Our Theological Identity and Presbyterian Church Government

October 15, 2023

I had the opportunity to lead the new member class today at Trinity speaking about Our Theological Identity and Presbyterian Church Government.

Many people have asked what we at Trinity Presbyterian Church believe. Sometimes the questions are asked these ways: What are our theological distinctives? What does it mean to be a Presbyterian Church? What does it mean to say we are reformed? Are these issues even important? Do we, in our theological tradition, care about evangelism; that is, winning new people to faith in Jesus Christ? While this document may not answer every question of this nature, as elders and under-shepherds of the flock, we do want to help members, visitors and inquirers learn more about our church.

In addition to teaching the prepared materials, I talked and shared a lot from the Preface of the BCO and shared the following information in handouts: