Part 1 - The Presbytery and its Work

Reformation Presbyterian Church – Sunday School

Presbyterianism is the biblical form of government where the church is ruled by elders in accountability to surrounding churches.

What are the options?

• Episcopal

• Congregational

• Presbyterian

Presbyterianism in the OPC

• Primary standard: The Bible

• Secondary standard: The Westminster Confession of Faith

• Tertiary standard: The Form of Government and the Book of Church Discipline

• Robert’s Rules of Order

Vows

• Submission to the Bible as infallible rule

• Submission to the Westminster Standards as accurate summaries of Scripture

• Submission to the Form of Government and Book of Discipline in the OPC

• Submission to the other officers in the church

• Promise to maintain the purity, the peace, and the unity of the church

• Promise to walk in faithfulness

The presbytery and its work

• Who may vote

• Organize, receive and dissolve churches

• Ordaining, calling and releasing ministers

• Discipline of ministers

• Appeals of discipline matters