installation of officers in baptist church

Do you promise to strive for the purity, peace, unity and edification of the Church? Do you promise subjection to your brethren in the Lord?Ħ. Do you accept the office of ruling elder (or deacon, as the case may be) in this church, and promise faithfully to perform all the duties thereof, and to endeavor by the grace of God to adorn the profession of the Gospel in your life, and to set a worthy example before the Church of which God has made you an officer?ĥ. Do you approve of the form of government and discipline of the Presbyterian Church in America, in conformity with the general principles of biblical polity?Ĥ. Do you sincerely receive and adopt the Confession of Faith and the Catechisms of this Church, as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures and do you further promise that if at any time you find yourself out of accord with any of the fundamentals of this system of doctrine, you will, on your own initiative, make known to your Session the change which has taken place in your views since the assumption of this ordination vow?ģ. Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as originally given, to be the inerrant Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice?Ģ. Having done this, he shall propose to the candidate, in the presence of the church, the following questions, namely :ġ. The day having arrived, and the Session being convened in the presence of the congregation, a sermon shall be preached after which the presiding minister shall state in a concise manner the warrant and nature of the office of ruling elder, or deacon, together with the character proper to be sustained and the duties to be fulfilled.

Installation of officers in baptist church