Hi,
If I am "under care" of a KAPC (Korean American Presbyterian Church) presbytery, can I decide to be "under care" of a PCA presbytery later on?
Thanks,
John
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Hi,
If I am "under care" of a KAPC (Korean American Presbyterian Church) presbytery, can I decide to be "under care" of a PCA presbytery later on?
Thanks,
John
John
Centerpoint Christian Fellowship (SBC)
Gainesville, Florida
I think the answer is "Yes." Being under care means that you are heading on an ordination track and that the denomination is encouraging you in that direction. It is not a commitment on their part to definitely ordain you, nor on yours definitely to pursue ordination with them. You can't be under care of two denominations at once, but there's no reason why you couldn't be under care of one denomination and then move to be under care of another. This would quite often happen if you changed your views in seminary, for example moving from a PCA background to being part of the OPC, or vice versa.
Yes.
We have received men into our presbytery who had been under care, in their former denomination at the time that they joined the PCA.
TE Kevin Rogers
MNA Church Planter
Redeemer Community Church
Moncton NB
That's up the presbytery in whose bounds you live. It is not automatic if you decide to transfer- it would be up to the presbytery.
Pastor Nathan Eshelman
Los Angeles Reformed Presbyterian Church (RPCNA)
Master of Divinity, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
Doctor of Ministry (candidate), Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Gentle Reformation
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