PCA Position Papers

I, for one, am thankful to be a part of a denomination that has many godly and knowledgeable men who care deeply about important theological and social issues. Many times when an issue is raised in the evangelical world, one or another theologian is appealed to for conclusive answers.  This can be helpful, but it lacks the collective wisdom of a unified body of biblical pastors and theologians. While we certainly hold men like Calvin, Turretin, Edwards, Owen, Warfield, etc. in the highest esteem for their theological contributions, we have the collective wisdom of the men who wrote the seventeenth Century Confessions and Catechisms to help us understand the uniformity of Protestant doctrine.  While they may differ on baptism or some other secondary issue, they agree on the Reformed Faith in its biblical and systematic coherence. In a similar  (though  not binding) way,  we have the collective wisdom of the men in the PCA, OPC, URC, ARP, etc. who have come together to consider issues, or challenges, that are not spoken to directly in those Reformed Confessions and Catechisms. Over its 38 year history, the PCA has dealth with several important issues, which include: Marriage and Remarriage, Re-Baptism, Spiritual Gifts (Cessationism vs. Continuationsim), Use of Alcoholic Beverages, Inter Church Relations, Paedo-communion,Views of Creation, Church & State Relations, Theonomy, Freemasonry, etc. The PCA Historical Archive Center has posted them all here. You can find a copy of each report below.