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Form 20

20 Edict for Reception of an Existing Congregation

Form 20

The [name of the presbytery] has received a petition made by the [name of petitioning body] requesting its reception into the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America to be located in [location] . The presbytery has granted this petition.

The meeting for organization is intended to include the reception of the following officers each of whom has given assent to their respective ordination vows of the RPCNA.

[name(s)] to the office of teaching elder (as applicable)

[name(s)] to the office of ruling elder (as applicable)

[name(s)] to the office of deacon (as applicable).

Notice is hereby given that the day of in the year has been fixed as the time for the reception of this congregation with certification that the presbytery will proceed in the same, unless some valid objections be offered to the presbytery, which is to meet at [place of the meeting] on the day of in the year .

The meeting for reception will be held at a.m./p.m., at [place of meeting] .

Given this day of in the year , by order of the presbytery.

Clerk of the Presbytery OR Moderator of the Presbytery OR

Clerk of the Ad Interim Commission Moderator of the Ad Interim Commission

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