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House Visitation

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  • J. van Haaren

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. 

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Family Visitation: Its Institution

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  • H. Hofman

Family visitation: Why is it important? It is important because it is a means of giving spiritual care. This article explains the preparation needed for house visitation, and the nature of conversation during home visitation. 

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Visitation Questions Focus on Personal, Family and Corporate Worship

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  • William Shishko

Pastors and elders can make house visitation fruitful and meaningful by asking their members relevant questions. This article gives some questions to ask during home visitation, with the focus on personal, family and corporate worship. 

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Family Visitation: What Obligations Must an Office-Bearer Fulfil?

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  • H. Hofman

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.

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Family Visitation: The Necessity of Family Visitation

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  • H. Hofman

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.

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Family Visitation: Some Historical Data

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  • H. Hofman

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.

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Home Visitation and the Lord’s Supper

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  • A. N. Hendriks

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?

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The Elder and the Visiting of the Sick

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  • A. N. Hendriks

Part of the task of elders in caring for the church is visiting the sick. In this article the author shows why such a house visitation is needed, and what should be the purpose of it. The author discusses the role of the elder in bringing the Word and praying for healing for the sick.

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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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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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