PCA Historical Center

Dr. Paul Woolley's (Westminster Seminary) 1951 chart of the Presbyterian denominations in the U.S.

Our BCO History Project is getting an update. We've just completed an update to the Directory for Worship section of the Project, with addition of commentary by Dr. Morton H. Smith, who served as the first Stated Clerk of the PCA (1973-1988). Now on to updating the first two sections of the BCO (Form of Government & Rules of Discipline).

The Historical Development of the PCA Book of Church Order This project is designed to provide a convenient summary of the history of each of the paragraphs in the Book of Church Order of the Presbyterian Church in America. The primary point of this exercise is to show where we've come from and how we got here, to point out the value of the text we have inh...