Study Committee Papers

When the Conference believes some issue facing the Church needs to be studied, it will appoint a Study Committee to study the topic, write their findings in a report. Many times, the Committee will also propose changes to the Faith & Order with the rationale for those changes in their report.

Below are all study papers listed chronologically from youngest to oldest. Or you can look at our list of highlighted reports listed chronologically or by topic.

24 Apr 2024

Report of the Study Committee on Mode of Baptism for Believers with Disabilities and Infirmities (2024)

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Study Committee for the Mode of Baptism for Believers with Disabilities and Infirmities was formed at the 2021 BFC Conference by a petition from Faith BFC Lancaster. The report belo [...]

24 Apr 2024

Report of the Study Committee on Eternal Conscious Torment (2024)

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The study committee was formed at the 2022 BFC Conference in response to a petition from Whitehall BFC which asked for a more complete resource to support the current doctrine of eterna [...]

24 Apr 2024

Report of the Study Committee on the Role of Women, 1 Timothy 2:12 (2024)

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Editor's Note: This committee was formed as a result of a petition from the floor of the 2021 Conference. The Committee's substantive report was received by the 2023 Conference. That year, a substitut [...]

26 Apr 2023

Report of the Study Committee on Abortion (2023)

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Study Committee to Strengthen Our Position on Abortion was formed by a petition of the Stroudsburg church at the 2022 Conference. The legislation below passed at First Reading at 20 [...]

26 Apr 2023

Report of the Study Committee on the Role of Women in the Church, 1 Timothy 2:12, Minority Report (2023)

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Editor's Note: This committee was formed as a result of a petition from the floor of the 2021 Conference. The Committee's substantive report was received by the 2023 Conference. A substitute motion wi [...]

26 Apr 2023

Report of the Study Committee on the Role of Women in the Church, 1 Timothy 2:12, Majority (2023)

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Editor's Note: This committee was formed as a result of a petition from the floor of the 2021 Conference. The Committee's substantive report, which is below, was received by the 2023 Conference. A sub [...]

24 Apr 2023

Report of the Study Committee on Mode of Believers’ Baptism with Regard to Membership (2023)

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Report of the Study Committee on Mode of Believers’ Baptism with Regard to Membership (2023) EDITOR'S NOTE: This committee was formed by Conference in 2021. As a result of the report below, the 2023 C [...]

25 Apr 2022

Report of the Study Committee on the Family [2022]

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Report of the Study Committee to Address Questions Concerning the BPL on The Family [2022] EDITOR'S NOTE: The committee was formed by Conference in response to the seven-year BPL review committee. The [...]

25 Apr 2022

Report of the Study Committee on Examination of the BPL on Sexual Identity [2022]

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Report of the Study Committee on Examination of the BPL on Sexual Identity [2022] EDITOR’S NOTE: The committee previously introduced a report to the 2021 Conference, which Conference referred the repo [...]

04 Oct 2021

Report of the Study Committee on Child Sexual Abuse [2021]

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Report of the Study Committee on Child Sexual Abuse [2021] EDITOR'S NOTE: This committee was formed by Conference in 2019 in response to a request from a local church elder board. Based on the finding [...]