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15.1

14-1

14-1. The General Assembly is the highest court of this Church, and represents in one body all the churches thereof. It bears the title of …

6.8

5-8

5-8. It is the intention of the Presbyterian Church in America that mission churches enjoy the same status as particular churches in relation …

6.3

5-3

5-3. The mission church, because of its transitional condition, requires a temporary system of government. Depending on the …

13.5

12-5

12-5. The church Session is charged with maintaining the spiritual government of the church, for which purpose …

6.9

5-9

5-9. A new church can be organized only by the authority of Presbytery. a. A Presbytery should establish …

9.9

8-9

8-9. As there were in the Church under the law, elders of the people for the government thereof, so in the …

6.5

5-5

5-5. The temporary government shall receive members (BCO 12-5.a) into the mission church according to the provisions of …

20.2

19-2

… outlined in the Confession of Faith and Larger and Shorter Catechisms of the Presbyterian Church in America. 2. practical knowledge of Bible content. 3. basic knowledge of the government …

22.4

21-4

… as approved by the General Assembly and one of the Presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church in America. No Presbytery shall omit any of these educational requirements except in extraordinary …

2.1

1-1

1-1. The scriptural form of church government, which is representative or presbyterian, is comprehended under five heads: a. The Church; …

7.1

6-1

… believers are, through the covenant and by right of birth, non-communing members of the church. Hence they are entitled to Baptism, and to the pastoral oversight, instruction and government …

14.6

13-6

… a. A Minister seeking admission to a Presbytery from another Presbytery in the Presbyterian Church in America shall be examined on Christian experience (including personal character and family management), …

20.5

19-5

… the bounds of his Presbytery into those of another, the latter Presbytery may, at its discretion, on his producing proper testimonials from the former, repeat any portion of the …

11.1

10-1

10-1. The Church is governed by various courts, in regular gradation, which are all, nevertheless, Presbyteries, as …

17.2

16-2

16-2. The government of the Church is by officers gifted to represent Christ, and the right of …

7.3

6-3

6-3. All baptized persons are entitled to the watchful care, instruction and government of the church, even though they are adults and have made no profession of …

57.5

57-5

… Of the number of those who were baptized in infancy as members of the Church of God by birthright, and as heirs of the covenant promises, the Session has …

4.3

3-3

3-3. The sole functions of the Church, as a kingdom and government distinct from the civil commonwealth, are to proclaim, to …

46.2

46-2

46-2. When a church member shall remove his residence beyond the bounds of the church of which he …

6.1

5-1

5-1. A mission church may be properly described in the same manner as the particular church is described …

1.3

The Constitution Defined

III. THE CONSTITUTION DEFINED The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America, which is subject to and subordinate to the Scriptures of the Old …

27.1

26-1

26-1. The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America, which is subject to and subordinate to the Scriptures of the Old …

1.1

The King and Head of the Church

I. THE KING AND HEAD OF THE CHURCH Jesus Christ, upon whose shoulders the government rests, whose name is called Wonderful, Counselor, …

8.2

7-2

7-2. The ordinary and perpetual classes of office in the Church are elders and deacons. Within the class of elder are the two orders of …

25.6

24-6

… Having done this, he shall propose to the candidate, in the presence of the church, the following questions, namely: 1. Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and …