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Manual of Authorities and Duties for Officers and Agencies

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Purpose Statement Who We Are in Christ, Facing the 21st Century We, the members of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, in order to carry out God’s mission and move forward together into the next century, profess our life together in Christ and our desire to set forth a united strategy for the work of His […]

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1.	↑	For bylaws, constitutions, and policy books/manuals which are not included herein, please contact the appropriate board or agency.
2.	↑	All references to “agencies” refer to the boards, committees, commission and programs established by the General Synod to carry out the mission of the Church.
3.	↑	‘of the’ is not in the original’
4.	↑	See especially the Confession of Faith, The Larger Catechism, and the Shorter Catechism. See also Manual of Authorities and Duties, “Boards,” for definition of evangelical.
5.	↑	Form of Government 13.14: “Any newly appointed employee of any board, as administrator or teacher, shall give satisfactory evidence of his belief in and adherence to the basic doctrines of evangelical Christianity.”
6.	↑	Gen. 1:1; Deu.10:14; 1Chr.29:11; Ps.24:1; 50:10-12; 89:11; Hag.2:8; 1Cor.10:26
7.	↑	Gen. 1:28; 9:1,7; Lev. 25:23; Ps. 8:6-8; 127:1; LC 17, 20
8.	↑	Lev.26:1-13; LC 105, 141, 193
9.	↑	WCF 5:1, 19:2, 19:7; LC 104
10.	↑	WCF 5:7, 26:1
11.	↑	WCF 16:2; LC 32
12.	↑	WCF 33:1; LC 104
13.	↑	WCF 26:1
14.	↑	LC 1; SC 1
15.	↑	WCF 2.2; 21.1; LC 101; James 1:17
16.	↑	Mat.25:14-30; WCF 33:1; LC 104, 105
17.	↑	Ps.75:5,7; 1Cor.4:7; LC 147; Rom. 12:3-8
18.	↑	Gen 1:1; Ps. 102:25; John.1:1,2; WCF 4:1
19.	↑	Ps. 90:1-12; James 4:13-15
20.	↑	Col. 3:17; 4:5-6; 1 Cor. 10:31; LC 190
21.	↑	LC 140-142, 123-132; Lev. 19:18; LC 104; WCF 25:3; 2 Thes. 3:13
22.	↑	Ps.115:16; Acts 4:34
23.	↑	LC 140-142; Gen.4:9; Mk. 7:10-13; Luke 20:25; Rom.14:7-8; 1Tim.5:4, 8; LC 147-148
24.	↑	Gen.14:20; Heb.7:1-10; Gen. 28:20-22; Lev.27:30; Deut. 12:9-11: 16:17; 1Cor.9:13-14; Mt. 23:23; II Cor.9:6-7; II Cor. 8:9; Num. 18:21-24; ARP BOW Ch. II; LC 75, 97, 104
25.	↑	Mat.6:4; Luke 19:8; 2 Cor.8-9; Col. 3:17; Deut. 14:7-11; LC 141; Mt. 6:3
26.	↑	Lev. 19:18; Luke 6:32-35; 1 Cor. 10:31; John 14:21; I John 3:17-18; LC 122,141,147
27.	↑	1Cor.16:1,2; Deut. 10:17
28.	↑	Listing of Amendments Amendment No. 1 effective June 4, 1979 (II,A,2) Amendment No. 2 effective June 2, 1980 (I, Constituting the Court; II,A, Election of Officers; II,A,2; II,B,1, Moderator; VI,A; VII,A,1; VIII,B) Amendment No. 3 effective June 9, 1981 (VIII,C) Amendment No. 4 effective June 11, 1985 (VIII,E) Amendment No. 5 effective June 9, 1992 (VIII,F) 115 Amendment No. 6 effective June 9, 1998 (IV, Moderator’s Committees) Amendment No. 7 effective June 9, 1998 (IV,B) Amendment No. 8 effective June 9, 1998 (II,B,3) Amendment No. 9 effective June 11, 2001 (VI,D) Amendment No. 10 effective June 10, 2003 (II,A,1) Amendment No. 11 effective June 9, 2011 (VII,A,2,a) Amendment No. 12 effective June 9, 2011 (VII,C,3,b) Amendment No. 13 effective June 5, 2012 (I C, Former Moderators) Amendment No. 14 effective June 12, 2013 (VIII, B) Amendment No. 15 effective June 10, 2014 (VI, A, B)