Overture asks that Christian educators become officers The Layman Online Wednesday, December 14, 2005 One of the yo-yo issues in the Presbyterian Church – whether to make Christian educators church officers – will crop up again at the 217th General Assembly. The Presbytery of Mission has approved an overture that asks the General Assembly to create the "office of minister of Christian education." Numerous attempts in the past to make Christian educators church officers have failed. The overture calls for a number of changes in the Book of Order, including alteration of G-6.0106a in the Book of Order, which now describes "those called to exercise special functions in the church – deacons, elders, and ministers of the Word and Sacrament." That would be abbreviated to deacons, elders and ministers with no reference to "Word and Sacrament." Christian educators would have voice and vote on local church sessions and higher governing bodies, including the General Assembly, if the commissioners approve the overture and presbyteries ratify the proposed changes in the Book of Order. This is the text of the overture can be found here.

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