Author: Roy Janssen

GS 2022 Article 162 – HRCNA (Heritage Reformed Churches in North America) 1.   Material 1.1    Report of the CCCNA (8.2.11.1) on the HRCNA. 1.2    Submissions from the following churches: St Albert (8.3.11.1), Willoughby Heights (8.3.11.2), London-Pilgrim (8.3.11.3). 2.   Admissibility 2.1    The report was declared admissible. 2.2    The submissions were declared admissible. 3.   Decisions Synod decided:…

GS 2022 Article 161 – FRCNA (Free Reformed Churches of North America) 1.   Material 1.1    Report of the CCCNA (8.2.11.1) on the FRCNA. 1.2    Submissions from the following churches: St. Albert (8.3.11.1), Willoughby Heights (8.3.11.2), London-Pilgrim (8.3.11.3). 2.   Admissibility 2.1    The report was declared admissible. 2.2    The submissions were declared admissible. 3.   Decision Synod decided:…

GS 2022 Article 160 – ERQ (Reformed Churches in Quebec) 1.   Material 1.1    Report of the CCCNA (8.2.11.1) on the ERQ. 2.   Admissibility 2.1    The report was declared admissible. 3.   Decisions Synod decided: 3.1    To continue the relationship of Ecclesiastical Fellowship (EF) with the Reformed Churches in Quebec (ERQ) under the adopted rules; 3.2…

GS 2022 Article 159 – NAPARC (North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council) 1.   Material 1.1    Report of the CCCNA (8.2.11.1) on NAPARC. 1.2    Submissions from the following churches: Willoughby Heights (8.3.11.2). 1.2.1   Willoughby Heights recommends that Synod encourages the interchurch relations committee(s) to make more information on ecumenical conferences available to the churches via…

GS 2022 Article 158 – CBT (Committee on Bible Translations) 1.   Material 1.1    Report of the Committee on Bible Translations (CBT) (8.2.6.1). 2.   Admissibility 2.1    The report was declared admissible. 3.   Decisions Synod decided: 3.1    To thank the committee for its work; 3.2    To acknowledge that the Committee on Bible Translations (CBT) fulfilled the mandate…

GS 2022 Article 157 – CNSF (Committee for the Needy Students’ Fund) 1.   Material 1.1    Report from the Committee for the Needy Students’ Fund, the Grassie-Covenant CanRC (8.2.8.1). 1.2    Letters from: Willoughby Heights (8.3.8.1); Calgary (8.3.8.2). 2.   Admissibility 2.1    The submissions were declared admissible. 3.   Decisions Synod decided: 3.1    To thank the Grassie-Covenant CanRC for…

GS 2022 Article 156 – Overture RSE 2021 re Shorter Lord’s Supper Forms 1.   Material 1.1    RSE 2021 Overture to GS 2022 to Provisionally Adopt, for Immediate Use and Testing in the Churches, Shorter Liturgical Forms for the Celebration of the Lord’s Supper (8.4.5.1). 1.2    Letters from the following CanRC: Carman West (8.5.5.1); Brampton-Grace (8.5.5.2);…

GS 2022 Article 155 – Appeals against RSE 2019 Art. 11 (Pulpit Access) 1.   Material 1.1    The appeals of the Ottawa-Jubilee CanRC dd. Feb 7, 2022 (8.6.5.1), the Toronto-Bethel CanRC dd. Nov 20, 2021 (8.6.5.2) and the Hamilton-Blessings CanRC dd. March 25, 2022 (8.6.5.3) against the decision of Regional Synod East (RSE) 2019 Art. 11…

GS 2022 Article 154 – Not Archiving Certain Sensitive Items 1.   Material 1.1    Agenda item 8.6.2: Appendix 2 in hard copy and digital copy. 1.2    Agenda item 8.6.7: Appendix 2 in digital copy. 2.   Decision Synod decided: 2.1    To destroy the hard copy of 8.6.2 Appendix 2; 2.2    To destroy the digital copy of 8.6.2…

GS 2022 Article 153 – Acts The prepared articles of the Acts were corrected and adopted.