Presbyterian Polity For Church Officers
(Third Edition)

Media Information:

Categories: Book Collection.
Author(s): Gray (Joan S.) and Tucker (Joyce C.).
Publication Dates: 1999.
Publisher(s): Westminster John Knox Press.
Subject(s): Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - Government and Religion.
Format(s): Softcover.

Copies in the Resource Center:

  • BX 8969.6 .P74 1999
  • Summary:

    Now in a newly revised edition, this detailed, comprehensive interpretation of the Book of Order is the most complete resource of its kind since the church’s reunion. . It explains the system of Presbyterian government, from sessions to presbyteries to synods to the General Assembly itself. This important resource and reference includes the major amendments approved by the presbyteries and enacted as of the 1998-99 edition of the Book of Order, as well as an exposition of the recently revised Rules of Discipline. It features two indexes, one by topic and one cross-referenced to the Book of Order.