Category: Westminster Confession
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Presbyterian Church Government, part 3: Synods
Series: What It Means To Be Reformed Presbyterian Acts 15:1-29 When teachers came down from Judea to Antioch and started teaching that Gentiles had to be circumcised in order to be saved, it set off a a firestorm of controversy. The presbytery of Antioch met to analyze this new teaching, but the heated debate did not…
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Presbyterian Church Government, part 2: Session and Presbytery
Series: What It Means To Be Reformed Presbyterian 1 Timothy 4:14 Presbyterian church government is rule in the church by elders. The elders are organized in courts (the session, the presbytery and the Synod) to which is committed the power of governing the church and of ordaining officers. This power is moral and spiritual, and subject…