Sunday Vows When We Ordain Deacons

Vows of Deacons
1. Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as
originally given, to be the inerrant Word of God, the only
infallible rule of faith and practice?
2. Do you sincerely receive and adopt the Confession of Faith and
the Catechisms of this Church, as containing the system of
doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures; and do you further
promise that if at any time you find yourself out of accord with
any of the fundamentals of this system of doctrine, you will, on
your own initiative, make known to your Session the change
which has taken place in your views since the assumption of this
ordination vow?
3. Do you approve of the form of government and discipline of the
Presbyterian Church in America, in conformity with the general
principles of biblical polity?
4. Do you accept the office of deacon, as the case
in this church, and promise faithfully to perform all the
duties thereof, and to endeavor by the grace of God to adorn the
profession of the Gospel in your life, and to set a worthy example
before the Church of which God has made you an officer?
5. Do you promise subjection to your brethren in the Lord?
6. Do you promise to strive for the purity, peace, unity and
e dification of the Church?

Vows of Congregation:
Do you, the members of this church, acknowledge and
receive this brother as a or deacon, and do you
promise to yield him all that honor, encouragement and
obedience in the Lord to which his office, according to the Word
of God and the Constitution of this Church, entitles him?