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Great... I think you may find that Calvinist Cadet Corps is a good, though not perfect, option for your church’s Scouting troop.
Check out this thread as well on Dr. Harry Reeder of Briarwood PCA, the largest congregation of your denomination, blasting the pro-homosexual Scouting decision:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3023632/posts?page=1

Thanks for the information. CCC looks like a good program from what I can tell from their website. I am quite sure that the PCA churches here where I live are going to pull the plug on BSA, including my son’s pack. There really isn’t anything else they can do but disassociate themselves with lovers of sodomy. (let alone all the other practical and legal reasons)

Thank you for your note.

In the hands of solidly Reformed leaders in a solidly Reformed church, Calvinist Cadet Corps can be extremely useful as a way not only to teach the skills that Scouting teaches, but also to do so in a specifically Christian and specifically Reformed manner. That lack of a doctrinal foundation was a weakness in Scouting all the way back to Baden-Powell, and it is why the Calvinist Cadet Corps was originally created as an alternative to the Boy Scouts.

If you have enough other nearby churches to form a Cadet council, that's even better.

A check of the Calvinist Cadet Corps map of local councils will show that the organization is not strong where the majority of the PCA is located. That isn't a problem and could actually be a huge advantage — you can basically do things the way your churches want to do them, with the support of other likeminded PCA churches (and maybe OPC as well).

If you're in an area where there are a number of other Christian Reformed and RCA congregations, much depends on the local churches. Sometimes, perhaps many times, an interested PCA church will be welcomed with open arms and treated the same way that numerous OPC and URC churches are being treated which already have Cadets. But I would be lying if I said that will happen everywhere.

If enough PCA churches join, that could very well be a major, major help to the Cadets. The PCA is a growing denomination where even most of the weakest churches want to be evangelical. Let's just say a lot of good Southern blood from the PCA would be a godsend to conservative Dutch Reformed people.

Bottom line: I think in nearly all situations, Calvinist Cadet Corps, in the hands of a strong local PCA, OPC, or URC church, or a conservative CRC or RCA church, will be superior to what the Boy Scouts are now likely to become.