---
title: 'Should Ministers Be Members of Local Congregations?'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'John Murray'
date: 1952-05-15
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
- 'Pastoral Theology'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 7'
- 'Romans 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/murray-1952-should-ministers-be-members-of-local-congregations
---

# Should Ministers Be Members of Local Congregations?

John Murray argues that ordained ministers should remain members of local congregations, giving theological, governmental, and familial reasons against withdrawing membership to presbytery alone.

[Download](https://media.confessional.org/archives/murray-1952-should-ministers-be-members-of-local-congregations.pdf)