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“Presbyterian”
comes from the Greek word for “elder,” presbuteros.
1.
Our church
government is conciliar; in other words, the church is to
be governed by multiple officers, not just one person.1
These officers are accountable to each other and the people they
serve.
2.
Presbyterian churches seek to follow the pattern of church government seen in
the New Testament, which was itself based on the pattern of the
synagogues (though, of course, there have been developments over
the years). In Presbyterian churches, we have the following
classification of officers:
- Elders,
who shepherd the flock of God's Church.2
There are two types:
- Teaching
elders,
whom we normally refer to as ministers or pastors, men
specially charged to preach and teach the Word and celebrate
the sacraments;
- Ruling
elders,
who guide and govern the church.
- Deacons,
who lead in ministries of mercy and in other supportive areas.
With
that understanding, our emphasis on leadership is that it is servant
leadership. Our ordained leaders are not the only ones who do
ministry; their primary task is to equip others to do ministry.
Therefore, the real ministers of
CTR are the members of
CTR, as is seen in the following passage from the writings of the
apostle Paul.
[Christ]
gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be
evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's
people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be
built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the
knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the
whole measure of the fullness of Christ. ( Ephesians 4:11-13)
Pastor:
Jon Taylor
The
Taylors answered God’s call to proclaim His message of
grace in New England in the Spring of 2003. Jon and Allie
are both native to New England. They met in high school
and have ministered together ever since. Married in 1993,
they have two boys, Jonathan (7) and Jacob (4). Jon was
involved in music, Christian education, youth and pastoral
ministry at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Easley, SC for
ten years. He graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary
in 2003. After the Taylors moved back to NH in January of
2004, Jon served an apprenticeship at First Presbyterian
Church of Concord before planting CTR.
John, Allie, Jonathan, Jacob, and Charlie
Oversight
Commission:
Our
commission is provided by the Northern New England Presbytery to
govern our mission church until we become a “particular”
church of the PCA with our own elders. The commission meets
monthly to hear reports on the progress of the church and care for
her members.
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Teaching
Elder Doug Domin
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Ruling
Elder Mark Saltsman
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Teaching
Elder Jon Taylor
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Ruling
Elder Dan Troy
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Teaching Elder Jason Wakefield |
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Ministry
Team:
Our
Ministry team is composed of members of CTR who serve in various
areas of ministry and help provide opportunities for others to
serve as well. We meet monthly to pray, plan and carry out the
ministries of CTR .
Pastor
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Jon Taylor |
Administration/Fellowship
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Diane Trombley |
Outreach
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Denise Quattrochi |
Discipleship/InReach
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Dan Filicicchia |
Children’s Ministries
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Marjorie Butler |
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