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The Northern California Presbytery is the governing body of the regional
church of Orthodox Presbyterian Churches in Northern California and Nevada. The
regional church consists of all the members of the local congregations and the ministers within a certain district.
The presbyters includes all the ministers and ruling elders of the congregations of the regional church. |
 | The presbytery has the power to order whatever pertains to the spiritual welfare of the churches under its care, always respecting the liberties guaranteed to the individual congregations under the constitution. In the exercise of its jurisdiction the presbytery has responsibility for evangelism within the bounds of its region, especially in areas which are not within the sphere of service in any one congregation. Similarly the presbytery shall seek to foster fellowship in worship and nurture in the church as a whole within its region. |
| The presbytery has the power to organize and receive congregations, to unite and dissolve congregations, at the request of the people and with the advice of the sessions involved, to visit particular churches for the purpose of inquiring into their state and of taking proper measures to insure that the evils which may have arisen in them shall be redressed. Presbytery shall examine and approve or censure the records of church sessions. |
| Further, the presbytery has power to receive and issue all appeals, and other matters, that are brought before it from church sessions in a regular manner, subject to the provisions of the Book of Discipline; to resolve questions of doctrine or discipline seriously and reasonably proposed; to condemn erroneous opinions which injure the purity or peace of the church; to take under its care, examine, and license candidates for the holy ministry; and to ordain, install, remove, and judge ministers. |
— From the Book of Church Order of the Orthodox
Presbyterian Church
Stated Clerk:
Mr. Donald G. Jamieson
1813 Comstock Ln., San Jose, CA 95124-1705
Phone: (408) 265-3338 (home), (408) 314-4288 (mobile)
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