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The Historical Development of the Book of Church Order

Chapter 22 : The Pastoral Relations
Paragraph 2 : Pastors as Members of the Session

22-2. The pastor and associate pastor are elected by the congregation using the form of call in BCO 20-6. Being elected by the congregation, they become members of the Session.

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BACKGROUND & COMPARISON:
No comparable text in the following editions:
1. PCA 1973, Adopted text, as printed in the Minutes of General Assembly
 2. Continuing Presbyterian Church 1973, Proposed text
 3. PCUS 1879
4. PCUS 1869 draft
5. PCUS 1867 draft

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