"Han dopening "

November 2008 57 From the Archives “Handopening” Russell J. Dykstra Must every vacant congregation receive permission from classis to extend calls to any minister before making any trios and extending a call to a particular minister? To be sure, a classis has some involvement in the call of a minister. In Reformed church polity the ordinary practice is that classis appoints a moderator or counselor for a vacant congregation who oversees the calling process. The moderator, representing classis,...