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22.5

21-5

… you sincerely receive and adopt the Confession of Faith and the Catechisms of this Church, as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures; and do you …

12.2

11-2

11-2. The jurisdiction of Church courts is only ministerial and declarative, and relates to the doctrines and precepts of …

28.1

27-1

27-1. Discipline is the exercise of authority given the Church by the Lord Jesus Christ to instruct and guide its members and to promote …

1.2

Preliminary Principles

II. PRELIMINARY PRINCIPLES The Presbyterian Church in America, in setting forth the form of government founded upon and agreeable to …

4.4

3-4

3-4. The power of the Church is exclusively spiritual; that of the State includes the exercise of force. The constitution …

30.1

29-1

… proper object of judicial process, is anything in the doctrines or practice of a Church member professing faith in Christ which is contrary to the Word of God. The …

25.1

24-1

24-1. Every church shall elect persons to the offices of ruling elder and deacon in the following …

20.3

19-3

… you sincerely receive and adopt the Confession of Faith and the Catechisms of this Church as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scripture? 3. Do you …

23.4

22-4

22-4. The relationship of the associate pastor to the church is determined by the congregation. The relationship of the assistant pastor to the church …

9.3

8-3

… charge, that no corruption of doctrine or of morals enter therein. They must exercise government and discipline, and take oversight not only of the spiritual interests of the particular …

4.5

3-5

3-5. The Church, with its ordinances, officers and courts, is the agency which Christ has ordained for …

6.6

5-6

5-6. Mission churches and their members shall have the right of judicial process to the court having …

5.1

4-1

4-1. A particular church consists of a number of professing Christians, with their children, associated together for divine …

40.3

39-3

… religion are to be determined” (WCF 1.10), and that the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America is “subordinate to the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the …

6.4

5-4

5-4. Pastoral ministry for the mission church may be provided: a. by a minister of the Presbytery called by Presbytery to …

19.4

18-4

18-4. The candidate continues to be a private member of the church and subject to the jurisdiction of the Session, but as respects his preparatory training …

16.5

15-5

… and the minority report have been mailed to the clerk of Session of each church at least thirty (30) days prior to the meeting of the General Assembly. (3) …

2.2

1-2

1-2. The Church which the Lord Jesus Christ has erected in this world for the gathering and …

2.3

1-3

1-3. The members of this visible Church catholic are all those persons in every nation, together with their children, who make …

2.4

1-4

1-4. The officers of the Church, by whom all its powers are administered, are, according to the Scriptures, teaching and …

2.5

1-5

… exercised by presbyters in courts. These courts may have jurisdiction over one or many churches, but they sustain such mutual relations as to realize the idea of the unity …

2.6

1-6

1-6. The ordination of officers is ordinarily by a court, except in the case of ordination by a presbytery's evangelist (see BCO 8-6).

2.7

1-7

… doctrine of Presbytery is necessary to the perfection of the order of the visible Church, but is not essential to its existence.