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26.1

25-1

25-1. The congregation consists of all the communing members of a particular church, and they only are entitled to vote.

26.5

25-5

… He shall also send a copy of these minutes to the Session of the church.

26.9

25-9

25-9. All particular churches shall be entitled to hold, own and enjoy their own local properties, without any …

27.2

26-2

26-2. Amendments to the Book of Church Order may be made only in the following manner: 1. Approval of the proposed …

27.3

26-3

… method prescribed for the amendment of the Confession of Faith and Catechisms of the church.

27.4

26-4

26-4. In voting upon an amendment to the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in America, the Presbyteries may not divide the parts of the amendment except as …

28.2

27-2

27-2. All baptized persons, being members of the Church are subject to its discipline and entitled to the benefits thereof.

28.5

27-5

… calling of one or more witnesses (Matthew 18:16); d. If rejection persists, then the Church must act through her court unto admonition, suspension, excommunication and deposition (See BCO 29 …

29.4

28-4

… non-communing members, who receive with meekness and appreciation the oversight and instruction of the Church, are entitled to special attention. Their rights and privileges under the covenant should be …

31.1

30-1

30-1. The censures, which may be inflicted by church courts, are admonition, suspension from the Sacraments, excommunication, suspension from office, and deposition from …

31.2

30-2

30-2. Admonition is the formal reproof of an offender by a church court, warning him of his guilt and danger, and exhorting him to be more …

32.2

31-2

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

32.5

31-5

… mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established” (Matthew 18:15-16). A church court, however, may judicially investigate personal offenses as if general when the interest of …

32.10

31-10

31-10. When a member of a church court is under process, all his official functions may be suspended at the court’s …

33.19

32-19

… before the Session or the Presbytery by any member in good standing of a church in the same Presbytery or by any Teaching Elder member of that Presbytery, or …

34.3

33-3

… of his guilt, he persists in his contumacy, he shall be excommunicated from the Church.

35.4

34-4

… guilt, he persists in his contumacy, he shall be deposed and excommunicated from the Church.

35.8

34-8

… 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 …

35.10

34-10

… shall appear that his neglect proceeds only from his lack of acceptance to the Church, Presbytery may, upon the same principle upon which it withdraws license from a licentiate …

36.14

35-14

35-14. An officer or private member of the church refusing to testify may be censured for contumacy.

37.1

36-1

36-1. When any member or officer of the Church shall be found guilty of an offense the court shall proceed with all tenderness …

37.2

36-2

36-2. Church censures and the modes of administering them should be suited to the nature of …

38.1

37-1

… have now fulfilled the time of your censure, we, of the __________________ Presbytery (or Church Session) do hereby, in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus …

38.2

37-2

… been indefinitely suspended from the Sacraments, it is proper that the rulers of the church should frequently converse with him as well as pray with him and for him, …

38.6

37-6

… 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 …