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