Author: Roy Janssen

GS 1986 ARTICLE 179 Adjournment Rev. W. Huizinga requests that Psalm 66:1 and 2 be sung and leads in prayer. Synod is adjourned.

GS 1986 ARTICLE 178 Contact with Churches Abroad Committee 3 presents: PART III: FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND A.   MATERIAL B.     ADMISSIBILITY C.    OBSERVATIONS D.    CONSIDERATIONS E.    RECOMMENDATIONS Synod decides, A replacement motion, duly seconded, reads as follows: PART III: FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND A.    MATERIAL B.    ADMISSIBILITY The Committee on Correspondence with Churches Abroad has…

GS 1986 ARTICLE 177 Contact with Churches Abroad Committee 3 presents: PART II: NAME CHANGE & RULES A.    MATERIAL – Agenda, VIII, G, 3a Report of the CCCA. 3b Appendices to the Report of the CCCA. B.    OBSERVATIONS 1.    The Committee on Correspondence with Churches Abroad proposes to change its name to “Committee on Inter-Church…

GS 1986 ARTICLE 176 Reopening The chairman reopens the meeting and requests that Psalm 119:1 and 13 be sung. Roll call is held. All members of synod are present.

GS 1986 ARTICLE 175 Contact with Churches Abroad Committee 3 presents: PART I: ICRC A.    MATERIAL – Agenda, VIII, G, 2 Letter from the Ebenezer Can. Ref. Church at Burlington East. G, 3 (a) Report from the CCCA. (b) Appendices to Report from the CCCA. G, 4 Letter from brothers in Carman. B.    OBSERVATIONS 1.    …

GS 1986 ARTICLE 174 Reopening The chairman reopens the meeting and requests that Psalm 33:5 and 6 be sung. Roll call is held. All members of synod are present.

GS 1986 ARTICLE 173 Acts Acts , Articles 165-171 are read and adopted. The plenary session is adjourned. The committees meet.

GS 1986 ARTICLE 172 Reopening The chairman reopens the meeting, requests that Psalm 72:1 and 1O be sung, reads I Timothy 6:1-10, and leads in prayer. Roll call is held. All members of synod are present.

GS 1986 ARTICLE 171 Adjournment The rest of the evening is used by the committees to finish their reports. Rev. W. Pouwelse requests that Hymn 63:1 and 2 be sung, and leads in prayer. The plenary session is adjourned.

GS 1986 ARTICLE 170 Reopening The chairman reopens the meeting and requests that Hymn 1A be sung. Roll call is held. Rev. J. Geertsema is absent.