Compulsory Retirement of Officebearers (1)

(De Vaste Aftreding van Ouderlingen en Diakenen) "The elders and deacons shall serve two or more years according to local regulations, and a proportionate number shall retire each year. The retiring officers shall be succeeded by others, unless the circumstances and the profit of any church, in the execution of Articles 22 and 24, render a reelection advisable." -- Art. 27, D.K.O. To the above article, our churches have added the following decision: (Acts of Synod 1944): (De Vaste Aftreding...