to believers who receive its benefits, including eternal life. Like many other theologically conservative traditions, the URCNA strongly holds to the inerrancy of Scripture. The URCNA believe that "marriage is designed to be a lifelong, monogamous covenantal union between one man and one woman." Practices The practices of the URCNA are governed by a church order derived from the Synod of Dordt of 1618-1619. The URCNA church order outlines the duties of the three ecclesiastical offices of ministers, elders, and deacons within the denomination. It also sets out the denomination's decentralized presbyteral form of church government as opposed to the hierarchical form of government found within the Anglican Church or Catholic Church. Each congregation is governed by a consistory made up of the elders elected from the congregation and the minister of the congregation. Periodically, delegates from each consistory will attend a regional classis or a denomination-wide synod to discuss matters pertaining to the entire denomination. Both classes and synods are temporary bodies with no formal authority. Although they may provide advice on matters to local consistories that carry great weight, the final authority rests with the consistories of each local congregation. The church articulates the many practices of the URCNA churches. URCNA churches hold two services every Sunday with the expectation that members attend both services. The morning service typically focuses on preaching based on a particular passage in the Bible, while the afternoon or evening service normally is dedicated to being an explanation of one of the doctrines articulated the Three Forms of Unity. Both psalms and hymns may be sung during the worship service, although the psalms occupy the principal place of singing during the services. The URCNA practices infant baptism and requires a public profession of faith once members are spiritually mature (usually between the ages of 16-19). After members make this public profession of faith, they may partake of the Lord's Supper and are eligible to vote within the church. The URCNA church order also outlines the process of church discipline. Statistics URCNA churches can be found in 22 US states, mostly in the Upper Midwest (Iowa and Michigan) and California, and in six Canadian Provinces, mostly in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia. As of 2018, the churches have grown, mostly through additional members leaving the CRCNA in the late 1990s, to approximately 123 congregations spread across the United States and Canada, with 24,617 members,