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The synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) has decided to refer to the ministry of a pastor as an ordained office, fundamentally distinct from the so-called offices of the congregation (elder, deacon). It does so on the basis of the report Geroepen door Christus (2020). In this contribution, the author analyzes this report against the background of the so-called Roman articles in the PKN church order, which are to be regarded as fundamental. He concludes that the substantiation provided for ordained ministry by Geroepen door Christus is incompatible with the Roman articles and its underlying theology of ministry which reasons from one fundamentally indivisible office.