In the midst of the PC(USA) GA news binge I sort of lost track of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America GA’s going on at the same time and place.  There were a couple of joint events and combined worship but I’ll focus on business from their Summary of Actions.

The 176th General Assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church convened June 19-23 in Brimingham, AL.  One of the interesting things about their organization is that in addition to a stated clerk they also have an engrossing clerk.  From the operations manual it appears that this individual only serves during the assembly and  the primary duty is to serve as the clerk-pro-tem in the stated clerk’s absence.  It was not clear if this was also the individual who dealt with preparing and processing “legislation” as an engrossing clerk would do in some state governments.

Much of the high profile business seemed to be related to the sale of the current headquarters and the capital campaign for the new headquarters.  You can check the status of the campaign at ilovemychurch.net.  Along with this there will be study, with a consultant, of the denominational structure.

One of the more interesting items of business is the adoption of a new logo.  At first glance I thought it was kind of mundane, but once I read the description and saw the combined elements it made sense.  I must admit however that the ordinary person, without the benefit of the description, will miss all the built-in symbolism.  Here is the information copied from their minutes: