Abstract:
This paper discusses the connection and relationship between church and
church order within the context of the presbyterial-synodal system of
church polity with a view to the rewriting of the church order of the
Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika. This presbyterial-synodal
system was build on the basic principles of Calvin's ecclesiology and
corresponding church polity. These basic principles found its way to the
confessions of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk.
