)
Resource Sub-Committee Report - Appendix 2 (D9)
Overtures
Assembly Expenditure (F1)
Local and National Mission Spending (F2)
Federal Model for the Church (F3)
Election of Council of Assembly (F4)
Subordinate Standards (F5)
Recommendations (H) - For a list of books recommended by the Moderator Designate as useful GA06 reading, click here.