| FRCA ARTICLE 5 – Eligibility for the ministry A. ELIGIBILITY Only those shall be called to the office of minister of the Word who have been declared eligible for call by the churches; or are already serving in that capacity in one of the churches; or have been declared eligible or are serving in one of the churches with which the Free Reformed Churches of Australia maintain a sister relationship. The churches shall observe the general ecclesiastical ordinances for the eligibility of those ministers who have served in these sister-churches. B. DECLARED ELIGIBLE Only those shall be declared eligible for call within the churches who have passed a preparatory examination by the classis in which they live, which examination shall not take place unless those presenting themselves for it submit the necessary documents to prove that they are members in good standing of one of the churches and have successfully completed a course of study as required by the churches; or have satisfied the requirements of Article 8; or have satisfied the requirements of Article 9. | CANRC ARTICLE 4 – Eligibility for the Ministry A. Eligibility Only those shall be called to the office of minister of the Word who have been declared eligible for call by the churches; are already serving in that capacity in one of the churches; or have been declared eligible in, or are serving in, one of the churches with which the Canadian Reformed Churches maintain a sister-church relationship. B. Declared Eligible Only those shall be declared eligible for call within the churches who have passed a preparatory examination by the classis in which they live, which examination shall not take place unless those presenting themselves for it submit the documents necessary to prove that they are members in good standing of one of the churches and have successfully completed a course of study as required by the churches; have served in churches with which the Canadian Reformed Churches do not maintain a sister-church relationship, and have been well tested for a reasonable period of time and examined by the classis in which they live, with due observance of the general ecclesiastical regulations adopted for that purpose; or have been examined according to the rule described in Article 8. C. Calling Twice The approval of classis shall be required for a second call to the same minister regarding the same vacancy. D. Counsellor When a vacant church extends a call, the advice of the counsellor shall be sought. |
| DKO Artikel 4 De Wettelijcke Beroepinge der gener die te vooren in den Dienst niet gheweest en zijn / soo wel inde Steden als ten platten Lande / bestaet. Ten eersten inde Verkiesinghe, de welcke na voorgaende vasten ende bidden gheschieden sal door den Kercken-Raet ende Diaconen / ende dat niet sonder goede correspondentie met de Christelijcke Overheyt der plaetse respectivelijck / ende voorwetê ofte advijs vandê Classe / daer’t selve tot noch toe gebruyckelijck is geweest. Ten anderen / inde Examinatie ofte ondersoeckinghe beyde der Leere eñ des Levens / de welcke staê sal by de Classe ten overstaê vande Gedeputeerde des Synodi ofte eenige der selver. Ten derdê / inde Approbatie / eñ goet-kenninge vande Overheyt / eñ daer na oock vande litmatê der Gereformeerde Ghemeente vande plaetse / wanneer den name des Dienaers den tijdt van veerthien dagen inder Kercken vercondight zijnde /geen hindernisse daer teghen en comt. Ten laetsten / inde opentlijcke Bevestiginge voor de Ghemeynte / de welcke met behoorlijcke stipulatie ende af-vraginghen / vermaninghen / Ghebedt ende oplegginghe der handen vanden Dienaer die de bevestinge doet (ofte eenighen anderen / daer meer Dienaren zijn) toegaen sal / naer het Formulier daer van zijnde. Wel-verstaende dat de oplegginge der handen sal mogen gedaen worden inde Classicale vergaderinge aenden nieuwen gepromoveerden Dienaer / die gesonden wordt inde Kercken onder t’Cruyce. Artikel 5 Nopende die Dienaers die nu alreede indê dienst des Woordts zijnde / tot een ander Gemeente beroepen werden / sal desgelijcx soodanighe beroepinghe met correspondentie als vooren / gheschieden / soo wel inde Steden / als ten platte Lande / by den Kercken-Raet ende Diaconen met advijs ofte approbatie vandê Classe: alwaer de voorsz beroepene verthoonen sullen goede Kerckelijcke Attestatie van Leere ende Leven : Ende alsoo by den Magistraet vander plaetse respectivelijck gheapprobeert / ende der Ghemeynte den tijdt van veerthiê daghen voor-ghestelt zijnde / als boven / sullen met voorgaende Stipulatien ende Ghebeden bevestight werden. Onvercort int ghene vooren gheseyt is yemanden zijn deughdelijck recht van presentatie / ofte eenigh ander recht / voor zoo veel ‘tzelve stichtighlijck can worden gebruyckt / sonder nadeel van Gods Kercke / ende goeden Kercken ordre ; waerop de Hooghe Overheden ende Synoden der respective Provincien / wel gelieve te letten / eñ ten besten vande Kercken noodighe Orden te stellen. Artikel 6 Sal oock geen Dienaer dienst moghen aen-nemen in eenige particuliere Heerlijckhedê / Gast-huysen ofte andersins / ten sy dat hy voorhenen gheadmitteert ende toe-ghelaten sy / volghende de voorgaende Artijckelen : en sal oock niet min als ander der Kercken-ordeninghe onderworpen zijn. | DCO English translation of the Church Order of Dort (external link) |
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