Content Summary: Records and files of Dr. L. Roy Taylor, primarily from his term of service as the third Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America, 1998-2020.

Access: This collection is open to researchers.

Preferred citation: Rev. Dr. L. Roy Taylor Manuscript Collection, PCA Historical Center, St. Louis, Missouri.

Biographical sketch:
Dr. Taylor served as the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America from June, 1998 to June 2021, and this collection primarily concerns that term of his many years of ministry. A fuller biographical sketch will post in January 2025.

Related Collections:
Articles on church polity by Dr. Taylor:
Absentee Voting [7/10/2016]
BCO 13-5
BCO 29 and Chargeable Offenses
Issues Facing the PCA [2008]
Minimum Voting Age
Non-hierarchical Presbyterianism
Ruling Elders Administering Sacraments
Status of in thesi Statements
The Rotational System of Officers in the PCA
Uniqueness of PCA Polity

This collection consists of 23 cu. ft. of material. Finding aids are presented here in PDF form.

200.1 —The PCA Stated Clerk's files on the work of the PCA Interchurch Relations Committee, 1997- 2019.
200.2 —A broad range of files on the work of the PCA Administrative Committee, 2004-2010.
200.3 —unfinished; please check back in late February 2025.
201.1 —Files on the work of the PCA Administrative Committee, 2010-2017.
201.2 —Administrative Committee files regarding development planning and other activities.
201.3 —The Stated Clerk’s working copies of the Commissioner’s Handbook, from the 1999, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 PCA General Assemblies.
202.1 —Dr. Taylor’s working copies of the Commissioner’s Handbook, from 40th – 45th PCA General Assemblies (2012-2017).
202.2 —Dr. Taylor’s working copies of the Commissioner’s Handbook, 2018 – 2019; Building Management Committee files; byFaith Magazine files; MTW manuals; PCA Logo project files; and PCA Historical Center files.
202.3 —Dr. Taylor’s files on the work of the Committee on Constitutional Business (CCB). The CCB is an integral aspect of the work of the annual PCA General Assembly.
203.1 —Files from the PCA Stated Clerk’s work with PCA agency coordinators and the Cooperative Ministries Committee, along with files on Index and Digest projects.
203.2 —The PCA Stated Clerk’s files on the work of the PCA Interchurch Relations Committee, 1998 – 2011.
203.3 —The PCA Stated Clerk’s files on the work of the PCA Interchurch Relations Committee and related efforts, 1997 – 2019.
204.1 —Files on the Korean language presbyteries in the PCA, a directory of Korean pastors in the PCA, and the Korean translation of the PCA Book of Church Order; Nominating Committee files, 2006 and 2013-2019; and lastly, a single file on the Theological Examining Committee. 1998-2007.
204.2 —Files on the annual PCA Presbytery Clerks conference and the Clerks Handbook, 1999 – 2019, an incomplete series, lacking 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2017.
204.3 —Dr. Taylor’s files on seven different PCA studies, 1998 – 2020 (Creation; Federal Vision; Insider Movement; Heresies; Women in the Church and Deaconesses; Racial Reconciliation; and Sexuality).
205.1 —PCA Foundation files; BCO Advice given by Dr. Taylor; miscellaneous other files.
205.2 — Standing Judicial Commission (SJC) Minutes; Dr. Taylor’s “Self Evaluation & Goals” files, 1998-2005 & 2008-2019, as well as some articles by and about Dr. Taylor; and various other files.
205.3 —Files on three judicial cases.
206.1 —Session and Diaconate Records from First Presbyterian Church Hattiesburg, 1984–1992.
206.2 —First Presbyterian Church Hattiesburg Session Minutes, 1986–1993; Notes from Preaching Lectures; NAPARC Committee Files; Reformed Theological Seminary 40th Anniversary.
206.3 —Files and Minutes from Building Management Committee, Capital Building Campaign, Evangel Presbytery, Grace Presbytery, PCA Board of Directors, PCA Nominating Committee, and Presbytery Clerks' Meeting.
207.1 —The contents of this box appear to be texts utilized by Dr. Taylor in his teaching at Knox Seminary. Other files in this box pertain to the PCA's Interchurch Relations Committee.
207.2 —Documentation of changes in the Book of Church Order; Correspondence regarding Presbyteries; Commissioner's Handbook for the 48th General Assembly.