No one shall preach the Word or administer the sacraments in another church without the permission of the consistory of that church.
Our ministers are not ministers of a ‘national church’ or of the
bond of churches, but only of the local congregation.
This is the underlying principle of Article 10, a principle that
was also expressed in Article 7.
Consequently a minister can only preach the Word and administer
the sacraments with the permission of the consistory concerned.
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This permission is, as a matter of course, included in an
invitation to act as a guest-preacher.
However, it may occur that a minister has valid reasons for
asking permission from the consistory concerned to preach for a
congregation other than his own – e.g. during the holidays, or
during a family visit, or even when he would like to baptize one
of his grandchildren!