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13 results for “Chapter 20: The Election of Pastors”
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20-5
20-5. On the election of a pastor, if it appears that a large minority of the voters are …
20-3
20-3. When a congregation is convened for the election of a pastor it is important that they should elect a minister or ruling …
20-9
20-9. When a pastor desires to accept a call to another Presbytery, he must be examined and approved by the Presbytery for the pastorate to which he is …
20-2
20-2. Every church should be under the pastoral oversight of a minister, and when a church has no pastor it should seek to secure one without delay. A …
20-10
20-10. A congregation desiring to call a pastor from his charge, shall, by its commissioners to the Presbytery, prosecute the call before its Presbytery. The Presbytery, having heard …
20-4
… offered, the moderator shall put the question: Are you ready to proceed to the election of a pastor? If they declare themselves ready, the moderator shall call for nominations, …
20-6
20-6. Form of call: The terms of the call shall be approved by the congregation in the following or like form: The ____________________ Church being on sufficient grounds …
20-1
20-1. Before a candidate, or licentiate, can be ordained to the office of the ministry, he must receive a call to a definite work. Ordinarily the call must …
20-7
20-7. If any church shall choose to designate its ruling elders and deacons, or a committee to sign its call, it shall be at liberty to do so. …
20-8
20-8. Prosecution of call: One or more commissioners shall be appointed by the church to present and prosecute the call before their Presbytery.