Novices

"Preachers without fixed charge, or others who have left some sect, shall not be admitted to the ministry of the church until they have been declared eligible, after careful examination, by the classis with the approval of synod." Church Order, Article 9. Background to Article 9 The original Article 9 is quite different from its present form in our Church Order. The original article read: Rev. Cammenga is pastor of the Protestant Reformed Church of Loveland, Colorado. "Preachers without...