Denomination
Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Theological posture
Reformed heritage
Reformed or Presbyterian in heritage and confession, but its standards, practices or permitted range of views are broader; read each entry's points to weigh.
Doctrinal basis. Constitution: the Westminster Standards plus its own brief Essentials.
Points to weigh
- It treats the ordination of women as a non-essential: ordination is allowed but neither required of officers nor of churches, and presbyteries may have male-only teaching elders.
- On non-essentials it deliberately allows liberty, so churches within it can differ.
Classification and points to weigh are reformededucation.org's judgments from the sources listed below. They describe and do not endorse; confirm current details with the institution.
About
Presbyterian denomination whose motto is ‘In Essentials, Unity; in Non-Essentials, Liberty; in All Things, Charity’.
Details
- Abbreviation
- EPC
- Tradition
- Presbyterian
- Founded
- 1981
- Confessional standards
- The Westminster Confession of Faith with the Larger and Shorter Catechisms, the ‘Essentials of Our Faith’ and the Book of Order
- Polity
- Presbyterian
- Size (as reported)
- More than 600 churches and about 121,000 members (its own site)
- What it believes and practices
- Ordination of women is allowed but not required.
- Charismatic gifts are treated as a matter of liberty.
- Essentials are kept brief; other matters are left to liberty.
- Women in church office
- Permitted; not required of officers or churches
- Sources consulted
- Website
- epconnect.org/about/