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April 2023
Church Polity 101: Part 3 The Assemblies
Church Polity 101 – An Introduction to Church Polity – Part 3 of 4: The Assemblies This session covers the second section of the Church Order. Several topics will be reviewed such as: the assemblies in general (e.g. use of Robert’s Rules of Order), the local assemblies (consistory, council, deaconry), the regional assemblies (classis, regional synod), and federational matters (general synod, inter-church relationships including NAPARC and ICRC). This is the part 3 of four classes of the Church Polity 101…
Church Polity Part 4: Liturgy and Discipline
Church Polity 101 – An Introduction to Reformed Church Polity – Part 4 of 4: Liturgy and Discipline In this session the third and fourth sections of the Church Order will be covered. (Since the Word and Spirit Institute has plans to develop a separate course on church discipline, this session will only briefly deal with church discipline.) Topics that will be reviewed in this session are: worship (e.g. regulations pertaining to worship services), growing and persevering in faith (baptism,…