PCA BCO Ordination Exam ACTUAL
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the outline of the BCO? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(1) Church government (1-26)
(2) Rules of discipline (27-46)
(3) Directory for worship (47-63)
What is a more through outline of the BCO? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(Preface - 1)
Preface and Principles
(2-6) Church and its members
(7-9) Church officers
(10-15) Church courts
(16-24) Church orders
(25-26) Congregational meetings, amending the constitution
(27-30) Principles of discipline
(31-38) Process of discipline
(39-46) Review and control, jurisdiction
(47-63) Directory of worship
What parts of the Directory For Worship have constitutional authority? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅56, 57 and 58
What are the 5 essential parts of Presbyterianism?? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(1) Rule by
elders
(2) Plurality of elders
(3) Graded courts
(4) Confessional
(5) Jesus Christ is king and head of the church and leads through his word and officers
elected by the people
, Who is the head of the Church? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Preface: Christ is the only king
and head of the church.
How does Christ exercise His rule in the Church today? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Preface: By his word and Spirit through appointed officers who follow His
Word and Spirit.
List at least two key principles of Presbyterian church government. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅(1) God is Lord of the conscience
(2) Every church, or body, has the right to determine its qualifications for its members.
(3) Christ himself has appointed officers in his church.
(4) Godliness is founded on truth.
(5) Teachers should be sound in the faith.
(6) Each particular body has a right to elect its own officers.
(7) Church power is only ministerial and declarative and therefore not legislative .
(8) Church discipline must be purely moral and spiritual in nature and therefore not civil.
Can the church "bind" men's consciences? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅No. All church
power is only ministerial and declarative, and no church can make laws to bind the
conscience.
What are the sole functions of the Church? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅3.3: To proclaim, to
administer and to enforce the law of Christ revealed in the Scriptures.
What is a particular church? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A local church with a permanent
governing body.
What is a mission church? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A local church without a permanent
governing body, supervised by others.
What are the permanent officers? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(1) Ruling Elders
(2) Teaching Elders
(3) Deacons
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is the outline of the BCO? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(1) Church government (1-26)
(2) Rules of discipline (27-46)
(3) Directory for worship (47-63)
What is a more through outline of the BCO? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(Preface - 1)
Preface and Principles
(2-6) Church and its members
(7-9) Church officers
(10-15) Church courts
(16-24) Church orders
(25-26) Congregational meetings, amending the constitution
(27-30) Principles of discipline
(31-38) Process of discipline
(39-46) Review and control, jurisdiction
(47-63) Directory of worship
What parts of the Directory For Worship have constitutional authority? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅56, 57 and 58
What are the 5 essential parts of Presbyterianism?? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(1) Rule by
elders
(2) Plurality of elders
(3) Graded courts
(4) Confessional
(5) Jesus Christ is king and head of the church and leads through his word and officers
elected by the people
, Who is the head of the Church? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Preface: Christ is the only king
and head of the church.
How does Christ exercise His rule in the Church today? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Preface: By his word and Spirit through appointed officers who follow His
Word and Spirit.
List at least two key principles of Presbyterian church government. - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅(1) God is Lord of the conscience
(2) Every church, or body, has the right to determine its qualifications for its members.
(3) Christ himself has appointed officers in his church.
(4) Godliness is founded on truth.
(5) Teachers should be sound in the faith.
(6) Each particular body has a right to elect its own officers.
(7) Church power is only ministerial and declarative and therefore not legislative .
(8) Church discipline must be purely moral and spiritual in nature and therefore not civil.
Can the church "bind" men's consciences? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅No. All church
power is only ministerial and declarative, and no church can make laws to bind the
conscience.
What are the sole functions of the Church? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅3.3: To proclaim, to
administer and to enforce the law of Christ revealed in the Scriptures.
What is a particular church? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A local church with a permanent
governing body.
What is a mission church? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A local church without a permanent
governing body, supervised by others.
What are the permanent officers? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅(1) Ruling Elders
(2) Teaching Elders
(3) Deacons
