https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:24:55 +0000 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 14:26:19 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/status-confessionis I have thoroughly read the Study Committee's report to be presented to Synod 2021. Henry DeMoor https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-order/status-confessionis Wed, 11 Nov 2020 14:26:19 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/scripture-elders-and-deacons-today Synod 2013 received a report from a Task Force that studied the place of deacons in the life of the church.  It was entitled "Diakonia Remixed."   Henry DeMoor https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/scripture-elders-and-deacons-today Wed, 27 May 2015 17:42:38 +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/leadership/crcna-and-synod/why-do-we-have-judicial-code Soon after his promotion from lecturer to professor of Old Testament studies at our Theological School in 1914, Ralph Janssen was to face growing suspicions of "liberalism." Four of his colleagues eventually demanded an investigation--of the Curatorium [now the Henry DeMoor https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/crcna-and-synod/why-do-we-have-judicial-code Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:06:55 +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