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Originally Posted by caoclan  I am relatively new to the PCA. Does the PCA allow for a ruling elder to preach? I guess it must because it is going to happen i my church this week, but is this something that occurs with any regularity? I assumed to preach in worship, one must be ordained. | Yes, though I've only seen an RE preach once in 3 decades in the PCA - the rest of the sermons were presented by TEs. Interesting that it's common in some churches, presumably smaller congregations. Quote:
Originally Posted by fredtgreco
(This is also, by the way, why the dictum that "a woman may do anything an unordained man may do" is wrong on its face. Unordained men may preach in accordance with the BCO.)
| I agree with you, Pastor Greco. However, in all the hundreds of PCA services I've attended across the country, I've never heard an unordained man preach. So while technically correct, in practice I doubt unordained men preach in Sunday services very often. In a large church with multiple TEs, I suspect it never happens.
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