Topic
Presbyterianism
All 20 resources in Presbyterianism
Online Courses1
Authors2
Podcasts & Audio2
Church Officer Education6
OPC Ruling Elder Podcast and training
Monthly podcast for elders from the OPC Committee on Christian Education.
PCA Officer Training Kit for Elders
Selection of recommended resources for those considered for ruling elder, offered through the PCA Bookstore.
RPCNA officer resources
ARP resources
Presbyterian polity
Church polity
Articles2
Presbyterian church government: a church of courts
Presbyterian churches are governed by elders who meet in a series of connected courts. Here is how that works, and how it shapes the way ministers are called and ordained.
Presbyterian and Reformed polity compared
Both are governed by elders, both call ministers through the congregation and both guard the church with confessions. The differences are in the status of the wider assemblies, the minister’s membership and the way ordination works.
Notable Churches7
Second Presbyterian Church (PCA), Greenville, SC
A founding congregation of the PCA (1973) that co-hosted the PCA’s 43rd General Assembly in 2013, has planted three daughter churches and supports more than 20 missionary families. Its sermons are on SermonAudio. Sunday worship is at 8:30 and 11:00 am with an evening service at 6:00 pm, and sermons are on SermonAudio and YouTube.
First Presbyterian Church (ARP), Columbia, SC
Downtown Columbia’s oldest church, left the Presbyterian Church in the United States in 1983 to join the ARP. Its building and graveyard are on the National Register of Historic Places. Its sermon archive on SermonAudio is large (233 pages of sermons), offers audio, podcast and webcast, and shows current sermons from September 2026; series include ‘Ephesians: Life in Christ’ and ‘A Study in Zechariah’.
Covenant Community Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC), Greenville area, SC
OPC congregation in the Greenville area that says ‘we preach Christ and Him crucified’ and emphasizes Reformation Christianity. Sunday worship is at 10:30 am and 5:00 pm with Sunday School at 9:15 am (times as listed from August 23, 2026), streamed on YouTube, and its SermonAudio page has 1,969 sermons.
Christ Covenant Church (PCA), Matthews, NC
‘A reformed congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America committed to making disciples who worship God, grow in community, love others, and serve the world.’ It has 822 sermons on SermonAudio and services on Sunday at 10:45 am and 6:00 pm.
Tenth Presbyterian Church (PCA), Philadelphia, PA
Historic center-city church known for consistent expository preaching and the Bible Study Hour program of James Montgomery Boice. Its SermonAudio page lists 1,754 sermons and a bilingual English/Spanish service among three Sunday services.
First Presbyterian Church (PCA), Jackson, MS
One of the PCA’s founding congregations and, by reports, the largest Presbyterian congregation in Mississippi. It played a significant role in establishing the PCA, Reformed Theological Seminary and Reformed University Ministries.
Park Cities Presbyterian Church (PCA), Dallas, TX
PCA megachurch with about 5,500 members (Wikipedia), begun by people who left Highland Park Presbyterian Church after a failed attempt to leave the PC(USA).