PCUSA Basics
This is the name of our form of government.
What is Presbyterian?
What is the name of one part of the constitution of the PC(USA)?
What is the Book of Order?
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What is the Book of Confessions?
This group is a body of elected elders governing each local church, serving in 3 year terms at a time.
What is a Session?
How many committees do we currently have at UPC?
What is 10?
This person is a member of the governing board of the church.
What is an elder?
What is the name of the book Presbyterians use for church governance?
What is the Book of Order?
This book includes information about the form of government of the church, its manner of discipline, and a guide for worship.
What is the Book of Order?
This body is usually (but not always) made up of a group of churches who are geographically close to one another.
What is a Presbytery?
Name a teaching elder at UPC.
Who is Mamie Broadhurst?
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Who is Erin Tolar?
This person is primarily responsible in the arena of caring ministry within the church.
What is a deacon?
This city houses the headquarters of the PC(USA).
What is Louisville, Kentucky?
This book contains 12 historical documents that tell us what people believed at particular points in time and which still help to guide our understanding of our tradition.
What is the Book of Confessions?
These are the only two sacraments recognized by the Presbyterian church.
What is baptism and communion (eucharist/Lord's supper)?
This is the version of the Bible in the pews at UPC.
What is the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)?
This person may serve in other church bodies like the Presbytery, Synod, or General Assembly.
What is an elder?
What is the name of the tradition Presbyterianism is a part of - stemming from theology taught by John Calvin in the mid-1500s?
This book is not part of our church constitution but is foundational to our faith.
What is the Bible?
Every two years this body, consisting of commissioners elected by presbyteries, meets to review the work of synods, discern the will of God in controversy, and serve as a symbol of unity for the church.
What is the General Assembly?
This is the Presbytery UPC belongs to.
What is the Presbytery of South Louisiana?
This person is a spiritual leader of the church.
What is both an elder and a deacon?