| FRCA ARTICLE 23 – Term of office The elders and deacons shall serve two or more years according to local regulations, and a proportionate number shall retire each year. The places of the retiring office-bearers shall be taken by others unless the consistory with the deacons judges that the circumstances and the well-being of the church render it advisable to call them into office again. In that case the rule of Article 3 shall be observed. | CANRC ARTICLE 24 – Term of Office The elders and deacons shall serve two or more years, according to local regulations, and a proportionate number shall retire each year. The place of the retiring office-bearers shall be taken by others, unless the consistory with the deacons judges that the circumstances and the benefit of the church render it advisable to have them serve another term, or to extend their term, or to declare them immediately eligible for re-election. |
| DKO Artikel 27 De Ouderlinghen ende Diakenen sullen twee Jaren dienen / ende alle Jaer sal het halve deel verandert / ende andere in de plaetse gestelt werden / ten ware dat de gheleghentheydt ende t’proffijt van eenighe Kercken anders vereyschte. | DCO English translation of the Church Order of Dort (external link) |
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| Articles: Topics related to this article | Other Commentaries VanOene, With Common Consent VanRongen, Decently and in Good Order |