For as long as most Presbyterians can remember, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has discussed and debated the value and necessity of synods in the church’s governance system.
While much of the work of the second Mid-Council Commission (MCC-2) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is focused on streamlining the structures of the denomination ― particularly the role of synods ― one sub-group of the commission is turning its attention to the web of relationships that mark the PC(USA) as “connectional.”