Web transcription of the official 2026 PDF, with links (Crown & Covenant Publications), or the unchanged file. Where they differ, the PDF governs.Transcribed from the official 2026 PDF, with links (or the unchanged file). Where they differ, the PDF governs.
The Constitution of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
The Constitution of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, Updated 2026. Crown & Covenant Publications. The 2026 update, transcribed leaf by leaf from the official PDF.
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The documents
The PDF, with links
The official PDF, with links added: every citation, index entry and chapter-head reference jumps to its place; proof texts open this site's Scripture pages. The text is the official file's, unchanged.
Open the PDFWestminster Confession of Faith
The Westminster Confession of Faith, adopted 1648, printed here with the Testimony's chapter of the same number beside it, aligned as in the book.
Testimony of the RPCNA
The church's own testimony, adopted August 1980: an introduction and thirty-three chapters answering the Confession chapter by chapter.
Larger Catechism
The Westminster Larger Catechism, question and answer, with the proof references the edition prints beside each.
Shorter Catechism
The Westminster Shorter Catechism, the one most often learned by heart, question by question.
Directory for Church Government
How the church is ordered: communicant membership, the congregation, its officers, the session, the deacons, presbytery and synod.
Book of Discipline
Church discipline, adopted 2003, in two sections: its scriptural foundation and general practice, and the process of a formal trial.
Directory for Public Worship
Public worship, adopted 2010: its nature and its practice, the sacraments, the special ordinances, weddings and funerals.
Official Vows
The vows the church asks aloud: the Covenant of Baptism, the Covenant of Communicant Membership, and the queries for ordination, installation and licensure.
Suggested Forms
The suggested forms the courts of the church write on: certificates and transfers, calls and edicts, the papers of a trial, and the censures.
History of the Standards
How the standards came to be, 1738 to 2012, and the Covenant of 1871, printed as the edition prints it.
Ways in
- The Index, A to Z: every heading the book indexes, each entry linked to the paragraph it points at.
- Scripture: the edition read backwards, from a verse to everything in the Constitution that cites it.
- Search: the words of the edition, and the citation you already have in hand.
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