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.
Suggested Forms
The Suggested Forms of the 2026 edition: 39 forms for the courts of the church: certificates of membership and of transfer, calls and edicts, the papers of a formal trial, and the censures.
Forms
- Form 1 Certificate of Transfer of Membership
- Form 1-A Certificate of Dismissal
- Form 1-B Certificate of Reception
- Form 2-A Certificate of Dismissal for an Indifferent Member
- Form 2-B Certificate of Dismissal for a Member Requesting to Be Removed
- Form 3 Certificate of Teaching Elder to Synod
- Form 4 Certificate of Delegates to Presbytery or Synod
- Form 5 Petition for the Moderation of a Call
- Form 6 Notice of a Congregational Meeting to Elect an Ordained Officer(s)
- Form 7 Pastor’s Call
- Form 8 Chaplain’s Call
- Form 9 Missionary’s Call
- Form 10 Edict for Ordination and/or Installation of Ruling Elder or Deacon
- Form 11 Certificate of Eligibility to Preach
- Form 12 Certificate of Licensure
- Form 13 Edict for Ordination and/or Installation of a Teaching Elder
- Form 14 Transfer of a Call from One Presbytery to Another
- Form 15 Certificate of Transfer of a Teaching Elder from One Presbytery to Another
- Form 16 Ministerial Credentials
- Form 17 Declaring a Pulpit Vacant
- Form 18 Petition for the Organization of a New Congregation
- Form 19 Edict for Organization of a New Congregation
- Form 20 Edict for Reception of an Existing Congregation
- Form 21 Charge of Sin
- Form 22 Accusation of Sin
- Form 23 Summons to the Accused Accompanying the Charge
- Form 24 Summons to a Witness
- Form 25 Oath of a Witness
- Form 26A Pronouncement of Guilt
- Form 26B Pronouncement of Innocence
- Form 27 Admonition
- Form 28 Rebuke
- Form 29 Suspension of a Member
- Form 30 Suspension of an Officer
- Form 31 Deposition of an Officer
- Form 32 Excommunication
- Form 33 Restoration of Deposed or Excommunicated Persons
- Form 34 Oath of Purgation
- Form 35 Bequest