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Article 32: The Order and Discipline of the Church We also believe that although it is useful and good for those who govern the churches to establish and set up a certain order among themselves for maintaining the body of the church, they ought always to guard against deviating from what Christ, ou
Church Order of the Protestant Reformed Churches See: The Believers' Manual for the Church Order by Prof. H. Hanko (Notes on the Church Order by Prof. H. Hanko) Of the Offices Of the Ecclesiastical Assemblies Of Doctrines, Sacraments, and Other Ceremonies Of Censure and Ecclesiastical Admoni
The Church Order also serves an important role with respect to the unity of the church. The Church Orderitself is an important basis for church unity. At the same time, the Church Order preserves and safeguards the unity of the churches bound by its regulations. The unity of the church depends on th
The expression church order signifies the set of regulations in agreement with which the church is governed. How the church should be governed may be known from God's Word. The force of this statement is not, of course, that Holy Writ contains a readymade Church Order, but rather that the principle
The life and labor of the Protestant Reformed Churches are regulated by a church order. This is the church order adopted for Reformed churches by the Synod of Dordt, 1618-19. The church order is law for the churches. It is the authoritative standard to which both consistories and church members mus
First of all, then, the purpose of the Church Order is to maintain the lawful order of the church. It is not a body of rules and regulations that is designed to spell out the solution to every problem that may arise in the church. Neither do the eighty-five articles here referred to intend to cover
As has already been shown, if believers organize in agreement with the stipulations of our Church Order, the resultant organization displays properly all the features of this kingdom. Entering into the makeup of this structure is the special office. And he vested with this office, though the organ
The Church Order considered from the aspect of its purpose may be said to fill a real necessity. To be sure a Church can exist without a Church Order but it cannot flourish and thrive properly without it. Furthermore, denominational harmony and cooperation require a definite set of rules, inasmuch a
Introduction For many the Church Order is a dull, unexciting document. At first glance, it seems to be a book of interest to none but elders, deacons, and pastors. But the church order is necessary because God requires that his church be orderly. Paul writes, “Let all things be done decently and in
She is like the heap of bricks that have been constructed into a stately building. Do not understand this to mean that the church that has a "set of rules" is then an orderly church. That conclusion would be folly, for one look into the ecclesiastical world will reveal hundreds of institutes with fi