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10.4

9-4

9-4. The deacons of a particular church shall be organized as a Board, of which the pastor shall be an advisory …

10.5

9-5

… also that they be appointed trustees of any fund held by any of the Church courts. It may also be helpful for the Church courts, when devising plans of …

14.8

13-8

13-8. The Presbytery, before receiving into its membership any church, shall designate a commission to meet with the church's ruling elders to make certain …

14.12

13-12

… concurrence of three teaching elders and three ruling elders from at least three different churches. Should the Moderator be for any reason unable to act, the Stated Clerk shall, …

17.2

16-2

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

21.2

20-2

20-2. Every church should be under the pastoral oversight of a minister, and when a church has …

21.3

20-3

… is important that they should elect a minister or ruling elder of the Presbyterian Church in America to preside, but if this be impracticable, they may elect any male …

21.6

20-6

… 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 …

22.1

21-1

21-1. No minister, licentiate or candidate shall receive a call from a church but by the permission of his Presbytery. When a call has been presented to …

23.5

22-5

… to provide necessary changes in pastorates, a temporary relation may be established between a church and a minister called Stated Supply. If a church is unable to secure a …

26.6

25-6

25-6. A particular church which is not incorporated, desiring to elect trustees, may select from among its membership …

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 …

29.2

28-2

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

29.3

28-3

28-3. The Church should maintain constant and sympathetic relations with the children. It also should encourage them, …

32.4

31-4

31-4. Every indictment shall begin: “In the name of the Presbyterian Church in America,” and shall conclude, “against the peace, unity and purity of the Church, …

37.5

36-5

… the person as a teaching elder, ruling elder, deacon, or private member of the church) are convicted by sufficient proof (or are guilty by your own confession) of the …

38.5

37-5

… a teaching elder of this Presbytery (or a ruling elder or deacon of this church), have been deposed from your office, but have now manifested such repentance as satisfies …

46.8

46-8

… 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 …

57.1

57-1

57-1. Believers’ children within the Visible Church, and especially those dedicated to God in Baptism, are non-communing members under the care …

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; …

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 …

3.3

2-3

2-3. It is according to scriptural example that the Church should be divided into many individual churches.

4.1

3-1

3-1. The power which Christ has committed to His Church vests in the whole body, the rulers and those ruled, constituting it a spiritual …

6.7

5-7

5-7. Mission churches shall maintain a roll of communicant and non- communicant members, in the same manner …

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 …