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. In our litigious society, I find this very odd. Any thoughts?

During the Installation Service for Elders and Deacons, Should There Be a Vow of Confidentiality?
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Jonathan Fischer on June 21, 2017
Thank you for the advice. How does this look, as a potential charge regarding confidentiality (wanting the congregation to be informed of the circumstances that would require confidentiality to be broken):
Elders and deacons, I charge you to keep in confidence the sensitive matters which congregants may share with you, only sharing with other leaders when needed to better care for those involved, and only reporting in circumstances involving evidence of a minor being neglected or abused, or of someone posing an immediate threat to themselves or to someone else.
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