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Home Visits – Including the Children

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

This article discusses how elders are to involve the children in home visits.

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Home Visits – The Visit

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

What should a home visit look like? This article discusses how elders should conduct the visit, and stresses the need to focus on the family’s spiritual life.

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Home Visits – Preparing for the Visit

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

This article stresses the importance of office bearers being prepared for home visits, and just how they should be prepared.

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Home Visits – Who Visits?

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

This article explains the value in involving the minister in home visits, as time and opportunity permit.

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Home Visits – Knowing Doctrine

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

This article stresses the importance of elders knowing their doctrine well, since in home visits they are to equip others with the Scriptures.

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The Benefits of Home Visits

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

This article considers some of the benefits of home visits for both office bearers and the congregation.

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Purpose of Home Visits

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

The key concern of a home visit is to see whether the citizens of the kingdom of God are living according to the laws of the kingdom. Thus, the author supports the use of the Ten Commandments as a guideline for elders in such visits.

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Character of Home Visits

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

How do elders enter the homes of the sheep? As friends? This article stresses that home visits are conducted by ambassadors of Christ.

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Home Visits – Introduction

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

This article, in summary form, explains the reason for home visits. They are an extension of the preaching, and prompt us to glorify the Lord.

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House Visitation

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  • Lawrence W. Bilkes

This article looks at family visitation in the Bible and in the time of the Reformation. The author also discusses appropriate topics for the home visit.

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The Elder and Visitation

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  • James Visscher

The work of family visitation is crucial to the task of the elders, so that they can have a better knowledge of the congregation members. This article gives the biblical grounds for the home visit, discussing the purpose of the visit, the relationship between the elder and the family, and how to relate to different members in different circumstances.

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The Elder and Family Visitation

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  • A. N. Hendriks

This article looks at the task of the elder in the home visit. The author looks at the biblical ground and historical development of this practice, as well as its nature and purpose. The author also provides some guidelines for organizing the home visit.

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There Is Only One Good Theme for House Visits

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  • G. Gunnink

This article argues that home visits should only have one theme, which is the members of the congregation. By this the author means that the priority is knowing how members are doing in their life with the Lord.

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Inquiring after the Faith

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  • Bas Luiten

This article looks at the way elders can keep Christ central in the home visit, as well as get all family members to participate in a way that a true inquiry about their faith can be made. The key lies in the tone and attitude of the elder.

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The Home Visit

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  • Douwe G. J. Agema

This article discusses the scriptural basis of the home visit, the history of family visits, the content of home visits, diaconal visits, and the character of home visits.

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The Lost Work of Pastoral Visitation

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  • Joseph A. Pipa

Looking at the neglect of pastoral visitation in many churches, this article gives both biblical and historical reasons for family visitation.

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Pastoral Visitation: The God-Given Responsibility to Shepherd

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  • Joseph A. Pipa

Pastoral visitation is an important aspect of congregational life. This article shows how families can best prepare for family visitation.

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The Value of Family Visitation

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  • Peter Y. De Jong

This article looks first at the value family visitation has for the oversight and responsibility of the elders, and then discusses the value it has for the church.

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The Spiritual Purpose of Family Visitation

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  • Peter Y. De Jong

In family visitation, the office-bearers must work toward the development of individuals' spiritual lives, challenge the lives of believers to service, and promote fellowship in the church.

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Home Visiting

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  • Clarence Bouwman

This article discusses the roles of the elder and the family in home visitation. The author also highlights key topics to be discussed at the home visit.

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Home Visitation: Back to the Basics

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  • Charles M. Wingard

This article is about home visitation and pastoral care from elders.

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Family Visitation

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  • Lawrence W. Bilkes

This article is about the house visits that elders make to a family of church members in a church. The author discusses the background of family visitation, and the things discussed at the home visitation.

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"I Do Not Want a Home Visit" The refusal to receive pastoral care by the pastor or elders

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  • D. Quant

What do the elders and consistory do when a church member is not willing to receive home visits or pastoral care? This article studies the reasons for this situation, and what the elders and consistory can do about it.

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Aspects of the Home Visit Conversation

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  • A. N. Hendriks

What are important aspects to keep in mind during the elders’ pastoral visit to the church members? In discussing these things, the author also points out the goal of the home visit.

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Deterrents to Pastoral Visitation

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  • Andrew Roycroft

House visits are crucial to the health of the church. Therefore, pastoral visits should form part of the pastor's work. Why is it that pastors find home visits discouraging and thus do not do them? This article discusses five reasons why pastors do not visit.

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Home Visits – Possible Themes

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

This article offers various suggested themes for home visit seasons.

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Home Visits – Young Adults and Single Members

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

This article explains the importance of separate home visits for young adults, and of caring for singles in the congregation.

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Home Visits – From the Pages of History

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

Home visits seemingly did not begin until the time of the Reformation. This article explains how the Reformers moved away from the Roman Catholic practice of confession. It also highlights the connection made in history between home visits and the Lord’s Supper.

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Home Visits – Scriptural Underpinnings

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  • Peter G. Feenstra

What is the biblical basis for home visits? This article discusses this question, and shows how pastoral care is to be personal care, in the homes.

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Family Visiting Notes and Observations

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  • Shane Lems

This article looks at the purpose of family visitation and preparation for the home visit. 

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The Elders Ask Questions

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  • Cornelis Trimp

When doing house visits or family visits, elders must lead the conversation. This article shows questions elders could ask so that they can address the life of a person as it is lived before God's eyes.

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The Necessity of Family Visitation

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  • Peter Y. De Jong

This article is on the necessity of family visitation. The author also discusses the relationship between preaching and family visitation.

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Family Visiting

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  • William W. J. van Oene

Who qualifies to do a house visit? Who qualifies to receive a family visit? This article looks at these questions under the topic of the work of the elders and deacons in the congregation. The author discusses the need for family visits, as well as the manner in which a home visit should be done.

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Who Likes Family Visiting?

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  • Jay A. Wesseling

This article looks at the objections and the purpose and importance of house visitation by the elders in a church.

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Family Visitation

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  • Ronald L. Cammenga

This article on family visitation looks at the oversight of elders in the church, the history and purpose and methods of house visitation, and the benefits of family visitation.

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Home Visits

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  • Cor Feyter

For home visitation to be done in a good way, the purpose for visiting must be clear. Good preparation is not negotiable. Let this article explain.

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The High Calling to Shepherd Small Souls

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  • Doug Barnes

Elders have a responsibility to shepherd children by ensuring that they receive the sign and seal of the covenant through baptism, and that their parents understand their responsibility to nurture those children.

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The Supreme Ideal of Family Visitation

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  • Peter Y. De Jong

This article looks at the value of family visitation on our way to eternity.

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The Proper Practice of Family Visitation

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  • Peter Y. De Jong

This article looks at the preparation and the planning for family visitation.

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The History of Family Visitation

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  • Peter Y. De Jong

This article discusses the practice of home visitation in the early church and at the time of the Reformation.

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Family Visit Tonight

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  • W. Meijer

Family visits are a task carried out by the elders under the authority of Christ in order to care for His church. This article looks at the ways elders should prepare for such home visits, and some important aspects of the family visit.

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Objections to Family Visitation

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  • Peter Y. De Jong

This article discusses some objections to family visitation.

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The Requisites for Family Visitation

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  • Peter Y. De Jong

What is important for the elder to remember when he does family visitation? This article addresses this question.

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The Name and Nature of Family Visitation

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  • Peter Y. De Jong

Why do churches have family visitation with the elders? This article discusses the concept of home visitation, looking also at relevant church history.

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