Supporting the Ministry (2)

Although the eleventh article of our church order literally speaks only of supporting the ministers of the word, it goes without saying that implicit in this is the obligation of every member of the church to support, according to their ability, the church or cause of Christ in the world in all her needs. This duty is rather clearly defined in the thirty-eighth Lord's Day of the Heidelberg Catechism. In discussing the requirement of the fourth commandment of the law this thought provoking...