8-7. A Presbytery may, at its discretion, approve the call of a teaching elder to work with an organization outside the jurisdiction of the Presbyterian Church in America, provided that he be engaged in preaching and teaching the Word, that the Presbytery be assured he will have full freedom to maintain and teach the doctrine of our Church, and that he report at least annually on his work. As far as possible, such a teaching elder shall be a member of the Presbytery within whose bounds he labors. (See BCO 20-1.)

[Historical Summary : The current text dates to changes enacted in 1982 (M10GA, 10-89, p. 113). This was a new paragraph added to the chapter at that time, inserted after BCO 8-6, and so the standing paragraphs 8-7 and 8-8 were renumbered as 8-8 and 8-9 respectively. No comparable text was part of any of the prior editions.]

BACKGROUND & COMPARISON:
No comparable text in these editions:
PCA 1973, Chapter 8, Adopted text, M1GA, Appendix
Continuing Presbyterian Church 1973, Chapter 8, Proposed text
PCUS 1933
PCUS 1879
PCUS 1869 draft
PCUS 1867 draft

COMMENTARY :
F.P. Ramsay, Exposition of the Book of Church Order (1898) :
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