New Posts For Thread: What is a Good Presbyterian?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/14714341/What_is_a_Good_Presbyteriana "good Presbyterian?"Do you have to agree with everything in the Westminster Confession to be a good Presbyterian? If not, what percentage of it to you have to agree with in order to be a "good Presbyterian?" 80%? 90%? 95%? If not by percentage, whaAs Presbyterian churches of even the more conservative stripe do not require members to affirm the confessions but take less stringent membership vows, in that sense a Presbyterian may be baptistic or Arminian. Any Christian with saving faith in thehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/14714341/What_is_a_Good_Presbyterian?post_id=306564286#306564286As Presbyterian churches of even the more conservative stripe do not require members to affirm the confessions but take less stringent membership vows, in that sense a Presbyterian may be baptistic or Arminian. Any Christian with saving faith in theFri, 26 Jun 2009 10:46:39 -0500I am in a 3500 member PCUSA church and I dare say that 90% of our membership has no real idea of the actual content of the various creeds and confessions that make up the Book Of Confessions. Sometimes a very general "belief in the essentials" statehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/14714341/What_is_a_Good_Presbyterian?post_id=297228603#297228603I am in a 3500 member PCUSA church and I dare say that 90% of our membership has no real idea of the actual content of the various creeds and confessions that make up the Book Of Confessions. Sometimes a very general "belief in the essentials" stateTue, 09 Jun 2009 14:08:58 -0500Jesus said:John 10:1616 "And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they shall hear My voice; and they shall become one flock with one shepherd.Would not the relevant question be how to be a good Christian, ratherhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/14714341/What_is_a_Good_Presbyterian?post_id=296429645#296429645Jesus said:John 10:1616 "And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they shall hear My voice; and they shall become one flock with one shepherd.Would not the relevant question be how to be a good Christian, ratherFri, 05 Jun 2009 00:14:33 -0500Hedrick, thanks for a very thoughtful reply. I think that maybe I should offer a little more info for you. I am a Commissioned Lay Pastor, serving a 130-member congregation in the PC(USA). I'm also now a middler student in seminary, and upon graduatihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/14714341/What_is_a_Good_Presbyterian?post_id=295340575#295340575Hedrick, thanks for a very thoughtful reply. I think that maybe I should offer a little more info for you. I am a Commissioned Lay Pastor, serving a 130-member congregation in the PC(USA). I'm also now a middler student in seminary, and upon graduatiSat, 30 May 2009 09:33:12 -0500There are two approaches. If you're in the PCUSA, the standards are somewhat looser than in the more conservative Presbyterian churches. In the more conservative churches you should agree with most of the Westminster Confession. Not every detail, buthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/14714341/What_is_a_Good_Presbyterian?post_id=295300293#295300293There are two approaches. If you're in the PCUSA, the standards are somewhat looser than in the more conservative Presbyterian churches. In the more conservative churches you should agree with most of the Westminster Confession. Not every detail, butFri, 29 May 2009 23:40:38 -0500a "good Presbyterian?"Do you have to agree with everything in the Westminster Confession to be a good Presbyterian? If not, what percentage of it to you have to agree with in order to be a "good Presbyterian?" 80%? 90%? 95%? If not by percentage, whahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/14714341/What_is_a_Good_Presbyterian?post_id=294905891#294905891a "good Presbyterian?"Do you have to agree with everything in the Westminster Confession to be a good Presbyterian? If not, what percentage of it to you have to agree with in order to be a "good Presbyterian?" 80%? 90%? 95%? If not by percentage, whaWed, 27 May 2009 21:52:26 -0500