JOwen
Puritan Board Junior
Friends,
I'm most interested in the answer from NAPARC Churches but anyone can answer.
Does a classical or presbyterial body grant permission for an ordained minister (or theological student) to preach in a local church pulpit on the Lord's Day, or is that decision left to the local consistory/kirk session? I am doing some comparisons between our practice in the FRCNA others around us. In my last denomination that privileged belonged to the kirk session, but in the FRCNA it belongs to an appointed committee of Synod made up of ministers and elders. Feedback would be appreciated.
I'm most interested in the answer from NAPARC Churches but anyone can answer.
Does a classical or presbyterial body grant permission for an ordained minister (or theological student) to preach in a local church pulpit on the Lord's Day, or is that decision left to the local consistory/kirk session? I am doing some comparisons between our practice in the FRCNA others around us. In my last denomination that privileged belonged to the kirk session, but in the FRCNA it belongs to an appointed committee of Synod made up of ministers and elders. Feedback would be appreciated.