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GENERAL INFORMATION
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Church Officer Policy
First Presbyterian Church
Jackson, Mississippi
1. Standards.
In the Presbyterian Church in America, the local congregation is
governed by two classes of officers: ruling elders and deacons.
The Book of Church Order, Chapter 24, (Election,
Ordination and Installation of Ruling Elders and Deacons), published
by the Office of the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in
America, contains the biblical qualifications for church officers,
as well as the procedures by which they are elected and installed.
BCO Chapter 24 is linked here:
Election, Ordination and Installation of Ruling Elders and Deacons
2. Resources. There are a number of
useful resources (sermon audio files and transcripts) on the church website that further explain and
clarify the qualifications, roles and relationships of the various
church offices.
Those resources may be found
at the following link:
3. Church Officer
Elections - 2008
Links to the complete election schedule
together with all necessary forms are provided here:
1.
Session Resolution - To be presented April 7, 2008
(adopted)
To Call a
Congregational Meeting to Elect Elders and Deacons
(This
resolution must be approved by the congregation)
2.
Officer Election Schedule - 2008
Elders have been elected as of 10/5/2008Preinstallation
Elders have been elected as of 10/29/2008
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