2026 per capita billed to our churches is $46.63 (GA $11.26, Synod $5.50, PEIA $29.87)
2023–2025 Book of Order downloadable PDF, text-only version.
Please click the blue links below to open documents of interest. Can’t find what you need? Email the Stated Clerk: statedclerk@peia.org
Looking for minutes? Click the minutes Meetings and Minutes Page
- Clerk of Session Handbook 2021-22
- Session Record Report Form 2023
- Form for Updated Terms of Call (Use in conjunction with Compensation and Benefits Manual for the new calendar year)
- Per Capita for 2025 is $45.34. To see a breakdown of how the funds are used, please click here.
- Presbytery Meetings and Minutes
- 2026 Mileage Rates
- Sample – Congregational Membership Transfer Letters
- PC(USA) Financial Review Guide
- Retention schedule for documents for congregations
- PEIA Information Form Word Document
- PEIA Information Form Online Form
- 2023-2025 PC(USA) Book of Order
- Change in terms of call form 2026(Use in conjunction with Compensation and Benefits Manual for the new calendar year)
- Installed Pastor Call Form (only use for called and installed pastoral positions)
- Intentional Interim Pastor Contract
- Temporary Supply Contract for Teaching Elders
- Temporary Supply Contract for Candidates and Ruling Elders
- CRE Commission Contract
- Member-At-Large Annual Report Form
- Inquirer Application
- Mileage Expense Voucher Form
- COR-N: Team Service Nomination Recommendation Form
- COR-N: Team Service Self-Nomination Recommendation Form
- PEIA Bylaws and Manual of Operations [amended 22 January 2026]
- Employee Handbook
- PEIA Anti-Racism Policy
- PEIA Policy on E-mail Motions
- PEIA Social Media Policy
- PEIA Equal Opportunity Policy
- PEIA Sexual Misconduct Prevention Policy
- PEIA Child Protection Policy
- Protect My Ministry
- Praesidium
- Synod of Lakes and Prairies Boundary Training Videos
- 2026 Compensation and Benefits Manual
- PEIA Validated Ministry Policy
- PEIA Policy on Pastoral Relationships
- PEIA Policy on Pastor Succession
- PEIA Candidate Indebtedness Policy
- PEIA Policy on Alternate Assessment of Candidates
- PEIA CRE Policy and Preparation Process
- PEIA Guidelines on Dissolution of Pastoral Calls
The Stated Clerk is the Presbytery’s chief ecclesiastical officer and one of two Constitutional officers, the other being the Moderator. The Stated Clerk
- relates to other Presbyterian councils (governing bodies),
- interprets Presbytery actions for internal and external audiences,
- represents the Presbytery on various boards,
- serves as a Trustee and secretary of the Corporation,
- resources the two constitutional committees (the Permanent Judicial Commission and Committee on Representation),
- is the presbytery’s parliamentarian,
- prepares and preserves all Presbytery records and official documents
The duties of the Stated Clerk include:
- providing polity consultation and interpretation to the Presbytery;
- supporting and interpreting the church’s Constitution, and the PEIA Bylaws and Manual of Operations
- organizing and managing meetings of the Presbytery;
- publishing the minutes and policies of Presbytery;
- collecting annual membership statistics;
- reviewing the minutes of sessions annually;
- partnering with the Presbytery Moderator(s) in leadership tasks;
- communicating about ecclesiastical concerns through various media with Presbytery constituents;
- supporting the administrative commissions of the Presbytery;
- coordinating the ecclesiastical work of the Presbytery between meetings;
- preserving the archives of minutes and records;
- and providing support and training to clerks and moderators of sessions
The Stated Clerk is the chief polity resource to Clerks and Moderators of Sessions along with Presbytery commissions, committees, task forces, and teams. The Stated Clerk also provides training and education opportunities for these groups and for the Presbytery at large.