Officer Training

Here is a group of short videos that seem useful for officer candidates. The videos are produced by MORE, a group that has been around a while in the PCA largely dedicated to supporting ruling elders and candidates.

Here are the video links:

  1. What Are the Biblical Principles of Church Government?  https://youtu.be/2514RkZegX0
  2. What is Presbyterian Church Government?  https://youtu.be/zJu_LdZdU-M
  3. What is the PCA?  https://youtu.be/LG6hKJzUKOk
  4. How are Ruling Elders Trained and Ordained?  https://youtu.be/8GTzJR2ISq4
  5. I am an Elder! Now What?  https://youtu.be/Jt2YrvkwK2k
  6. How Can I Become a Pastor?  https://youtu.be/_EfIsKKHXY4
  7. How Do We Handle Conflict in the Church?  https://youtu.be/eJ784DM4gQk
  8. What are Committees and Commissions?  https://youtu.be/yB11D7aK9IM
  9. How do Investigations Work?  https://youtu.be/FsZb3SEks_0
  10. What Happens Before a Trial?  https://youtu.be/0a0kPFIILFc
  11. What Happens in a Judicial Trial?  https://youtu.be/MLTGB_XlHtw
  12. What are Complaints and Appeals?  https://youtu.be/q6Y4CKGStso
  13. What is a Deacon?  https://youtu.be/XGHdAUYsRr8
  14. What Does It Mean to Be a Church Member?  https://youtu.be/dWhD0V8wPF0
  15. How Does the PCA Plant Churches?  https://youtu.be/3byD05mslgg

The following is a link to a well-organized resource with articles, mp3s and resources on the historic Christian faith.: Monergism.com

(The following also appear on the Constitution page)

This document has a table that matches up chapter references in the Westminster Confession of Faith with the related questions in the Westminster Larger and Shorter Catechisms. This was composed by TE John Musgrave. [PDF]

This document is a collection of creeds and catechism that is searchable and also has a table of contents using bookmarks. This was composed by TE John Musgrave. [PDF]

And just to make sure we do everything decently and in order😇, here are links to Robert's Rules of Order and answers to frequently asked questions.