For most of us the month of January is marked in our congregations by an important worship service—one in which we witness the installation of elders and deacons. Yet, for you is it really important? Someone said recently that they think too many professing members of the Body of Christ do not see it that […]

Serious reading today has to a large degree become a lost art. Since the office of Elder is primarily dependent on the self-read, and self-trained layman. This bids fare to become a serious matter with regard to the future welfare of the church. Already a common complaint for many consistories is that they are hard […]