{"id":315,"date":"2025-05-10T11:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T17:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/?page_id=315"},"modified":"2025-05-10T11:03:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T17:03:01","slug":"presbyterian-church-in-america","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/?page_id=315","title":{"rendered":"Presbyterian Church in America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-nv-dark-bg-color has-text-color\">\u201cFaithful to the Scriptures,<br>True to the Reformed Faith,<br>Obedient to the Great Commission\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-nv-dark-bg-color has-text-color\">The Presbyterian Church in America is an <strong>evangelical <\/strong>denomination in that we proclaim the gospel of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ; the word \u201cevangelical\u201d comes from the Greek word meaning simply \u201cgood news.\u201d We desire all people to trust in the saving work of Jesus and enjoy eternal life in Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-nv-dark-bg-color has-text-color\">The PCA is a \u201c<strong>Reformed<\/strong>\u201d denomination in that we believe in the Biblical truth proclaimed during the Protestant Reformation. The Word of God, rather than tradition, is the highest guide for the Church. God alone saves through His immeasurable mercy and according to His sovereign plan, based solely on the merit earned by Christ, and not at all based on the merit of the one saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-nv-dark-bg-color has-text-color\">The PCA is a <strong>Presbyterian <\/strong>denomination in that we have a representative form of church government. A local church is governed by a \u201cSession\u201d comprised of elders (or \u201cpresbyters\u201d) elected by the members of the congregation. Pastors and representatives of the local congregations in a region form a \u201cPresbytery.\u201d Representatives of presbyteries and local churches meet annually as the \u201cGeneral Assembly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-opt-id=228975148  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"886\" src=\"https:\/\/mlizl9dd9qfy.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/http:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PCA-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlizl9dd9qfy.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:886\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PCA-Logo.png 600w, https:\/\/mlizl9dd9qfy.i.optimole.com\/w:203\/h:300\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PCA-Logo.png 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on the vision of the P.C.A. can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/pcanet.org\/vision\/\">https:\/\/pcanet.org\/vision\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFaithful to the Scriptures,True to the Reformed Faith,Obedient to the Great Commission\u201d The Presbyterian Church in America is an evangelical denomination in that we proclaim the gospel of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ; the word \u201cevangelical\u201d comes from the Greek word meaning simply \u201cgood news.\u201d We desire all people to trust in the saving&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/?page_id=315\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Presbyterian Church in America<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":63,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-315","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317,"href":"https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/315\/revisions\/317"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcbcutah.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}