scholarly journals Die geestelike aard van die kerklike tug soos in gereformeerde kerkordes

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piet Strauss
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Church Discipline ◽  
Spiritual Discipline ◽  
Physical Force ◽  
Technical Application ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
The Church ◽  
Church Government

The spiritual character of church disciplineThis article focuses on the meaning of the words “the spiritual character of church discipline” used in the Church Order of Dordrecht in 1619 and since then in the church orders of churches with an affinity for the Church Order of Dordt.The conclusion is that the aim, way of implementation and climate of church discipline combined with other considerations in reformed church government all help to clarify the spiritual character of church discipline. At the basis of it the spiritual character of this kind of discipline is determined by the spiritual discipline of the Word and Spirit of God. In this regard inner convictions and not physical force or a technical application of church order measures must determine the acts of church discipline. Steps which should also be spiritual in nature.Church discipline should be in obedience to the Head of the church, Jesus Christ. He governs the church through His Word.

scholarly journals Finansiële aspekte van gemeentes van die Gereformeerde kerke in Suid-Afrika: ’n empiriese ondersoek

1991 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Lubbe ◽  
J. Lubbe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Financial Planning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Church Finances ◽  
Planning And Management ◽  
The Church ◽  
Church Government

As a result of the presbyterial system of church government of the Reformed Church in South Africa (Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika), very little information on the financial matters of the church is available. Hardly any research has been undertaken on the financial matters of congregations of the said church. The aim with this research was firstly to obtain the opinions of clergymen and cashiers within the ranks of the Reformed Church on certain aspects of the financial matters of their congregations and the church as a whole. Secondly certain data from which guidelines on the financial matters of congregations can be drawn, were collected and processed. From the research it became clear that there is a great need for financial guidelines in respect of financial planning and management in congregations and that church finances offers a vast field of study for future research.

scholarly journals Baptisan Anak Dalam Pengakuan Iman Westminster dan Katekismus Heilderberg

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Deniati Deniati ◽  
Yesaya Adhi Widjaya
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Church Of God ◽  
Church Community ◽  
Church Discipline ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
The Bible ◽  
God's Word ◽  
The Church

Baptism is one of the sacraments recognized by the church and is believed to be a seal for believers, and a sign of Christ's ownership. However, if you look at the practice in the church, many questions will arise, both regarding the instruments used in baptizing and the subjects to be baptized (children or adults). This is due to a lack of understanding of baptism as well as differences in interpretation of the Bible and the confession of faith used in the church. This difference results in the emergence of conflicts between churches and the courage of certain sects, thus making statements that the other sects are wrong or right. Despite believing or using the same Bible and creed, each church has a different understanding and way of implementing baptism in the church. Therefore, the church needs to be sensitive to this. The Church of God needs to have the same unity or standard of truth, so that in carrying out church discipline, it remains in accordance with the truth of God's Word, the Bible. Seeing the gaps or facts that occur in the church of God, the purpose of writing this paper is to show the views of two faith confessions recognized by the Reformed church regarding child baptism and show how the practice of baptism should be practiced in the church community of God.

scholarly journals Die relevansie van die kerklike tug

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 491
Author(s):  
Bianca R Van Graan ◽  
Johan Van der Merwe
Keyword(s):  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Church Discipline ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
The Church ◽  
Brothers And Sisters ◽  
Dutch Reformed Church

<b>The relevance of church discipline</b> <br /> In 2004 the General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church gave an order that an investigation should be done regarding the implementing of church discipline (repeated in 2007 and 2011). There is a need for re-evaluating church discipline and developing a new understanding thereof. This article argues that church discipline is necessary, if the church is serious about protecting the holiness of God and the church. Church discipline should thus be understood, not as punishment, but as brothers and sisters helping each other lovingly to obey God’s orders and to maintain and protect the holiness of God and of His church.

scholarly journals Op soek na ’n duidelike reformatoriese paradigma vir kerklike gesag

1992 ◽  
Vol 48 (3/4) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Spoelstra
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
The Real ◽  
Ecclesiastical Authority ◽  
Church Polity ◽  
The Church ◽  
Church Government

In search of a clear reformed paradigm on ecclesiastical authority This article represents an effort to investigate the claim from different viewpoints that Jesus Christ is the real and sole authority in church polity. It is maintained in this article that different systems of church government replace in reality the ius divinum with a ius humanum. The church can only be governed by the authority of Jesus Christ in a ministry where the grounds for ecclesiastical decisions and directions are clearly pointed out from the Scriptures.

Church Discipline and the Regulation of Membership in the Mormon Church

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (32) ◽  
pp. 31-46
Author(s):  
Frederick Mark Gedicks
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Church Discipline ◽  
Mormon Church ◽  
The Church

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly known as the ‘LDS’ or ‘Mormon’ Church, regulates its membership by means of a system that recalls the Old Testament far more than the modern West. All important decisions relating to joining and leaving the church are invested in the inspired discretion of local priesthood authorities who are governed by general standards rather than rules that have the character of law.

scholarly journals Petrus Hofstede de Groot: een hervormd dominocraat?

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (92) ◽  
pp. 3-28
Author(s):  
Leon van den Broeke
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Central Question ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
The University ◽  
The Church ◽  
Dutch Reformed Church ◽  
At Home

Abstract This article tries to find an answer to the central question whether the Dutch Reformed pastor and professor Petrus Hofstede de Groot (1802-1886) was a dominocrat. Hofstede de Groot was pastor in Ulrum and professor at the university in Groningen. My contribution is an elaboration of the oral book review I held in 2017 at the presentation of Jasper Vree’s book Kerk, huis, school en staat: Leven, werk en vriendenkring van P. Hofstede de Groot (1844-1886). In my article I explain the meaning of ‘dominocrat’ and also ‘Dominocrat’ and explore the synodical acts of the Dutch Reformed Church (Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk) between 1830 (Hofstede de Groot’s first appearance in the general synod as professor) and 1886 (his death), and Hofstede de Groot’s role in synodical meetings. He was indeed a dominocrat. He favored the leadership of the pastors. At the same time, he was a Dominocrat. In his life and in his work, he was focussed on the Dominus, Jesus Christ, for the church (kerk), at home (huis), school and state (staat).

scholarly journals Die kerkorde van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk 2013: Kanaal of hindernis vir kerklike tug?

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piet J. Strauss
Keyword(s):  
Good Deal ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Church Discipline ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk ◽  
God's Word ◽  
Criminal Matters ◽  
The Church ◽  
Dutch Reformed Church

The church order of the Dutch Reformed Church of 2013: Channel or stumbling block for church discipline? There is a widely accepted stand in reformed churches not to accept detailed prescriptions in its church order for church discipline. Church assemblies tasked with church discipline need space to undertake this according to God’s Word, with a pastoral approach, the well-being of the church and its members in mind, and a good deal of common sense. Despite this, the Dutch Reformed Church accepted detailed rules and regulations for discipline as a binding addendum to its church order in 1974. This addendum was scrapped in 1998. However, a new addendum was again accepted in 2011. This article asks the question whether the binding articles and regulations of this church is a proper channel or a stumpling block for discipline in its midst.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article is based on a philosophical-sociological distinction between the discipline of the church as a society of faith and discipline in other institutions of society. The discipline of the church implies that the church is as an institution of faith, in this case, must also act according to the natural rules of justice and justice in terms of its own calling as an institution of the Christian faith. These rules and the church order as an instrument for procedure in the church, are the grounds on which a civil court, when asked to, can rehearse a decision of an assembly of the church. This is not about the merit of the church content of the decisions, but the procedure. The article also makes extensive use of ecclesiological matter or a dogmatic church concept that must be maintained in criminal matters. The challenge: the church remains theoretically and in practice church.

scholarly journals Institusioneel vasgeloop? Die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petrus L. Steenkamp
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
Living Systems ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
Systems Perspective ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Organic Growth ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Church ◽  
Precarious Situation

The Netherdutch Reformed Church (Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika) finds itself in a precarious situation. It could be described as a watershed moment in the life of this denomination. The impasse developed due to various factors such as the loss of membership, the economic situation, ecumenical isolation and various other influences, which eventually resulted in a strong institutionalised organisation. Institutionalisation necessarily resulted in a shift of focus from the essence of being Church towards institutional continuation. As a result, the organic growth of the church suffered. This article investigates the institutionalism of the Netherdutch Reformed Church from an open (living) systems perspective, thereby identifying the dysfunctionality between form and function and ending with certain perspectives in respect of a change in focus by the church to realise the true essence of being Church of Jesus Christ.

scholarly journals Kerklike tug: Pastoraal-kerkregtelik van aard en daarom billik en regverdig? NG Kerkorde, artikel 60.3 ’n geesteskind van die Dordtse Kerkorde?

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piet J. Strauss
Keyword(s):  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Church Discipline ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
The Church ◽  
Dutch Reformed Church

Church discipline: A fair and just pastoral-ecclesiatical act? Is article 60.3 of the Church Order of the Dutch Reformed Church a spiritual offspring of the Church Order of Dordt? Departing from the viewpoint that church discipline is spiritual in nature, article 60.3 of the Church Order of the Dutch Reformed Church states that it should be exercised in a fair and just pastoral-ecclesiatical way. In doing so, this Order should be obedient to the Word of God, the confessions of faith of this church, its church order and the normative character of the church as an institution of society. This requirement, in terms of the formulation of article 60.3, is investigated. In addition, article 60.3 is compared with the Church Order of Dordt to determine whether the former may be regarded as a spiritual offspring of the latter. It is concluded that article 60.3 is indeed scriptural, according to the confessions and determined by the character of the church. It is therefore also an offspring of the Church Order of Dordt.

scholarly journals Tugwaardige sondes in drie gereformeerde kerkordes

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Piet J. Strauss
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Church Discipline ◽  
Christian Reformed ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Spiritual Nature ◽  
Christian Reformed Church ◽  
Reformed Churches ◽  
The Church

Sin which should be disciplined according to three church orders. The orders of three reformed churches, namely those of the Dutch Reformed Church, the Christian Reformed Church in North America and the Reformed Churches in South Africa have consensus about the need for an officially punishable sin to be of a public and offensive nature. The reason is that a sin must be openly against the Word of God and the confessions of the church. The approach of the church as an institution of faith carrying the love and righteousness of God, should be to maintain the spiritual nature of church discipline and to aim for the spiritual purpose of its discipline. Church discipline should be aimed at convincing the sinner and assuring church members of its desire to keep the demands of the Word and justice in tact.

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