The Deacons’ Relationship to the Consistory (3) The Council Meetings

In speaking of the deacons' relationship to the consistory, we are speaking of a working relationship between the three offices (bear in mind that the consistory includes both elders and pastors). In saying that there is such a relationship, we mean that some of the work of the church requires the deacons to meet with the consistory in a body in which each pastor, elder, and deacon has one vote. In our last article we argued the necessity of such a relationship. That necessity has to do with...