Out of curiosity, what would be the usual practice in a Reformed denomination as far as receiving a minister who had been previously ordained in another, non-Reformed denomination? I realize the presbytery or classis usually examines each candidate--but would a Reformed denomination ever receive a clergyman from say, an Anglican or a Methodist church and accept that man's ordination "as is"?

I guess I was wondering because I know a couple of Reformed Anglican clergy who are indeed pretty Reformed, and was curious what would happen should they ever move to the PCA. Admittedly, the flow seems to be the other way; I have heard of several PCA ministers moving towards Anglicanism but never an Anglican becoming PCA. That doesn't mean it never happens, though--just that I haven't heard of it. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/scratch1.gif" alt="" />

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