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28-2. The home and the Church should also make special provision for instructing the children in the Bible and in …

… shall be approved by the congregation in the following or like form: The ____________________ Church being on sufficient grounds well satisfied of the ministerial qualifications of you, ____________, and …

31-2. It is the duty of all church Sessions and Presbyteries to exercise care over those subject to their authority. They shall …

27-4. The power which Christ has given the Church is for building up, and not for destruction. It is to be exercised as …

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

25-7. If a particular church is incorporated, the provisions of its charter and bylaws must always be in accord …

33-1. Process against all church members, other than ministers of the Gospel, shall be entered before the Session of …

11-3. All Church courts are one in nature, constituted of the same elements, possessed inherently of the …

… or depose him without excommunication, it shall assign him to membership in some particular church, subject to the approval of the Session of that church. Temporary statement adopted by …

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

… deposition, he cannot be allowed to resume the exercise of his office in the church without re-election by the people. The removal of deposition requires a three-fourths (3/4) vote …

… the ordination of ministers, the installation of ministers, the visitation of portions of the church affected with disorder, and the organization of new churches. Every commission appointed by Presbytery …

… * Editor's note: "Issue" means "settling the issue of the case." Session cannot exercise its authority, it shall have power to assume original jurisdiction. It has power: a. To …

8-8. A Presbytery may, at its discretion, approve the call of a teaching elder to work as a Chaplain whether …

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

… bounds of his own Presbytery into those of another, the latter Presbytery may, at its discretion, on his producing proper testimonials from the former, take up his internship at …

… no case be restored until it shall appear that the general sentiment of the Church is strongly in his favor, and demands his restoration; and then only by the …

… of his being under their instruction. A candidate should not undertake to serve a church which is without a pastor as regular supply unless he has been licensed and …