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The '''Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly''' is a [[Presbyterian]] denomination in the [[United States]].
The '''Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly''' is a [[Presbyterian]] denomination in the [[United States]].
[[Category:Presbyterianism]]
[[Category:Presbyterianism]]
== History and Heritage ==
== History and Heritage ==
The historical origin of the Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly begins at the founding of the [[New Testament]] [[Church]] in [[Jesus Christ]] our Lord and Savior. The early church was based upon a pattern of representative government. The word [[Presbyterian]] comes from the Greek term presbuteros meaning elder. It refers to the [[Apostolic]] system of choosing leaders from among those who are the wisest members of the church, based upon biblical qualifications. It literally means ruling by elders, based upon a representative system of government, that is, government by the consent of the people. As time passed, the church began to divert its government from a representative system to an [[Episcopal]] hierarchy in ecclesiastical authority. With the onslaught of degenerating morality and leadership in the government of the Church, there came an outcry for reform. [[Reformation]] was a demand for the Bible to be translated into the language of the common people and a return to "[[Gospel]] simplicity," i.e., a representative system of government and a biblical form of worship.
The historical origin of the Reformed Presbyterian Church General Assembly begins at the founding of the [[New Testament]] [[Church]] in [[Jesus Christ]] our Lord and Savior. The early church was based upon a pattern of representative government. The word [[Presbyterian]] comes from the Greek term presbuteros meaning elder. It refers to the [[Apostolic]] system of choosing leaders from among those who are the wisest members of the church, based upon biblical qualifications. It literally means ruling by elders, based upon a representative system of government, that is, government by the consent of the people. As time passed, the church began to divert its government from a representative system to an [[Episcopal]] hierarchy in ecclesiastical authority. With the onslaught of degenerating morality and leadership in the government of the Church, there came an outcry for reform. [[Reformation]] was a demand for the Bible to be translated into the language of the common people and a return to "[[Gospel]] simplicity," i.e., a representative system of government and a biblical form of worship.
== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.whitefieldcollege.org Whitefield College]
*[http://www.whitefieldcollege.org Whitefield College]
*[http://www.whitefield.edu Whitefield Seminary]
*[http://www.whitefield.edu Whitefield Seminary]
*[http://www.rpcga.org Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Assembly]
*[http://www.rpcga.org Reformed Presbyterian Church, General Assembly]