A podcast on the foundations of Presbyterian Church government. Hosted by Scott Edburg, Jared Nelson, and Ben Ratliff.
It's Jared's turn to take over--this episode is all about the GA Nominating Committee! (Be sure to check out BCO 14 and RAO 8 for more details on the work of the NomCOmo) Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
Steve Tipton steals the show with a thorough explanation of the General Assembly's Review of Presbytery Records Committee. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
The men are joined by RE Steve Dowling to discuss the work of the Overtures Committee at the General Assembly. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
*DISCLAIMER: Only one person on this episode actually wrote an Overture that we discuss.* It’s Overtures time! The guys assume the roles of the overtures author as Alex Ford joins to talk through alllllll the 2024 Overtures. (With such a long episode, we didn’t have as much fine-tune editing. Apologies for the few times we talk over each other—recording over the internet isn’t always flawless, and Ben’s connection was a little laggy.) Click here to see GA Overtures Send us Fan Mail Support the s...
A warm welcome to Mel Duncan as he discusses the work of the General Assembly with us. Oh, and we prove that Scott is not a robot. Mel serves as a Ruling Elder at Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
Our current PCA GA Moderator joins us to discuss what happens at the first meeting of the Assembly. Fred Greco GA Schedule At the time of publication the PCA AC website was undergoing maintenance. See www.pcaac.org at a later date to see the statistics information. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
Per is the pastor of Free Grace Presbyterian Church in Lewiston, Maine. General Assembly Schedule Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
Scott, Jared, and Ben are joined by Matthew Bradley and Nathan McCall of the Y’all Saints Podcast, and Adam Parker and Matthew Poole of The Evergreen Beaverton Podcast to discuss church polity for the church member. Book recommendations: The Church of Christ by James Bannerman How Jesus Runs the Church by Guy Waters Well Ordered, Living Well by Guy Waters Welcome to a Reformed Church by Daniel Hyde What is Church Government? By Sean Michael Lucas The Christian in Complete Armor Daily Devotional ...
We should have done our homework! Listen in as the guys work through BCO 14 on the General Assembly. Not everything is immediately clear, but we will rectify that in the years to come. Enjoy! Greensboro GA debate about images PCA on Wikipedia Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
Will Scott advocate fro the PCA owning church properties? Listen in to find out. Presbyteries Part One Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
Presbyteries matter! The guys begin their discussion of BCO 13. BCO Online Presbytery Map Overture 2 PCA History Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
The guys finish their discussion about Church Sessions, with more talk about rolls than you'd get at Lambert's. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
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Let's discuss jurisdiction from BCO 11. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
We’re back, baby! It’s BCO season again and we’re kicking it off in chapter 10: Church Courts! Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
The one in which we conclude our time with Thomas Witherow's The Apostolic Church . Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
The one where we evaluate Witherow's evaluation of the three forms of church government. Who knew we'd be more generous than him? Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
Not as much Christian Nationalism in this episode as you’d expect. Joshua Walker joins us to discuss Witherow’s final principle of the Apostolic church. Joshua is the pastor of Church of the Resurrection PCA in Flagstaff, AZ. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
With no intention of fulfilling any of their new years resolutions, our three hosts work through Witherow’s fourth principle with the help of Rev. Jason Piland. Jason is the Associate Pastor at Redeemer Church in Hudson, OH. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
We are pleased to be joined by Job Dalmoba today as we discuss the fourth principle of the apostolic church: ordination is the act of the presbytery–a plurality of elders. Job is the Pastor at Christ Covenant PCA in Woodstock, Georgia. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
Welcome to RE Joshua Torrey and apologies that we subjected him to a new game before discussing the third principle of the apostolic church: in each church there ought to be a plurality of elders. Josh is a ruling elder at Redeemer Pres in Austin, TX. You can find him on Twitter @JoshuaTorrey . Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Tw...
The Polity Triumvirate is joined by Rev. Jim McCarthy to discuss Witherow's second principle of the apostolic church: the terms elder and bishop are identical. Jim is the Senior Pastor of Trinity PCA in Statesboro, GA . Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
The polity bros are joined by kindred spirit Jacob Gerber to discuss Witherow’s first principle of the apostolic church: the Office-Bearers are Chosen by the People. Jacob Gerber, pastor of Harvest PCA @jacobgerber Jacob's book! (get a copy) Polity Matters 13: BCO 8.1-8.4 (The Elder) Polity Matters 14: BCO 8.5-8.10 (The Elder) Polity Matters 15: BCO 9 (The Deacon) Called to the Ministry by Ed Clowney Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me...
Welcome to Polity Matters: Before the Book. In this new series we will be reading and discussing The Apostolic Church by Thomas Witherow. Today we delve into chapter 1: The Statement of the Question. I Will Build My Church by Thomas Witherow The Apostolic Church, Which Is It by Thomas Witherow Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twi...
Before we dive into Witherow's The Apostolic Church next week, the bros sit down with Dr. Jonathan Gibson and discuss his study and work on Thomas Witherow. Dr. Jonathan Gibson The Moon is Always Round I Will Build My Church Reformation Worship From Heaven He Came and Sought Us Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
TE Adam Parker joined Jared and Ben to discuss his recent article dealing with one of our apparent favorite topics: assistant pastors. Adam's article Adam's podcast Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
The guys finish up their first season in the BCO, with BCO 9 on Deacons. BCO online Polity Matters 12: BCO 7 BCO Amendment Tracker The Reformed Deacon (a Podcast from the OPC Committee on Diaconal Ministries) The Deacon by Cornelis Van Dam I Will Build My Church by Thomas Witherow Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
The polity bros resume their discussion with PCA Grand Poobah Fred Greco on BCO 8: The Elder. Listen to Part 1 here BCO online Fred is the pastor of Christ Church Katy, TX. The Shepherd Leader by Timothy Witmer Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
The first annual Polity Matters Holiday Gift Guide is here! And also the guys are joined by TE Fred Greco to discuss BCO 8 on The Elder. BCO online Fred is the pastor of Christ Church Katy, TX. Witherow’s Apostolic Church (series in January) Presbyterianism by Samuel Miller Zebra double-ended highlighters Jacob Gerber’s Parliamentary Procedure for Presbyters James Bannerman's The Church of Christ Witherow's I Will Build My Church ESV Creeds and Confessions Bible Coffee subscription Roberts Rules...
Jared sits down with RE Howie Donahoe to discuss churchmanship, including GA moderating all the way to how to write an overture. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Official Website : politymatters.org Support the Show : Buy Me a Coffee Twitter/X : @PolityMatters Facebook : Polity Matters Page Scott's Twitter Jared's Twitter Ben's Twitter...
