Consequently, the Standing Judicial Commission appears to be patterned after the legal system of America rather than the laws of Scripture. One of the results of the Concerned Presbyterian Memorial is that a General Assembly Study Committee was appointed to recommend corrections to the system. The study committee brought its report to the 24th General Assembly this year. At the 1996 General Assembly in Coral Ridge there was a worship service which included a dramatic presentation by an actor, dressed liked Jesus Christ, who recited the Luke 5 account of the Prodigal Son in the first person. The General Assembly also allowed the advertising of this actor's availability for worship services.
Many churches allow such practices in their worship services.
Many PCA churches now have dramatic teams that they advertise as available to travel to other churches to perform. It has been reported to us that at least one church has a Director of Liturgical Dance for the worship services. As to your concern that the PCA seems to be ignoring the smaller, more rural, churches your observations appear true. Even our foreign missionaries are concentrating their efforts on reaching the more influential people. Indeed, with the huge amount of debt that many PCA churches have accrued, they would not want to offend a generous donor and certainly would not send the rich young ruler away.