I came across a great little resource on the Presbyterians Today website called “How to Speak Presbyterian.”
Written by Rev. P.J. Southam, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), it helps explain some of the oddities of Presbyterian jargon – with a little theology thrown in. For the most part it is as applicable to The PCC as to the PC(USA) with two key differences being that our General Assemblies are annual rather than bi-annual and we have a Book of Forms rather than a Book of Order.
The resource can be found here: http://www.pcusa.org/today/archive/believe/speak.htm
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