I believe there is some history pertaining to the handshake of elder and minister. After the 'reformational times' not all churhces had full time ministers. There were a good number of itinerant ministers desiring to preach the Word from location to location. Prior to having an ambulatory minister lead a community in worship, elders would meet with the minister and thereby clarify to each other the worship purpose and sermon content. Following a prayer, the leading elder would usher the minister to the front of the church and they would publically shake hands. The handshake would publically indicate that the present nomadic minister was approved by the elders and deacons.
To this day, I have accepted the handshake to remain a confirmation of the leadership about to occur in worship.
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I believe there is some history pertaining to the handshake of elder and minister. After the 'reformational times' not all churhces had full time ministers. There were a good number of itinerant ministers desiring to preach the Word from location to location. Prior to having an ambulatory minister lead a community in worship, elders would meet with the minister and thereby clarify to each other the worship purpose and sermon content. Following a prayer, the leading elder would usher the minister to the front of the church and they would publically shake hands. The handshake would publically indicate that the present nomadic minister was approved by the elders and deacons.
To this day, I have accepted the handshake to remain a confirmation of the leadership about to occur in worship.
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I just "googled" the phrase "history of god's greetings bible" and I was presented with an interesting history-timeline.
Take a look...wishing you the best in your search.