First
Presbyterian
What Presbyterians Believe 
What is distinctive about the Presbyterian Church?
Presbyterians are distinctive in three major ways:
1)
they follow a formulation of religious thought known as Reformed theology;
2)
they have a form of government which stresses the active,
representational leadership of ministers and church members;
3)
and Presbyterian is a connectional body of worshipers who
participate in mission, ministry and organizational oversight of congregations
locally (through a presbytery), regionally (through a synod), and nationally
(through the General Assembly).
Presbyterians believe the will of
God may be better discerned by a collective body of believers rather than by a
single individual, which is why the Presbyterian Church is governed at all
levels by a combination of clergy and laity, men and women who represent the
diversity of the congregation.