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Assembly approves changes in age requirements for Young Adult Advisory Delegates

Also allowed: youth participation from new worshipping communities and immigrant fellowships.

Moderator Jen Jennings (left) and Carson Rhyne (parliamentarian, right) at the moderator’s table of the Standing Rules Committee. Photo by Gregg Brekke for Presbyterian Outlook.

Louisville, Kentucky — The General Assembly has approved changes in the Standing Rules altering the requirements for who can serve as Young Adult Advisory Delegates (YAADs) to the assembly.

The changes the assembly approved July 6 to STAN-22 say presbyteries may elect as a YAAD someone who:

  • Is an active member of a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregation, or
  • Is a participant in a new worshipping community or an immigrant...

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