Presbyterian law for the local church
Subtitle: a handbook for church officers and members
By: Edited by Eugene Carson Blake
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Published for the Office of the General Assembly by the Division of Publication of the Board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
Published: 1954
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Government; Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: I. Basic principles; title: II. The duties and rights of the congregation; title: III. The election of church officers; title: IV. The duties and rights of the session; title: V. The duties and rights of the board of deacons; title: VI. The duties and rights of the board of trustees; title: VII. The duties and rights of the pastor; title: VIII. The duties and rights of those employed on the staff; title: IX. How to call a new pastor; title: X. When there is trouble; title: Appendix; title: A. Suggested bylaws of a congregation for a meeting; title: B. suggested bylaws of a corporation; title: C. Docket for meetings of session; title: D. Forms for use by the congregation; title: E. Forms for use by session; title: F. Other forms; title: G. General rules for judicatories.