Article 44

CHRIST for the keeping of this church in holy and orderly communion, placeth some special men over the church; who by their office, are to govern, oversee, visit, watch; so likewise for the better keeping thereof, in all places by the members, He hath given authority, and laid duty upon all to watch over one another.

Acts 20:27,28; Heb.13:17,24; Matt.24:45; 1 Thess.5:2, 14; Jude 3,20; Heb. 10: 34,35 [cf. 24,25], 12: 15.