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Minutes of the General Assembly 2012
Minutes of Session 3 of the 2012 General Assembly
Rotorua Boys’ High School, Pukuatua St, Rotorua
Friday 5 October, 8.30 am
The session was constituted with prayer and worship.
Role of the Moderator of the General Assembly
The Very Rev Garry Marquand and the Rev Emma Keown presented matters for
discussion in dialogue groups.
Mr Marquand moved en bloc, it was seconded:
[12.020] That the Moderator of the General Assembly be affirmed as the mission
leader of the Church.
[12.021] That the Assembly calls its Moderator to a four-year, full time-role, which
may include moderating more than one General Assembly.
[12.022] That the Assembly recognise that the role of the Moderator is to:
(a) Moderate the General Assembly.
(b) Lead and inspire the Church in God’s mission, expressing its
vision, beliefs, values and mission direction to congregations
and to the wider community, religious and secular, national and
international.
(c) Encourage the implementation of the Church’s mission strategy.
(d) Represent the Church at formal occasions in the wider
community.
(e) Undertake other duties as set out in Book of Order, Sections
14.16 and 14.17.
[12.023] That a Moderatorial Commission (MC) be established as a standing
commission of Assembly, led by the Moderator, to discern the missional
direction of the Church and lead its implementation.
(a)
(b)
That the following are the duties of the Moderatorial
Commission:
(i) To act as Commission of the Assembly, in discerning God’s
call to the Church in mission, and, with the Moderator,
provide leadership.
(ii) To research trends within the Presbyterian Church, New
Zealand churches and wider society, to provide in-depth
analysis which will inform the strategic missional direction
of the Church, as formulated by the General Assembly
through the Council of Assembly.
(iii) To advise the Assembly Executive Secretary, Council of
Assembly, the Service Team Leaders, task groups and
work groups of the Assembly, and presbyteries in the
implementation of these strategic mission directions.
(iv) To equip presbyteries and synods in their oversight of
congregational mission (ref BOO 8.4 (1) (a)).
(v) To act as a search committee for Moderator Designate of
the General Assembly.
(vi) To employ (call) the Moderator on behalf of the Church.
That the membership of the Moderatorial Commission be:
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