Tag: Minister of Word and Sacrament
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The Most Important Task of a Minister (Part Two)
In part one, I looked at the function and role of a minister by looking at the Book of Church Order, the Liturgy of the Reformed Church in America, the Belgic Confession, and the Ecclesiastical Ordinances of the church in Geneva, Switzerland. The two tasks that continued to recur in each document are preaching of…
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The Most Important Task of a Minister (Part One)
I, of course, speak from a Reformed context where “Minister” is an office, not a role and where pastors are ordained Ministers of Word and Sacrament. However, not all Ministers are pastors of churches, some are in other specialized ministries (i.e. chaplaincy, counseling…), and therefore I use the broader term of Minister. Ever since I…
Matthew van Maastricht 