FREQUENTLY-ASKED QUESTIONS

About the Formation of the ERPC:

1.) How can you make the statement that there is "acceptance of the teaching of justification by faith plus works, and water baptism as an instrument of salvation, in denominations such as the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) and the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)"?

2.) Who are the members of the Organizing Committee?

3.) What functions does the Organizing Committee perform?

4.) What churches are affiliated with the ERPC?

5.) Why didn't the people who are forming the ERPC join another existing denomination?

6.) What is the significance of the word "Evangelical" in the denomination's name?

7.) Are people guilty of schism in leaving the OPC and PCA to form the ERPC?

About Church Government:

1.) Does the ERPC hold the two-office or three-office view?

2.) Why will ERPC ministers be members of the local church?

3.) What is the ERPC's position on ordaining women to the office of deacon or elder?

4.) Will the ERPC have a mission board?

5.) What is the ERPC's position regarding church incorporation?

About Worship:

1.) What is the ERPC's position on the use of the Psalms in worship?

2.) What is the ERPC's position regarding paedocommunion?

3.) Would the ERPC allow the practice of weekly communion?

About Doctrine:

1.) What is the ERPC's position on confessional subscription?

2.) What is the ERPC's position regarding the doctrine of creation?

3.) Does the ERPC take a position on eschatology?

4.) What is the ERPC's position on theonomy?

5.) What is the ERPC's position on the free offer of the Gospel?

6.) What would the ERPC think of this statement: "We should regard baptized infants as savingly united to Christ until such time as they apostatize"?

7.) Is the ERPC King-James-only?

8.) What is the ERPC's position regarding membership in organizations such as the Masonic Order?