Church Government
The Peace, Purity, Unity, and Edification of the Church
When I was ordained as a ruling elder in the OPC I took the following vow “Do you promise to seek the purity, the peace, and the unity of the church?” (OPC BCO XXV 6.b.(4)) This phrasing has always stuck with me…
The Church: The Presbytery
The Church: The Ruling Elder
The Church: The Deacon
The Church: The Session
The Disruption of 1843: A Principled Sacrifice
A paper on the Disruption of 1843, when an uncommonly large number of ministers left the Church of Scotland rather than accept the civil government's intrusion into the spiritual government of the church. Having given…
10 Truths About Church Discipline
What Is a Presbyterian?
What Is Church Discipline?
A video of Rev. Miller Ansell giving a helpful overview of church discipline.