Directory of Public Worship

#Overview

This article gives worship its own constitutional branch because worship is not an afterthought in the RPCNA. It should help readers see how the directory shapes gathered worship, sacramental practice, and the broader spirit of reverence.

The constitutional guide for reverent public worship, the elements of worship, sacraments, prayer, and ordered observance.

#Public worship as ordered service

The worship directory explains how the church gathers before God in reverence, with Scripture shaping the ordinary elements of worship and the larger order of service.

#Sacraments, prayer, and weekly devotion

This article should help the reader move from broad principles into the related child pages for ordinary worship, prayer, and sacramental observance.

#Study note

The emphasis should remain on biblical order rather than on creative invention.

#Key topics

• Worship
• Sacraments
• Prayer
• Reverence

These topics mark the doctrinal and navigational center of the page ¹.

#Related pages

• Elements of Worship — The ordered acts that belong in gathered worship and why the directory identifies them carefully.
• Sacraments and Seasons — How baptism, the Lord's Supper, and ordered observances belong to the worship directory.
• Prayer and Order — How prayer and ordered service fit into the larger pattern of public worship.

Use these child pages to move from the overview into narrower study units ¹.

#Worship ordered by Scripture

The directory frames public worship as a matter of reverence, biblical shape, and congregational edification rather than invention or display ¹.

#Ordinary elements, sacraments, and prayer

The child pages below separate the ordinary elements of worship from the sacramental and prayer-order material so readers can study each lane without losing the whole.

#Study note

This branch is designed to guide worship study from general principles into the directory's ordinary practice.

#Sources

• [1] RPCNA convictions - Official constitutional landing page.

#Rights note

Summary-first treatment only. ²