The 85th General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church will convene tomorrow, Monday, 11 June, at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, and is being held concurrently with the URCNA Synod. The meeting will conclude the evening of Friday, 15 June.

This GA does not have live streaming but we usually have the next best thing: There is a tradition of very well done running daily reports for the OPC GA and expecting the tradition to continue watch this page when the assembly gets under way.

The agenda and reports are not posted on-line but you can access the Book of Church Order and the Standing Rules and Instruments of GA if you need background material. There is also a collection of reports from previous GA’s that have become guidance for the church.

The OPC has elected to keep a perpetual hashtag for their meeting (no sticking a year or GA number in there) so it should once again be #OPCGA. In terms of who to follow let me list the usual suspects and update once things get rolling.  The list would include Ryan Cook (@ryanlawdawg), Christopher Drew (@ChristopherDrew), and maybe Rachel Stevenson (@whatshewrote). It is probably worth keeping an eye on the Reformed Forum (@ReformedForum) crew including Camden Bucey (@CamdenBucey) and Jim Cassidy (@jjcassidy). In addition we might see comments on D. G. Hart’s feed (@oldlife), maybe The Daily Genevan (@TheDailyGenevan), and one of their denominational associations, NAPARC.

Since reports and detailed agendas are not available to anyone but the commissioners, it is difficult to highlight any particular business items that will be coming to the Assembly in advance of it being considered on the floor. The URCNA has put out a full schedule showing the times of joint meetings. These include opening and closing worship, but it also has a session highlighting their joint work on the new Psalter Hymnal. I would add that once again the Rev. Todd Smith at Faith Bible OPC, Brick, NJ, has put together a brief and general summary of the meeting. Check back on that blog for his thoughts afterwards.

So prayers for the teaching and ruling elders of the OPC as they spend a week reflecting on what the Spirit is doing in their branch and their discernment of the future. May you indeed discern God’s will in your decision making.