A Ben and Fred duo episode--all about Review and Control.

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Scott and Jared are joined by Thomas Rickard to have (another) discussion about Review of Presbytery Records.

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It's all about the modes! Join Scott, Jared, and Fred as the discuss the BCO chapter with the longest title: Modes in Which the Proceedings of Lower Courts Come Under the Supervision of Higher Courts.

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He's never introduced, but you can't deny the dulcet tones of RE Howie Donahoe, who joins Scott and Jared to get into BCO 38.

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Scott leads us through the BCO amendments sent down from this years General Assembly. 

https://pcapolity.com/2025/07/22/thirteen-proposed-amendments-in-2025/

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Jared sits down with Mel Duncan and Jason Helopolous to discuss the influential ministry of Rev. Paul Settle.

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Ben and Jared hit a few highlights of the 52nd General Assembly, and then Jared is joined by the PCA Archivist Wayne Sparkman for a brief interview.

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Check out the following GA roundups that are already published:

Presbyterian and Reformed Churchman Podcast

George Sayour's summary

ByFaith Summary

Ryan Biese's Summary

Joe Cristman's Summary

BCO History webpage

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Our AI substitute wasn't able to record an episode, so it seem like it generated an introduction with NotebookLM and then aired our RPR Deep Dive from last year. Enjoy.

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Jared, Scott, and Ben spend time with friend of the show Steve Dowling, discussing the week of General Assembly and what we might expect at the 52nd.

Fred Greco's Overtures Roundup

Jacob Gerber's Parliamentary Procedure for Presbyters

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Alex Ford is back! We quickly put him to work sifting through Overtures with the guys...

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Overtures discussed: 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50

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