Web transcription of the official 2026 PDF, with links (Crown & Covenant Publications), or the unchanged file. Punctuation is adapted for the website; the original PDF governs.Transcribed from the official 2026 PDF, with links (or the unchanged file). Punctuation is adapted for the website; the original 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