Arkansas Amendments

 Just so people know what presbyteries will be voting on in the coming year, here is what is affectionately referred to as the Arkansas Amendments.

1. That the Constitution of the CPC/CPCA be amended by adding the following Paragraph 2.92 and renumbering subsequent sections as appropriate: 2.92 When a person is in a sexual relationship that is outside the boundaries of marriage as described in the Confession of Faith 6.17, then such a situation makes that person ineligible to be ordained to the office of elder.

2. That the Constitution of the CPC/CPCA be amended by adding the following sentence at the end of the current Paragraph 2.73: 2.73 When a person is in a sexual relationship that is outside the boundaries of marriage as described in the Confession of Faith 6.17, then such a situation makes that person ineligible to serve as an elder on the session of a church.

3. That the Constitution of the CPC/CPCA be amended by adding the following Paragraph 6.35 and renumbering subsequent sections as appropriate: 2023 THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 99 6.35 No licentiate shall be ordained who is in a sexual relationship that is outside the boundaries of marriage as described in the Confession of Faith 6.17. Such a situation makes that person ineligible to be ordained as a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

4. That the Constitution of the CPC/CPCA be amended by adding the following new Paragraph 7.02 and renumbering subsequent sections as appropriate: 7.02 When a person is in a sexual relationship that is outside the boundaries of marriage as described in the Confession of Faith 6.17, then such a situation makes that person ineligible to serve a church in any of the relationships stated in 7.01