For a Continuing Church: The Roots of the Presbyterian Church in America

by Sean Michael Lucas

At the center of the vision were five commitments: the “old school” interpretation of Scripture and the Westminster Standards; the presbyterian form of church government; the grassroots principle of church oversight, symbolized in the role of diaconal care; the spiritual mission of the church; and

“the purity and integrity of the White man of North America upon whose shoulders are laid the burdens of the world.”159