Registration for the 52nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America opens at the moment. The assembly is hosted by Tennessee Valley Presbytery in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the week of June 23-27, 2025. The Meeting will convene on the Chattanooga Conference Heart, which is supported by many motels all through town fairly than one massive resort. For the primary time the PCA Administrative Committee is utilizing a housing platform to assist commissioners discover the motels that work finest for them throughout the contracted costs and properties out there.
The town enjoys a powerful reference to the PCA because of the presence and affect of Covenant College, which sits atop Lookout Mountain. The school will likely be internet hosting a particular Meeting-wide occasion for attendees on the night of Wednesday, June 25, 2025, with meals and festivities on its campus. Registration is required. Transportation will likely be supplied between the conference heart and the school.
Chattanooga can also be dwelling to 25 PCA congregations, three of that are positioned lower than two miles from the conference heart. The town has 10 PCA congregations inside its limits and 15 extra within the bigger metropolitan space. Tennessee Valley Presbytery contains 5 counties in northwest Georgia and runs north by way of japanese Tennessee, together with Knoxville. The presbytery is within the midst of a church planting initiative that goals to plant 20 new congregations in its bounds by 2027.
Referred to as the Scenic Metropolis, Chattanooga is constantly ranked as among the finest locations in America, welcoming over 16 million guests yearly. Named one of many prime cities for outside recreation, Chattanooga straddles the Tennessee River and is surrounded by mountains, providing guests numerous alternatives to hike, climb, swim, bike, run, and paddle.
The theme of this yr’s Meeting is “Raise Your Eyes.” The preachers for the three worship providers have already been announced. Seminar proposals are being accepted by way of the tip of the month.
That is the third time the PCA’s annual gathering will likely be held in Chattanooga. The thirty third Common Meeting was held there in 2005 when Ruling Elder Howard Q. Davis, Jr., served as moderator. The forty third Common Meeting was additionally hosted in Chattanooga in 2015 when Ruling Elder Jim Wert was elected to preside over the assembly. The one cities to host the Meeting greater than thrice are Atlanta (5 instances) and Birmingham (4 instances).
