---
title: 'Ordination to the Christian Ministry'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Sr.'
date: 1886-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'Pastoral Theology'
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 16'
- 'Matthew 18'
- 'Matthew 28'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/van-dyke-1886-ordination-to-the-christian-ministry
---

# Ordination to the Christian Ministry

Affirms a divinely-instituted, apostolic ministry and visible church government. Identifies denominational divisions—especially over baptism and ordination modes—as chief obstacles to Protestant unity.

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