There are certainly many congregations and officers within the PCA which could comfortably fit into the narrower doctrinal and worship boundaries of the OPC. There are some OP congregations and officers which would find themselves more comfortable within the broader boundaries of the PCA.

As an OP minister, if reunion were to be proposed today, I’d vote against it unless,

1) The understanding of subscription to the confessional standards were more clearly defined and enforced than is currently done within some presbyteries of the PCA.

2) There was common agreement on the degree of uniformity required by the Directory of Worship and application of the Regulative Principle of Worship.

3) The form of government called for a delegated general assembly with adequate time for discussion of issues and supervision of he denominational bureaucracy.

Both denominations are too broad in their understanding of subscription, and worship practices. One can not unreservedly recommend a congregation of either denomination to a moving family without checking it out first. Neither denomination could currently establish a denominational seminary or college because we are both too broad to agree on common goals for such an institution.

American Presbyterianism has been in constant churn and realignment since the first presbytery was formed in 1706. I expect this churn and realignment to continue. I rejoice in what I share in common with my PCA brothers and those of other confessional Presbyterian affiliations, and strive to keep lines of communication open across denominational lines.

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Glenn Ferrell
Pastor, Sovereign Redeemer Presbyterian Church
OPC
Boise, Idaho