The Elder’s Ordination (3): Significant for the Congregation
Kuiper examines the theological and practical significance of the public installation ceremony for elders, focusing on what the congregation learns and must respond to during this ordination. The article explores how God speaks symbolically through the installation act itself, instructing the congregation regarding their biblical calling to know, esteem, obey, and support their elders as revealed in passages like 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 and Hebrews 13:7, 17.
Previous article in this series: June 2015, p. 404. And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. I Thessalonians 5:12-13 Examining the necessity and significance of a public ceremony of installation for elders, in our last article we noted five points of significance for the elder himself: the church confirms her call of him; the elder expresses his confidence of...
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