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Naperville Presbyterian Church is governed the
Presbyterian Church in
America (PCA). The PCA is one of the faster growing denominations
in the United States, with over 1450 churches and missions throughout
the USA and Canada.
Reformed defines the doctrinal beliefs of the Presbyterian
Church in America, which holds that
the purest expressions of scriptural doctrine are found in the
Calvinistic creeds, particularly the Westminster Confession of Faith.
The PCA's representative form of church government is rooted in its
name, presbyterian. Local churches are governed by elders (presbyters)
elected by the church members. This form of government extends through
the regional presbyteries, which facilitate connectionalism, to the
national General Assembly, which expresses PCA's connectionalism and the
bond of union between/among all the churches.
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