Our Church Order (Article 11)

On the other hand, the Consistory as representing the congregation, shall also be bound to provide for the proper support of its Ministers, and shall not dismiss them from service without the knowledge and approbation of the Classis and of the Delegates of the (particular) Synod. The opening phrase "On the other hand" joins this article with the foregoing. The two rulings set forth a series of duties that plainly comprise a unity. A minister may not leave the congregation with which he is...