WHEREAS issues surrounding human sexuality have been contentious for decades within The Presbyterian Church in Canada, and

WHEREAS our ordination vows stipulate that we will not take divisive courses of action, and

WHEREAS the actions of the General Assembly of 2019, in sending changes of doctrine and practice through the Barrier Act of the church are very contentious and divisive, as evidenced by the volume of concern raised through the ‘listening’ processes, and

WHEREAS the proposed changes of practice and doctrine (2019 Remits B and C), to the church sent under the Barrier Act contain (inconveniens logicum, Latin) logical inconsistencies,  

THEREFORE, the Session of St. Andrew’s Moncton would humbly Overture that the next General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church in Canada would set aside the actions of the 2019 General Assembly in initiating the Barrier Act in the terms that it did, in order to find a way forward, under the unifying guidance of the Holy Spirit, that glorifies God and enhances the mission of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, or to do otherwise that General Assembly in its wisdom may deem best.