The Historical Development of the Book of Church Order
Chapter 19 : The Licensure of Candidates for the Gospel Ministry and Internship
Paragraph 16 : Of Prior Experience
19-16. Where circumstances warrant, a Presbytery may approve previous experience which is equivalent to internship. This equivalency shall be decided by a three-fourths (3/4) vote of Presbytery at any of its regular meetings. Such equivalent experience shall be decided only after the Presbytery's internship committee has determined and reported that the candidate has met the following requirements: No comparable text in the following editions: 1. PCA 1973, Adopted text 2. Continuing Presbyterian Church 1973, Proposed text 3. PCUS 1933 4. PCUS 1879 5. PCUS 1869 draft 6. PCUS 1867 draft COMMENTARY : F.P. Ramsay, Exposition of the Book of Church Order (1898) [no comparable text for discussion] |