Where is everyone? The hall where the commissioners of the General Assembly gather has been empty today. Are they on a break? No - they are in committees on Monday and Tuesday. There are hundreds of motions, or overtures, that are coming to the General Assembly for consideration. There is no way 600 plus commissioners can debate all of the details of 600 or so pieces of business in a few days, so everything moves through a committee before the GA gathers together on Wednesday.
From time to time, the secular press will report on the decisions of these committees as if "the Presbyterian Church, USA, has decided that..." However, at this point, whatever the committees decide is "IP" - "in process." Any actions of the committees still must go to the whole assembly.
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