Presbyterian

As a Presbyterian church, Living Stone is governed by a body of ruling elders and ministers (also referred to as overseers or shepherds in the Bible) called by God and elected by members of the church. As a Presbyterian church we believe Jesus, the chief shepherd, has given undershepherds to care for God’s people as they journey through their life of faith this side of heaven (Ephesians 4:11-14; 1 Peter 5:1-4). The Presbyterian form of church government emphasizes the cooperative character of the Church as reflected in the New Testament (Acts 15:2-6). Therefore, while the elders are primarily responsible for overseeing the ministry of this local congregation, they also share in the work of overseeing the ministry of sister churches through a regional presbytery and in the entire denomination through a General Assembly.

Living Stone is a church plant of the Presbytery of the Southwest of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Founded in 1936, the OPC seeks to proclaim faithfully from generation to generation the gospel of Jesus Christ and the riches of the Reformed faith. The OPC strives to worship and live consistently with its Reformed theology. You can visit opc.org for more about our denomination. As a Church Plant, Living Stone is under the oversight of the Session of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Abilene, Texas.

Confessional

With our fellow Orthodox Presbyterian churches, we subscribe to historic, protestant, and Reformed theology as expressed in the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Westminster Larger Catechism, and the Westminster Shorter Catechism. As a confessional church, we believe it is important to say what we believe and to write it down for others to read and confirm in Scripture (2 Timothy 1:13; Titus 1:9). Therefore our confession and catechisms are subordinate to the Bible, while striving faithfully to summarize biblical teachings.