Four kinds of ecclesiastical assemblies shall be maintained: the consistory, the classis, the regional synod, and the general synod....
These assemblies shall deal with no other than ecclesiastical matters and that in an ecclesiastical manner. A major assembly shall...
If anyone complains that he has been wronged by the decision of a minor assembly, he shall have the right...
Delegates to the major assemblies shall bring with them their credentials, signed by those sending them; they shall have a...
Matters once decided upon may not be proposed again unless they are substantiated by new grounds....
The proceedings of all assemblies shall begin and end with calling upon the name of the Lord. At the close...
In all assemblies there shall be a president whose task it is to present and explain clearly the matters to...
A clerk shall be appointed whose task it shall be to keep an accurate record of all things worthy to...
The classis has the same jurisdiction over the consistory as the regional synod has over the classis, and the general...
In all churches there shall be a consistory composed of the ministers of the Word and the elders who, as...
Where the number of elders is small, the deacons may be added to the consistory by local arrangement; this shall...
In places where a consistory is to be constituted for the first time or anew, this shall be done only...
Places where as yet no consistory can be constituted shall be assigned by classis to the care of a neighbouring...
When the deacons meet separately, as a rule once a month, to deal with the matters pertaining to their office,...
The consistories and the major assemblies shall ensure that proper care is taken of the archives....
Neighbouring churches shall come together in a classis by delegating, with proper credentials, a minister and an elder, or, if...
Each vacant church shall request classis to appoint as counsellor the minister it desires as such, to the end that...
Each year classis shall authorize at least two of the more experienced and able ministers to visit the churches in...
Each year some neighbouring classes shall send delegates to meet in a regional synod. If there are two classes, each...
Each regional synod shall appoint deputies who are to assist the classes in all cases provided for in the Church...
The general synod shall be held once every three years. Each regional synod shall delegate to this synod six ministers...
The relation with churches abroad shall be regulated by general synod. With foreign churches of Reformed confession a sister-church relationship...
The churches shall endeavour to fulfil their missionary task. When churches cooperate in this matter, they shall, as much as...