Foundations of Presbyterian Polity

Created by the Form of Government Task Force, this document is envisioned as a new section of the Book of Order that preserves the basic contents of the present chapters I-IV, but in a reorganized and somewhat shortened form. This draft document includes sections on the mission of the church, the church and its confessions, and principles of order and government.

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