A video series for training PCA officer candidates and equipping current officers in the principles, structure, and pastoral use of the Book of Church Order.

Not lectures to endure, but tools to weave into the life of the church — aimed at clarity, confidence, and shared understanding.

  • Clarity — categories for the details of our polity
  • Confidence — officers serving from a shared framework
  • Shared understanding — Sessions moving from “What does the BCO say?” to “How do we shepherd in light of it?”

A JOINT AC and CDM Project

Series RoadMap

The Twelve Sessions (twenty-minute videos):

  1. A Series of Graded Courts
  2. The Congregation
  3. Church Members
  4. Discipline: Judicial Process
  5. The Pastoral Use of the BCO
  6. The Pastoral Use of RONR

These short videos are designed to provide clear, helpful guidance on key areas of polity. They were created to serve the church by making these topics more understandable and accessible.

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  1. Foundations of Presbyterian Polity

  1. Overview of the BCO

  1. The Preliminary Principles

  1. The Five Heads of Church Government