Officebearers have the responsibility to ensure that parents, in accordance with their baptismal promise, seek as much as possible to pursue Christian education for their children. This duty is supported by Article 53 of the Church Order of the Free Reformed Churches of Australia.

Is it of greater meaning when the Word of God comes to us through an officebearer instead of someone else of the church? This article looks at the authority of the Word, the authority of the office, and what it means that the officebearer is someone sent by God.