https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Tue, 07 May 2024 15:42:52 +0000 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:46:17 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/could-deacon-be-clerk-council We have discovered the hard way that elders don’t always make good clerks. Could a deacon be clerk of council? Do you have other suggestions? Henry DeMoor https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/could-deacon-be-clerk-council Tue, 15 Jul 2014 15:46:17 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/can-my-church-council-prevent-me-accepting-call-another This question is from a real-life situation which Dr. Henry DeMoor has responded to based on his extensive knowledge of the Christian Reformed Church Order. Henry DeMoor https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/can-my-church-council-prevent-me-accepting-call-another Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:48:45 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/it-appropriate-council-or-classis-instruct-their-delegates Is it appropriate for a council or classis to instruct its delegates to broader assemblies to vote on a given issue in a particular way? Henry DeMoor https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/it-appropriate-council-or-classis-instruct-their-delegates Tue, 27 May 2014 19:18:25 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/shouldnt-deacons-be-more-elders-waiting In our church, deacons are very little more than “elders in waiting.” They learn the ropes of church government a little, but busy themselves more with “material” than with “spiritual” things. Henry DeMoor https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/shouldnt-deacons-be-more-elders-waiting Tue, 06 May 2014 13:33:02 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/during-installation-service-elders-and-deacons-should We've just had a service in which elders and deacons were installed. We used the liturgical form found in the Psalter Hymnal. As a professional counselor, I noticed that nothing was said about officebearers keeping inviolate all that has been entrusted to them in confidence. Henry DeMoor https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/during-installation-service-elders-and-deacons-should Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:43:56 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/pastor-released-way-article-17-still-authorized-preach-and This question is from a real-life situation to which Dr. Henry DeMoor has responded to based on his extensive knowledge of the Christian Reformed Church Order. Henry DeMoor https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/pastor-released-way-article-17-still-authorized-preach-and Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:22:07 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/does-synods-declaration-candidacy-make-official-these Does synod’s declaration of candidacy make official that these graduates of our seminary are now ministers of the Word? Henry DeMoor https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/does-synods-declaration-candidacy-make-official-these Mon, 03 Mar 2014 21:27:33 +0000