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Zoeken > Literatuur > Oene, W.W.J. van, With common consent, 1990

A practical guide to the use of the Church Order of the Canadian Reformed Churches

auteur(s): Oene, W.W.J. van
genre: Commentaren
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uitgever: Premier Publishing
plaats: Winnipeg
jaar: 1990
druk: 1
ISBN/ISSN: 0-88756-050-4
aantal pagina's: 365
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • With Common Consent
  • Article 1. Purpose and Division
  • Article 2. The Offices
  • Article 3. The Calling to Office
  • Article 4. Eligibillity tor the Ministry
  • Article 5. Ordination and Installation of Ministers of the Word
  • Article 6. Bound to a Church
  • Article 7. Recent Converts
  • Article 8. Exceptional gifts
  • Article 9. From One Church to Another
  • Article 10. Proper Support
  • Article 11. Dismissal
  • Article 12. Bound for Life
  • Article 13. Retirement of Ministers
  • Article 14. Temporary Release
  • Article 15. Preaching in Other Places
  • Article 16. The Office of Ministers of the Word
  • Article 17. Equality Amoung the Ministers of the Word
  • Article 18. Missionaries
  • Article 19. Training for Ministry
  • Article 20. Students of Theology
  • Article 21. An Edifiying Word
  • Article 22. The Office of Elder
  • Article 23. The Office of Deacon
  • Article 24. Term of Office
  • Article 25. Equality to Be Maintained
  • Article 26. Subscription to the Confessions
  • Article 27. False Doctrine
  • Article 28. Civil Authorities
  • Article 29. The Ecclesiastical Assemblies
  • Article 30. Ecclesiastical Matters
  • Article 31. Appeals
  • Article 32. Credentials
  • Article 33. Proposals
  • Article 34. Proceedings
  • Article 35. President
  • Article 36. Clerk
  • Article 37. Jurisdiction
  • Article 38. Consistory
  • Article 39. Consistory and the Deacons
  • Article 40. Constitution of a Constistory
  • Article 41. Places without a Consistory
  • Article 42. Meetings of Deacons
  • Article 43. Archives
  • Article 44. Classis
  • Article 45. Cousellors
  • Article 46. Church Visitors
  • Article 47. Regional Synod
  • Article 48. Deputies of Regional Synod
  • Article 49. General Synod
  • Article 50. Churches Abroad
  • Article 51. Mission
  • Article 52. Worship Services
  • Article 53. Days of Commemoration
  • Article 54. Days of Prayer
  • Article 55. Psalms and Hymns
  • Article 56. Administration of Sacraments
  • Article 57. Baptism
  • Article 58. Schools
  • Article 59. Baptism of Adults
  • Article 60. Lord's Supper
  • Article 61. Admission to the Lord's Supper
  • Article 62. Attestations
  • Article 63. Marriage
  • Article 64. Church Records
  • Article 65. Funerals
  • Article 66. Nature And Purpose of Church Discipline
  • Article 67. Consistory Involvement
  • Article 68. Excommunication
  • Article 69. Repentance
  • Article 70. Readmission
  • Article 71. Suspension and Deposition of Office-bearers
  • Article 72. Serious and Grievous Sins on the Part of Office-bearers
  • Article 73. Christian Sensure
  • Article 74. No Lording It Over Others
  • Article 75. Property of the Churches
  • Article 76. Observance and Revision of the Church Order
  • Appendix I. Regulations for the Election of Office-bearers
  • Appendix II. Letter of Call
  • Appendix III. Form of Subscription
  • Appendix IV. Credentials
  • Index
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    Ministers within the Federation

    Once one has been admitted into the ministry, no further ecclesiastical examination is required, unless the suspicion arises that the minister may be unfaithful to his ordination vows. We shall speak about this in dealing with

    [38] Art. 26. This does not mean, however, that one can just move from the one place to the other at will. Not only is a call needed, there is also the involve­ment of the federation when a minister wishes to follow up that call. In this matter the churches have agreed to keep watch over each other to prevent that irregularities take place or that things are done stealthily. All things should be open and "above board," so to speak.

    First of all we shall deal with ministers who are serving in one of the churches. They shall not be installed in office in the "new" church until after classical approval of the call. Article 9 speaks more extensively about clas­sical approval; therefore we shall confine ourselves here to the conditions on which an installation may take place.

    It does not need any further elaboration that also in this case the letter of call and the official declaration of acceptance must be presented. Further there should be the good testimonials regarding doctrine and conduct, given by the church he served. This is nothing new either. What is new is that he has to submit to the consistory as well as to the classis a declaration given by the consistory with the deacons that he has been honourably discharged from his service in that church. Thus the new church can rest assured that the brother did not just pack up and ship out, without the consent of the con­sistory with the deacons, but that it is with their full consent that he left the church he served to take up a new charge elsewhere.

    Besides the declaration from the consistory he also needs a classical document testifying to his honourable release from his service in that region. Most likely he had been appointed to various tasks, such as that of exam­iner, church visitor, or counsellor of a vacant church. The receiving classis must be assured that the brother did not shirk his obligations towards the sis­ter churches. Such a classical declaration is not needed if the move is from the one to the other church in the same classical region. It is obvious that such a move will not bring any change in his position within that region ex­cept, perhaps, in the case of a counsellorship.

    When the church submits a declaration that the proper announcements have been made and that no valid objections have been lodged by the con­gregation, classis will approve the call, and the installation can take place. It happens frequently that no classis is scheduled for a few months or that a classis has been postponed due to lack of material to be dealt with, and that a church would prefer not to wait for another two or three months for the classical approbation of the call. Rather than convening a full classis ear­lier than scheduled for the sole purpose of the approbation of a call, the calling church may request that a "classis contracta" be held, a sort of miniature clas­sis, usually formed by two representatives of the convening church and of the neighbouring church, at which the approbation can take place. We'll come back to this point when we discuss Art. 44. Be it stated here that all churches in the region are to receive the convocation notice and are free to send del­egates, although they are not obligated to do so in this case and although it is understood that only the two above-mentioned churches have to be rep­resented at such a classis contracta. The term in itself is sufficiently clear.

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