Church Order

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"The Deaconship" An edited and newly typeset edition of John G. Lorimer's classic work on the office of deacon. A Diaconal Vision Central Florida Presbytery Deacons Committee A Proposal for the Establishment of an Administrative Deacon in the Central Florida Presbytery of the PCA (2023). A Presbyterian Approach to Mercy Ministry Nathan Trice New Horizons (February 2017). A Treatise of Ruling Elders and Deacons James Guthrie James Guthrie (Leith, 1652) Are Deacons Members of the Session? R. Dean Anderson Jr. Ordained Servant 2 no. 4 (1993): 75-78. ARP Form of Government: Deacons and the Diaconate Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Form of Government. General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, 2014. Chapter 5. Benefits of a Biblical Diaconate John Lorimer on the various benefits of a biblically functioning diaconate. Deacons and/or Trustees? Roger Schmurr Ordained Servant 4 no. 1 (1995): 20-22. How CDM and CMC Support Local Deacons A Reformed Deacon podcast conversation on how the OPC's Committee on Diaconal Ministries and Committee on Ministerial Care serve the church. Maturing in Diaconal Service A Reformed Deacon podcast conversation with McRay Simmons on staying motivated and pressing on in diaconal ministry. May Deacons Manage the Church's Money? Every NAPARC church order gives its deacons the benevolence funds. The thirteen disagree about everything after that: the general budget, the property, and who holds the checkbook. Quoted exactly, with sources. Mortification of Spin on the Diaconate A Mortification of Spin podcast episode with David Nakhla on diaconal ministry in the OPC. Notes on Ecclesiology: The Deacon's Office Thomas E. Peck Presbyterian Committee of Publication (1892). Office of Diaconate in the Churches United Reformed Churches in North America URCNA Study Committee Report (1997). On the Work of the Deacon Presbyterian Church in the United States Report of the Ad-Interim Committee, Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (1921): 188-191. OPC Book of Church Order: Deacons Orthodox Presbyterian Church The Book of Church Order of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church: Form of Government. The Committee on Christian Education of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 2015. Chapter XI. PCA Book of Church Order: The Deacon Presbyterian Church in America PCA Book of Church Order. Committee on Discipleship Ministries, 2015. Part 1, Chapter 9. PCUS Assembly Actions on the Deacon Presbyterian Church in the United States Excerpted from E. C. Scott, A Digest of the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1861-1944 (1945): 65-72. Presbycast on Deacons A Presbycast podcast episode discussing the diaconate and reformeddeacon.com. Real World Cases: Financial Discernment A Reformed Deacon panel discussion working through real-world cases of financial discernment in diaconal ministry. Reforming our Relationships in Presbytery Diaconal Work A talk from the 6th OPC Presbytery Diaconal Summit on 2 Corinthians 8–9 and presbytery diaconal work. Report of the Committee on Women in Church Office Ivan Davis, Richard B. Gaffin Jr., Robert D. Knudsen, Gregory E. Reynolds OPC Study Committee Report (1988). Report of the Committee to Study the Principles of Diaconal Ministry Orthodox Presbyterian Church OPC Study Committee Report (1984). Report of the Subcommittee Diaconal Ministries Presbyterian Church in America PCA Study Committee Report (1978). Report on the Diaconate John L. Girardeau, Robert L. Dabney, Thomas E. Peck Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (1884): 283-290. Strengthening Diaconal Ministry Through Presbytery Committees How Presbytery Diaconal Committees can promote and encourage diaconal work within their presbyteries. The Deacon James M. Willson An Inquiry into the Nature, Duties, and Exercise of the Office of the Deacon in the Christian Church (1841). The Diaconate John L. Girardeau The Southern Presbyterian Review, in three parts: 30 (1879): 1-32; 31 (1880): 117-160; 32 (1881): 191-210. The Diaconate: God's Office of Temporal Affairs C. Nick Willborn Confessing our Hope: Essays in Honor of Morton Howison Smith on His Eightieth Birthday. Southern Presbyterian Press (1995). The First Book of Discipline John Knox Church of Scotland, 1560 The Form of Presbyterial Church Government Westminster Assembly Westminster Assembly, 1645 The Office of Deacon Stuart Robinson The Presbyterial Critic 1.6 (June 1855): 271-277. The Second Book of Discipline Church of Scotland Church of Scotland, 1578 The Whole Deacon Patrick Sanders' 2025 PCA General Assembly seminar making the case for the deacon as a full, distinct office. What the NAPARC Church Orders Say the Deacon Is The statement each of the thirteen NAPARC denominations makes, in its own church order or constitution, about the office and work of the deacon. Quoted exactly, with sources. Women Deacons at the 2026 PCA General Assembly The 53rd PCA General Assembly rejected Overture 37, which would have opened the office of deacon to women. The exegetical debate over Phoebe continues.

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