By Josh Harp | June 5, 2023 Please note that the Editorial Board of Presbyterian Polity does not necessarily endorse all views expressed on the blog of this site, but the editors are pleased to present well-crafted position papers on issues facing Presbyterian churches and denominations. What follows is one such paper for our readers’ … More The Author’s Rationale for Overture 9
By Geoff Gleason | October 24, 2022 For as long as I have been a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (ordained in 2011), there have been intramural debates within the denomination about subscription to the Church’s agreed-upon edition of the Westminster Standards (Confession of Faith, Larger, and Shorter Catechisms) as its theological documents. … More Of Doctrinal Standards & Good Faith Subscription
By Jared Nelson | October 13, 2022 “Grassroots Presbyterianism” has become a common description of the polity of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). The phrase generally communicates the understanding that the PCA has been a bottom-up denomination that was formed with a conscious effort to give more power to the presbyteries rather than to … More Grassroots Presbyterianism & Amending BCO 34-1
By Jared Nelson | September 29, 2022 “So, do you have any questions for us?” When a search committee or a session poses this to a pastoral candidate in an interview or during a candidate visit, this should not be the first time the candidate considers the questions he wants to ask the church. A … More 10 Questions Every Candidate Should Ask a PCA Search Committee
By Matt Fender | July 19, 2022 During the proceedings of the 49th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), we saw two examples of historical precedent being invoked to support a decision of the moderator that appeared to be contrary to the plain language of the Book of Church Order (“BCO”) or … More Deliberating by the Book
By Zachary Garris | February 7, 2022 Men used to dress more formally than they do today. This can be seen by looking at older photos of men on airplanes and in the classroom. Yet it is often assumed today that how we dress is of no moral concern and is purely a matter of … More The Elder’s Attire
By George Grant | December 8, 2021 Quick on the heels of the historic 48th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), former moderator Dominic Aquila and current chair of the Standing Judicial Commission Fred Greco came to Franklin, Tennessee to record a series of sixteen videos on our denomination’s polity. Designed specifically … More Aquila & Greco on Polity