Minister and elder are partners in the joy that is experienced in their office work; in the disappointment and sorrow that will be the portion of the office-bearers of the church when they experience opposition to God's good Word and the slowness of heart to understand it in the church. They are also partakers of the promises given by Christ for their faithful ministry, as our form for ordination attests.

This article provides a whole set of questions that elders could ask children on home visits.

Should the consistory continue with the steps of church discipline when there is withdrawal of membership? This article shows that withdrawal can be used as an escape route, in which case a withdrawal request can be denied.

In the Old Testament, gatekeepers played a big role in guarding the holiness of the tabernacle and temple in reference to those who were coming to worship. This role was fulfilled in Christ. Today, officebearers serve as gatekeepers, and Christians can be gatekeepers as citizens of their country.

This article looks at the task of the elders in guarding the church. This involves elders always guarding themselves and guarding the gospel.

This article looks at the task of the elders in church discipline

Many office-bearers tend to look up against elders' meetings (consistory meetings or session meetings). This article offers a modest proposal for such meetings, one that is a barebones agenda that consists of only three items: study/training, pastoral consultation, and prayer.

What constitutes a biblical, pastoral approach to church discipline? This article establishes that threats that lack preceding instruction and explanation of God's will are unhelpful. The author then provides a set of suggestions for a pastoral approach to discipline: lay a foundation of trust before problems ever arise, make clear what repentance looks like, be persistent, and rejoice when the Lord grants repentance.

This article highlights some ways in which elders can oversee the education and training of the youth in the church.

This article looks to call elders to be diligent in praying for the flock under their care. It lists items that elders can pray for: spiritual protection, spiritual joy, and effective witness.

This article is about the elders' task of supervision over the preaching. The author also looks at what is preaching and the importance of preaching.

This article is about the task of encouragement in the church, specifically also by the elders and deacons.

Home visitation is a means used by Christ for the well being of His church. This article gives biblical grounds for the practice of house visitation. 

Why is family visitation important? It is a means of giving spiritual care. This article explains the place of the youth in the church and the need for home visits to the young people. It also looks at issues to discuss with them during home visitation.

Why is family visitation important? This article explains the character of home visits, showing that these are the responsibility of both office-bearers and the congregation.

Why is family visitation important? Because home visits are a means of giving spiritual care. The article explains how this is so.

This article explains the obligations of office-bearers in house visitation. It shows the manner in which office-bearers are to carry out these obligations in home visits.

Why is family visitation important? This article considers the necessity of house visitation, that it is rooted in God’s command, is for the welfare of the church and for the care that the office-bearers are to bring.

Why is family visitation important? It is important because it is a means of giving spiritual care. This article explains issues that should be addressed during home visits, and the need for confidentiality after the visits.

How should office bearers report on their home visits? This article explains what kind of detail could be provided at a consistory meeting.

How can elders make an effective home visits? For home visitation to be effective, there need to be a plans, and this article explains one such a plan.

Elders and deacons have the responsibility to offer biblical counselling to God’s people. This article explains the biblical grounds for this call.

This article shows that elders are mandated to do their work joyfully. They should be approachable, and they must how humility.

This article shows that elders are called to lead, feed, and oversee God’s church.

Within the Reformed tradition home visitation has served as a means to carry out the task of the office bearers. This article explains the history of this tradition, and then looks at the relationship of house visitation and the Lord’s Supper. Can it be a means of fencing the table?

This article shows how elders can deal with criticism directed at their pastor by members or other Christians.

This article gives the decision of the Reformed churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) about guests at the Lord’s Supper and fencing the table.

Part of the task of the elder is to offer pastoral care. This article shows that such pastoral care involves care of the member, the congregation, and the minister.

What is the task of the overseer (the elders), and what are the needs of the flock with regards to pastoral care? (Acts 20:28).

The author of this article looks at the task of the minister as shepherd and overseer in the church. He discusses the church itself, the compassion of the shepherd, the discipline of the shepherd, and the focus on the whole flock of God. 

Elders have the responsibility to exercise oversight over the preaching of the Word. In this article, the author shows how elders can do this by looking at the nature of preaching, the character of preaching, and the preaching of the Heidelberg Catechism.

This article looks at the responsibility of elders to exercise discipline. The author provides biblical grounds for discipline. Discipline for confessing and baptised members is also discussed. The author concludes with the manner and process of exercising discipline, including excommunication and reconciliation.

This article makes a call for elders to be involved in the work of teaching in the local church. The kind of teaching that the author has in mind is discipleship.

What is the purpose of pastoral visiting? This article offers a kind of list that explains both why and how elders need to exercise pastoral care.

Why is family visitation important? This article gives the historical development of house visitation, with reference to the decision of the Synod of Dort on home visits.

What does it mean to be holy? After offering some brief commentary the biblical concept of holiness, this article specifically calls upon elders to be engaged in the pursuit of holiness in the congregation, for the church is to be holy as God is holy. The author offers some practical ways for elders to do so: expose sins such as bitterness and sexual immorality, and focus on people's heart-priorities.

This article is about nominal Christians (Christians with only an outward piety), and how the elders and church should seek to give direction to these people. The author looks at Isaiah 1 and Isaiah 6 for his answers. He stresses the importance of knowing the holiness of God, and how that changes our lives.