Rongen, G. van (2005)

• Title
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Art. 1 Purpose and division
• Art. 2 The offices
• Art. 3 The calling to office
• Art. 4 Bound to a church
• Art. 5 Eligibility for the ministry
• Art. 6 Ordination and installation of ministers of the Word
• Art. 7 From one church to another
• Art. 8 Exceptional gifts
• Art. 9 Admission of ministers who have recently joined the Church
• Art. 10 Officiating in another church
• Art. 11 Proper support
• Art. 12 Call to an extraordinary task
• Art. 13 Retirement of ministers
• Art. 14 Dismissal
• Art. 15 Bound for life
• Art. 16 Task of ministers
• Art. 17 Training for the ministry
• Art. 18 Students of theology
• Art. 19 Task of Missionaries
• Art. 20 Task of elders
• Art. 21 Task of deacons
• Art. 22 Equality of respective duties
• Art. 23 Term of office
• Art. 24 Subscription to the Confession by ministers and teaching staff
• Art. 25 Subscription to the Confession by elders and deacons
• Art. 26 False doctrine
• Art. 27 Office-bearers and the government
• Art. 28 The ecclesiastical assemblies
• Art. 29 Proceedings
• Art. 30 Authority of the assemblies
• Art. 31 Appeals
• Art. 32 Credentials and voting
• Art. 33 Proposals
• Art. 34 Chairman and clerk
• Art. 35 Jurisdiction
• Art. 36 Consistory
• Art. 37 Consistory and the deacons
• Art. 38 Constitution of a consistory
• Art. 39 Places without a consistory
• Art. 40 Meetings of deacons
• Art. 41 Classis
• Art. 42 Ministers who are not delegated to a classis
• Art. 43 Counsellors
• Art. 44 Church visitors
• Art. 45 Synod
• Art. 46 Relationship with other churches
• Art. 47 Censure in classis and synod
• Art. 48 Deputies of major assemblies
• Art. 49 Archives
• Art. 50 Mission
• Art. 51 Administration of sacraments
• Art. 52 Baptism of infants
• Art. 53 Baptismal promise and education
• Art. 54 Public profession of faith
• Art. 55 Baptism of adults
• Art. 56 Lord’s Supper
• Art. 57 Admission to the Lord’s Supper
• Art. 58 Church records
• Art. 59 Attestations for communicant members
• Art. 60 Attestations for non-communicant members
• Art. 61 Support after departure
• Art. 62 Church services
• Art. 63 Catechism preaching
• Art. 64 Psalms and hymns
• Art. 65 Ecclesiastical feast days
• Art. 66 Days of prayer
• Art. 67 Marriage
• Art. 68 Funerals
• Art. 69 Aim of discipline
• Art. 70 Mutual responsibility
• Art. 71 Consistory involvement
• Art. 72 Repentance
• Art. 73 Discipline in respect of communicant members
• Art. 74 Announcements during the procedure
• Art. 75 Re-admission
• Art. 76 Suspension and deposition of office-bearers
• Art. 77 Serious and gross sins on the part of office-bearers
• Art. 78 Christian censure
• Art. 79 Discipline in respect of non-communicant members
• Art. 80 No lording over others
• Art. 81 Observance and revision of the Church Order