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In addition to the usual official routine — the testimony of the father of the herberge to our having paid our score, the authority of the vorsteher that we were not indebted to the Guild, and the usual police _visa_ — we had each to obtain the signature of his own consul; that of the Saxon minister, as a testimony of his willingness to allow us to go; and of the

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These elders and vorsteher, when assembled under the direction of the pastor, were called the church council, because in their meetings they took counsel together and made decisions.

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As often as necessary the pastor shall, through the vorsteher, call the church councilmen together, or himself invite them at a public service, to the end that together they may consider, consult and decide when there is need to build or to repair, to resolve or to execute.

The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America Beale M. Schmucker 1857

These trustees, including the pastors, with the vorsteher, elected by themselves, constituted the church council.

The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America Beale M. Schmucker 1857

When Muehlenberg came to Philadelphia in December, 1742, he presented his credentials and was accepted as pastor, in behalf of the congregation assembled in the Swedish Church, by the three elders and four vorsteher.

The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America Beale M. Schmucker 1857

They selected the vorsteher and presented their names to the congregation to afford opportunity for objection.

The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America Beale M. Schmucker 1857

In connection with these men, I chose four men as vorsteher, one-half to go out each year, as has since then been the custom.

The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America Beale M. Schmucker 1857