Family Visitation (1): The History

The twenty-third article of our church order states that one of the duties of the office of elder is "to visit the families of the congregation, in order particularly to comfort and instruct the members, and also to exhort others in respect to the Christian religion." The original rendering of this was much more explicit. The twenty-third article of our church order states that one of the duties of the office of elder is "to visit the families of the congregation, in order particularly to...