Author: James Baird

James Baird

James Baird is pastor of Christian education at Covenant Church of Naples (PCA). He formerly served at Westminster Theological Seminary and Ligonier Ministries. He is the author of King of Kings: A Reformed Guide to Christian Government (forthcoming summer 2025 with Founders Press).

Study the Committees

There is No Need for the PCA to Reinvent the Wheel Four presbyteries have overtured the General Assembly of the […]

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Why the Change?

The Protestant Interest and American Presbyterianism In my last two essays, I argued that the original and American versions of […]

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What’s the Difference?

American Revisions and Modern Protestants In a previous article, I explored the relationship between the original (1646) and American (1788) […]

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Difference v. Contradiction

A Guide to Reading the Westminster Confession When the American Presbyterians adopted the Westminster Confession, they adjusted Chapter 23, the […]

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